Yesterday the new bike/frame was finally christened with a nice 50 km roll from Rutherglen via Sprinhurst,Chiltern and returning to Rutherglen. My feeling is this new frame is stiffer than the last one and it's whisper quiet to ride. The other bike always had little creaks and noises when out of the saddle but this one does not, the only sounds that could be heard was the odd locust being decapitated by the finely tuned spokes of my dura-ace wheels.
The ride was not without incident after riding over a rough patch of bitumen where some flood water had damaged the road I was getting a little thirsty and emptied my first bidon and when I reached for the second one it was nowhere to be found. A quick u-turn and back to that rough bit of road hoping that the couple of cars that had passed had not flattened my camelbak podium bidon that I was pretty sure would be lying on the road.
My fears where soon given over to relief as I found my water bottle safely lying in the middle of the road. When I bent down to pick it up my shimano glasses fell off and broke in two. Now I would have to ride the last 20 km looking at the bitumen as the locusts were thick and I was worried about being smacked in the eye by one of the over friendly critters.
Apparently they're pretty high in protein so if I needed more fuel on the ride there would be no shortage. Luckily I had a decent lunch and would not need a top up during the return leg.
The small climb out of Chiltern was no effort on the new machine and I still had some fitness left after the lay off although still managed to get my heart rate over 165 bpm. The run back to Rutherglen is always into a head wind
and I reckon I have never done it with a tailwind. So it's great to be back on the road before christmas and I am looking forward to burning off all the christmas festivities on the bike.
The ride was not without incident after riding over a rough patch of bitumen where some flood water had damaged the road I was getting a little thirsty and emptied my first bidon and when I reached for the second one it was nowhere to be found. A quick u-turn and back to that rough bit of road hoping that the couple of cars that had passed had not flattened my camelbak podium bidon that I was pretty sure would be lying on the road.
My fears where soon given over to relief as I found my water bottle safely lying in the middle of the road. When I bent down to pick it up my shimano glasses fell off and broke in two. Now I would have to ride the last 20 km looking at the bitumen as the locusts were thick and I was worried about being smacked in the eye by one of the over friendly critters.
Apparently they're pretty high in protein so if I needed more fuel on the ride there would be no shortage. Luckily I had a decent lunch and would not need a top up during the return leg.
The small climb out of Chiltern was no effort on the new machine and I still had some fitness left after the lay off although still managed to get my heart rate over 165 bpm. The run back to Rutherglen is always into a head wind
and I reckon I have never done it with a tailwind. So it's great to be back on the road before christmas and I am looking forward to burning off all the christmas festivities on the bike.
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