In the beginning, there were bikes…

… a lot of bikes. Streaming past us at varying intervals, but still streaming. All kinds of bikes, with all kinds of riders; young and old, black and white… whatever that third pairing is.

Which was to be expected, as it was the day of the London to Brighton Bike Ride, 2006. 18th June to be precise.

And apropos of nothing, I turned to my wife - for she was with me - and said “I’m going to get a bike. And next year I’m going to enter the London to Brighton Bike Ride.”

Yes, I know. Perhaps I’d been out in the sun too long… but this is what beginnings are made of, right? A good hook. Now we just have to follow-through.