No not me (although by the end of the week I sometimes can be). This time it’s the large chainring that has reached it’s end. After getting the new chain and cassette fitted I was eager to see how it handled this morning. So setting off I was a little surprised when the chain fell…
Look what came in the post this week. Lovely shiney new cassettes. Must say I’m pretty pleased with how quickly they came from a Taiwanese eBay seller. They look so good and fresh it’s almost a shame to use them. Use them I must though. The old ones on my winter ride have been getting…
The middle of this week really turned blue, in more ways that one. It felt cold on Tue night and when looking out the window on Wed morning there was a hard frost on the ground and cars. “Ha! No need to scrape the car”, I thought to myself. Weetabix was finished so I subbed…
Commutes like Mondayβs have an added benefit in that when the wind dies down for the next journey it feels like a doddle. That is what happened on Tue. Compared to Monday when I could barely hear the aeroplanes coming in to land as I passed the airport, or the trucks trundling past over the…
Day 3 of the 2019 commute and it was one of my slowest, toughest and most energy sapping rides on record (and that means all of them, not just the 2019 ones). It was the kind of ride that feels like it will never end. The kind of ride that needs a constant shift into…
Happy New Year! First day back in 2019 – my legs felt stickier than the sticky toffee pudding I had on Christmas day. Not to mention my stomach, which felt heavier than all the Christmas cake I was putting away. There was a fair amount of squeaking from the bike on the way in, obviously…
