Bike decisions

I have been thinking about what I want to do with my bikes over the winter.

I have decided that for the moment I need to stay on the Yess so that I get used to it for next season so at the moment I think I am going to store the dialled and ice frames then next year when I replace the parts on the Yess I will build up the dialled with the bits from the Yess. I will then build up the ice and then after that the Curtis.

The Ice and the Curtis can be displayed as kind of art as they are really good looking frames so they will not be thrown in a cupboard somewhere.

I had a look at my Yess yesterday and the bars are a bit more battered and the back wheel is really buckled from the crash so I am dropping it off at Crucial tomorrow morning when I pick up my son's bike from having his new wheels put on.

I really need to stop spending for a while to get my overdraft down and also save money to buy a van next year

I am still deciding if I will do nationals next year but from a financial standpoint I think it is better to wait another year. It also makes sense from a experience standpoint as I need to improve my manuals a lot and also learn to jump before I can compete at a National level so one more year riding regionals makes sense.

Once my ribs are healed I want to get a bit more serious about my training by doing circuit training 3 times a week with stretching afterwards and I also need to do a lot more conditioning to get my weight down more. I have done pretty well I have lost 5kgs this year so far so not too bad but I want to lose a lot of weight by next season so I will also need to do a couple of long bike rides this winter.

I also need to get back into regular sprint sessions as well as training my manuals which I have not really trained too much off of the track and it shows. I am planning to do manual training with my sprint training so that in between sprints I am practicing manuals as a kind of active rest.

As I can't ride at the moment I am currently working out a training schedule to follow for the winter. I will add it here once I have it pretty much finalised.