THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

But we keep goin for the moments we are scared to miss.

I'm not a huge fan of Froome. Although if I was at the Tour, on the piss and Tom Dumoulin was winning, then yes, i probably would. Although that isn't exactly unusual for cycling.

It's not a sport, it's not even a hobby, or a pastime. Its an 'interest'!

Those guys you see on the motorway with their fog lights on when its raining, those guys are cyclists.
Those guys that don't pick their dogs shit up when they're dog walking, those guys are cyclists.
Those guys that don't give you a friendly wave when you've let then go in a traffic queue, cyclists.
Push in ahead of you at the bar, cyclists.
Don't dip their main beam lights, cyclists.
Let their dogs off the lead and can't control them, cyclists.
Have out of control kids in a pub, cyclists.

But most of all. Those guys that cycle on the pavement and expect you to move out their way, those guys are massive pains in the arse.

I don’t “get” cycling but I get why people like it.

Since seeing Adam every single week in 2012/13 cycle here there and everywhere I realised the lengths people go through during a ride. I read a bit of Dans book (I still few a tad ashamed not all the way through) and understood why the emotions and feelings would be there after completing a long trek. And not just that, I imagine it’s pretty enjoyable to be fit, feeling fresh air on your face and seein new things.

In the past 2 years I’ve been working nights. Ive struggled at times to pull my life together, couldn’t get my eating patterns right, and was so tired from work I put on a stone or 2, and yet Dan has lost it. Every other day I see pictures from a few years ago at how much better I looked and feel upset. And sometimes I wish I could have a hobby like Dans. But it doesn’t interest me. Not because I’m lazy. It just never has interested me.

When I met Dan he was not too much older than I am now. Hated his body. Moaned all the time, but didn’t do much. In a few years he has found a hobby. Beating his records. Got fit. Cycling everywhere and told me some stories even I am proud of him for. And I think he’s a twat.

Football, as much as I do and always will love it, can run the risk of being “samey” over time. Once you’ve done the same grounds several times and been away with the same people many many times it can dull itself. But we keep goin for the moments we are scared to miss. And to see friends. And to support our team and towns.

I don’t get cycling but if it’s made someone enjoy their life a bit more who are we to judge? Especially if he doesn’t have to watch us at home to Morecambe.

Nail. Head. Hit.

Now stop talking about it and get doing. Buy a cheap bike and start riding to work. That's how I started. You'll notice the benefits really quickly.

Just sold mine

Don't need 'em. I've got bollocks the size of grapefruit anyway.