I’ve created a monster. As I type this (the soon to be) Mrs Fat Lad is out riding with Shiela. It’s the third week in a row. She wants to ride at weekends. She’s looking at online shops for parts and bike clothes. She talks about the feel of the ride. When I said she […]
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Brief Intermission
June 20, 2005 – 5:43 am
We apologise for the complete lack of posts lately. There has been technical difficulties with our current version of FatLad. Please enjoy this muzak while we rectify this problem: Doo doo doo dooo, de de doo, de de doo de doo, do de do do do de doo……….
Catching Up
June 8, 2005 – 2:12 pm
Old rides here and here Four more to come….. Fat Lad Who’d have thought I’d actually have to do some real work at the day job 🙁
Fat lad and the Morley Mechanical
May 24, 2005 – 8:19 am
So last night was a just a little bit shite. For once I was actually going to be at the start point on time. Bike ready, camelback ready, lid on my head and gloves on my hands- ready to go. Then I get my shoes and here one of the cleats rattling, no probs thinks […]
Fat Lad Rides the Outwood Overkill
May 12, 2005 – 2:07 pm
o for the first time in a very long time I was long overdue for a Thursday night ride. However I shall have to be nice from ow on as I found out that Pete, Steve and Stan all read this blog. I wonder if I’ve been nice to them in the past……. It was […]
Fat Lad Rides the Extended Pete Pootle
May 10, 2005 – 2:01 pm
I am sooooo behind on these posts it’s not even funny….. anyways the usual Tuesday crew were out this night and Roachy and I made our way up to the chippy as normal. With a certain amout of joy it was the first ride of the year where I could wear shorts, short sleeve jersey […]
Fat Lad Rides…..
May 8, 2005 – 2:14 pm
ScotlandSo with a little inclination and some time off from work Mrs Fat Lad, Tiff,Danny and I headed north of the border for a week just outside Fort William. The plan was for a bit of riding, plenty of boozing and lots of fun. Non riding events included, the purchase of a light-sabre (not a […]
Fat Lat Rides the Return Of the Rodley Roamer
April 19, 2005 – 2:37 pm
First canal ride of the year. Half an hour to pack the bleeding car for a ten mile(ish) ride…. still beats riding there and back as well which is what Roachy would have me doing if he could…. Setting off from my place Pete and Shiela followed us down in their car negotiating the Leeds […]
Fat Lad (and Mrs Fat Lad) ride the Sherwood Pines Shuffle
April 16, 2005 – 2:32 pm
Mrs Fat Lad likes riding. But her day job is more like a all-bleedin-day-and-most-of-the-evening-and-a-good-proportion-of-the-weekend job. So when the opportunity to go out riding on the weekend together we jump on it. The initial plan was to set of 9ish am, so when we set off at 11am, a fine Fat Lad tradition was continued. (The […]
Fat Lad Rides The Pete Pootle Once More
April 12, 2005 – 2:32 pm
So as Tuesdays are obliged to do, it rolled round once more. Quick phone call to Pete on the Monday night and we decided to do the Pete Pootle again. Short blast to Pete and Shiela’s place and waiting to set off I was happy to be feeling much much better than last week. All […]