It is that time of year where we come up with resolutions of the things we are going to do in the new year and probably succeed in – well for a day or 2 maybe

My family and I have recently taken up Taekwondo as a family and are all learning from scratch. For those out there that are looking to get fit, lose weight or build strength but, like me, do not like swimming lengths, jogging or gyms then this is a fantastic option! We have been doing the classes for 1 month (a free trial) and the level of excercise is really high and as you do this as a class there is a lot of working together and so you get to meet loads of people and it helps you to keep going with the excercise!

With this in mind I have decided I will as my New Years Resolution I will continue with these classes, I will also be making small changes to my diet along the lines of reducing the bread I eat at lunchtime and have soup for lunch, and when I snack it will be fruit! I did this for a couple of weeks before Xmas and with the Taekwondo lost 6 pounds in 3 weeks, and this is in addition to when building muscle it weighs more that the fat you are getting rid of and so is a great process. My goal is to lose 3 stone!!!

What has this got to do with bikes? Not a lot – BUT – If you took that much weight off a bike think if the increased speed and better handling

SO – WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING to either you OR your bike?????