Guest Post. Sadly, I am so lowly in the blogosphere I had to part with cold hard cash to get one but, mleh. (Hell no one has even tagged me with that five thing meme…) If you can spare it go here an donate any amount you can spare. It’s for a very good cause. […]
Author Archives: Fat Lad
Fat Lad Asks Five: Jeff Kerkove
February 1, 2008 – 12:26 pm
This will be the first in (I hope) a series of interviews with the great and good of cycling. Cutting through the nonsense and superlative of modern mountain bike journalism I will cut to the heart of what matters most. First up is half man half mile destroying machine Jeff Kerkove. Jeff’s blog is a […]
Fat Lad Plays Catch Up
January 28, 2008 – 4:47 pm
This time digitally rather than on the quagmired hills we call home. Right then first up – The logs link on the left (
Fat Lad And The Death of Summer
January 18, 2008 – 6:31 am
We used to just call it the jump. Sometimes we might expand it to “the jump at miggy woods”. A micro valley, a bombhole, with a smooth shallow transferring to steep run in with an equally tarmac smooth take off. It was our two wheeled playground. Regardless of skill any rider could become airborne merely […]
Fat Lad Wants to Know What He’s Missing
January 7, 2008 – 12:14 pm
On the left there is a link called blogroll. In there is all the feeds I subscribe to now. I reckon there’s more good bike reading to be had out there. What am I missing? Give me some links for further consumption dear readers. Please. Fat Lad
Fat Lad Goes Cold Turkey
January 6, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Well, for a short while anyways. Holiday to use up and the siren call of the far north luring us away from our fair city we drove to our favourite bolt hole in Scotland. But without the bikes. For the cyclists amongst us let me do that again in italics for emphasis: But without the […]
Fat Lad Wishes:
December 25, 2007 – 2:00 am
Anyone who has come to this muddy part of the t’interweb a very Happy Christmas! and a little ditty for you: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A Fat Lad on a full bounce. On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two Smelly Gloves, […]
Fat Lad Rides Through The Freezing Fog
December 23, 2007 – 10:13 am
Firstly lets get something out in the open. At the time of writing I have a stinking hangover and if the words themselves don’t shout “No really Al, you should of stopped drinking about two hours before you did”, then at least only one of us is miserable and dehydrated. Secondly this post’s title is […]
Fat Lad’s Mojo Crash
December 11, 2007 – 6:01 am
There are many things that can be said about me. Most of them derogatory and nearly all of those true. But one word would never been able to come from anybodys lips: Uncommitted. That is, until now. I am so unmotivated it’s beyond funny. Two weeks of illness combined with the sudden and downright bloody […]
Fat Lad Wants To Know….
November 28, 2007 – 9:20 am
How come my wife knows more about my bike and kit than I do… Exhibit A: My winter boots. Upon entering the bicycle shop Fat Lad tried on several pairs of boots. All were either too big or too small each lacking the required “Goldilock” factor. Settling upon a pair too big Fat Lad was […]