Adam Chamberlin

Yesterday was the second part of my motorcycle career; the Theory Test. The Theory Test is something I never had to complete when learning to drive a car, but due to the changes in the law on motorcycle tests, I had to take one before I’m allowed out on ‘big’ bikes. The test is taken in two parts; the first part is a section on general Highway code knowledge and takes the form of multiple choice...

Yesterday was the first part of my motorcycling adventure; the CBT. CBT (Compulsary Basic Training) is a standard you must achieve before you can ride a motorbike on the road in the UK. Thanks to Ian and Ivan at Excel Rider Training who made the day; despite the weather! The next step to practice my theory and hazard perception tests, then book a theory and see where we go. Until then, I could...

Last week Lucy passed her driving test, and it looked like the end of the L plates. A lass this was not the case because I have been bitten by the two wheel bug: and bitten quite hard. It all started a couple of years ago with the purchase of a road bicycle. This started an obsession with thin slick tyres and balancing round corners at higher than average speeds. The knock on effect of this was my...

Last night I recieved an email from British Cyclosportive regarding the UK etape Tour thingie I’m taking part in on July 1st. They have put together all the riders and now issued numbers; I’m rider 1394, with co-pilot Viv being...

Congratulations to Lucy! This morning she passed her driving test. It was her second attempt and only scored a total of 4 minor faults, was an excellent pass. Her first attempt last month probably should have been a pass as she was only failed due to a ‘judgement’ error, not leaving enough room for a parked car on a busy two-way street. Find me a driver who does these days. Anyway, she has passed...

I finally have my phone back. It’s only been just over a week, but those were some long days. I think the most missed feature was the camera, I can do without the phone calls, I can also just about survive without texting updates to Twitter, but I really did miss having a camera in my pocket. The good news is that o2 did update and flash the newest firmware on the phone whilst they were at...

Have you noticed the amount of cycling paths and lanes that are appearing all other the place? Well, they are popping up everywhere in an effort my the government and local authorities to get used to getting out and using a bike more often and leave the car at home. Even in Sudbury, on a new housing estate, there have been special lanes made for cyclists, which is great, I love the fact that us...

It feels like my left arm has been surgically removed… no wait it’s still there, turns out that it is just my phone that is broken, but it does come across like a missing limb. When I got into the office the other morning, I plugged my 6-month-old Sony Ericsson K800i into the computer for it’s daily sync and charge. Once completed, I unplugged the phone, but it did not restart into normal phone...

This post is more of a congratulation post for Lucy than anything else; on Sunday she rode her first 100miles! Now let me explain how this happened… A few months back Colin asked if I was interested in riding in this years Tour de Tendering, a charity bike ride based around the Tendering area. Being the person I am I jumped at the idea, but then promptly forgot all about it. Last Thursday at the...

Follow these simple steps: Go to www.google.co.uk Click on maps Click on get directions Go from “Atlanta” to “Paris, France” Scroll down in the directions to number 22 Now that is being optimistic! Thanks for the heads up...