As you may know, I came to cycling initially as means to an end selling my beloved MG ZR (ok, I'll admit Rover) in an attempt to save a little money and hopefully get fitter in the process.

However I found that I loved cycling even more than I could have imagined to the point where I have now bought myself a super-duper custom made road bike that I delight in boring people about.

So instead of just going around inviting people to pick my bike up and marvel at how light weight it is, it's time I put it and myself to work and although I don't need much of an excuse to get out on my bike, if I can do it and help a fantastic cause in the process that's more the better.

So please give what you can, I promise to cycle as fast as I can and push myself harder, I don't ultimately know what level I want to take my cycling too, but I certainly will be doing many more events in the future.

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Thanks for looking and giving.

Marky.