Author Archives: Fat Lad

Gutted doesn’t even begin to cover it…

But the batcave was broken into and my bikes have gone. The one saving grace was that my hardtail was still at the shop… Fat Lad

Fat Lad’s June

Welcome to Fat Lad monthly, the periodical for the more amply cushioned derriere customer. Running Goal – To run at least once a week Wow, I really am hanging onto this one by the skin of my teeth. One run a week or two at best has let my form go horribly. Every run I […]

Fat lad Realises…

I break the hours of my day up into to two things: On the days I ride: When am I riding and When do I get to eat next? On the days I’m not riding: When Do I get to eat next? Pretty much that’s it. I’m only five foot something, I’m chunky, I have […]

Fat Lad’s Tweet Rides – March: @stucowp’s stunner

Despite working a job I love, going home with smile on my face every evening, not a being cubicle slave or ever having to wear a shirt and tie again, there aren’t many perks of the job. However taking home one of these for a ‘demo’ playout in the Lakes has to be one of […]

Fat Lad’s May

Here is the latest summary of the last four pedaling weeks of my life: Running Goal – To run at least once a week So far so good. I *think* I might actually be getting better at it too. Scary thought… Riding – To Ride 2000 MTB Miles in the Year Hey, what’s that over […]

For my RSS feed readers

The images look wonderfully formatted on the main site but look dog rough in anything else. Also due to a malfunctioning plugin if you click an image from your rss reader it will give you an error. Your best bet for just this one post if you want to see the big picture (pun intended) […]

Fat Lad and The Tweet Ride That Never Happened

Another poorly organised Fat Lad excursion led to an awesome day at the brilliant Gisburn Forest under the very finest of English skies with the very finest of mates: Fat Lad truckin’ along. Bet that water is bloody freezing. Looking good fellas. The always brilliant octagenarian Steve on the left and Phil on the right. […]

Fat Lad Has Lost His Mojo*

🙁 . . . . . . . . . No, wait, here it is: 😉 Fat Lad *I’m really sorry this has been a very weak joke/post but I couldn’t resist…

Fat Lad’s Tweet Rides – April: @Monkeybird13’s Morley Meander

April’s Twitter ride was to have a slightly different theme. All three of my previous willing volunteers were to converge on the fair (no snickering in the back) city of Leeds and I would show them my favourite homegrown trails. One of my twitter followers bailed early on as he wouldn’t make it back in […]

Fat Lad’s April

Another month, another 4ish weeks of life flying away like a XC whippet disappearing over the horizon. Running Goal – To run at lease once a week This one I’m dead proud of. Now we’re in the new place, original pootler and all round good egg AmyP who lives across from us, has been forcing […]