Thursday dawned and with it wet roads and drizzle - yuck! Wind was also blowy from the South West. So being a fickle so and so, thought i'd wait till it dried before departing, so mid morning off i went, very quick first hour, but then paid the price for the blustery conditions - 70miles in around 4 hours.
Friday and Saturday saw the start of both 30 days of biking and the peoples grand tour (2 online "events" to get people to ride every day in April) so 2 identical rides, albeit Saturday faster than Friday - both 37miles, just over 2 hours for both, and then plenty of pottering about in the garden thereafter. Singlespeed project gathers pace as bar tape now fitted, freewheel off and single speed cog on, single chain ring bolts arrived so chainring secured and new skewers bought and fitted, slightly miffed as chain i had was about 2 inches short - grrr! Found another chain though so just need to shorten it (next week's job) and brakes need overhaul me thinks.
Saturday night was quiz night - we were "Pinky and the Brains" and attained 2nd place overall, a good night other than the dubious noise imposed on us by the band during the interval.
Sunday, was Mother's Day and being the 1st sunday of the month meant it was also First Taste so for one morning only I relaxed my sabbatical and attended church - a good morning, really buzzing - well done all!
What's that song? - Lazy Sunday Afternoon - precisely! No ride, so have already failed in riding every day in April, but thought that the pressure is now off, but on the upside I am confident that i can achieve a minimum of 30 rides before the end of April -not quite in the spirit of things but I am sure the pro's have rest days - don't they?
Sunday also saw the Tour of Flanders - what a race! Spartacus appeared beaten, then made a late surge, but was eventually pipped on the line by Nuyens and Chavanel - Roll on Roubaix (next weekend)
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