Great week on the bike despite the chilly weather, although even that warmed up towards the weekend. But best news of all is that the Posh Bike aka my focus Cayo, came out after a winter of skulking largely neglected in my garage. but more of that in a mo.
The stats - 234 miles covered, making 1694 miles ytd - all moving in an upward direction so all good. back to the focus then...
Saturday morning dawned, and a dry bright morning beckoned, so it had to be - lubrication done, just had to pump tyres and go. Removed dust caps and on both tyres managed to unscrew valve too - result two pancake flat tyres - never mind that's just 25 pumps of the track pump rather than the 10-12 that I would have needed anyway. So pressure resumed and off I went, just over 3 miles up the road felt the air leave my front tyre - puncture - first for 6 months or so, ho hum I thought. Removed wheel, tyre and old tube and grabbed spare tube from saddle bag and fitted. Pumped tyre then removed oump and for the 3rd time in about 20 minutes managed to remove the valve - however this time the item was nowhere to be seen - frustration was now rising. Ok fix the puncture old skool then - patch, glue, chalk and re-fit (again) the tyre and wheel. - Success!!! On I went, brain calculating time lost and therefore revised distance target for ride as I had somewhere to be by 9am. - In all 27.84 miles covered, in just over an hour and a half at an average of 18.2mph - happy? Oh yes. It's good to be back, as someone once said... Workout is here if you are interested?!
Sabbatical looms (21st March - 20th April) so space for a few longer distance rides over the next month or so - would like to be up to pace for 10k miles yearly target by end of April i.e. in the region of 3333 miles covered by then or 240ish per week between now and then - eeek!
In other news Cav remains quiet at Terrano-Adriatico, but Tony Martin wins Paris Nice and Wiggo an admirable 3rd too. As a bit of fun i have also "entered" Road.cc's Fantasy Cycling with my team Phat Cyclists - effectively fantasy football but for Pro cycling. First race Milan San Remo...watch this space!
Sunny day again today and i have clocked up a 30 miler - here's hoping the sun continues, as does the mileage and that the Focus remains...!
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