There goes another month
I’m blogging less again, but it’s winter and I’m riding less. I still haven’t fixed the puncture in the back of the Tricross, but I do intend to tonight as it’s getting a little lighter in the evening and I’d like to swap back to the Tricross from the Bolinas Ridge. The Ridge has punctured [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Has puncture season started?
At the weekend the other half got a puncture in the back tyre of her Fat Boy. Yesterday I got a puncture in the front of the Tricross. Leaves have started falling, as have small branches. Is this the start of the puncture season? I expect later tonight when I (hope to) get around to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A faster commute!
The weather has been quite nice again this last week so I’ve been commuting on the TriCross again. It felt a bit odd after so long on the Bolinas Ridge, but a little tweak to the saddle (forward 3/8″) has improved that no end. Now, if I get bounced out of the saddle my arse [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cocked-up cockpit
…or, my lights are lop-sided and nothing fits on the Tricross without an effort. I’ve fitted my new Garmin edge to the stem of the Tricross, and it was a tight fit. I have a small frame, which I think has given it a short steep stem, and the Garmin only fits on with the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )After the snow, a decent commute
I’m in a good mood despite having a puncture in the back tyre of the Marin (looks like I was right to be paranoid yesterday, I blame the station car park). I didn’t have time this morning to fix the tyre so I commuted on the Tricross today. The snow had almost completely cleared from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )First freeze
It was this winters first freeze last night, I didn’t get it until this morning though. The lock and the back brake lever on the bike were frozen when I tried to leave for work, but both freed up quite quickly and didn’t freeze again (unlike last year when the brakes came on and stayed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Punctures + Fog = Late
So I got on the Marin this morning and had the usual “this feels spongy, are my tyres low?” thought, which I dismissed as I always do as being that I’d ridden the Tricross last and it was just the difference between 23mm and 2 inch tyres. This time I was wrong. The bike got [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Foggy, really foggy
It was foggy today. I believe most of the country was under it, and it didn’t lift at all. It was foggy when I went out a 7:00 this morning, foggy at lunch time, and foggy when I came home at 5:00. I was almost able to cycle normally though., the visibility was no worse [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bar end lights
I think bar end lights are a great idea, they give drivers that little bit of extra warning of how wide you are. I recently put a pair of Trek Beacon lights in my droppies and they are nicely bright. Normally I’d run them in blink mode, with a static tail light (you should have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Lights
I’ve finally got all my lights fitted on the Marin again, after having to take everything of the handlebars and re-mount it when I changed from 8 speed to 9 speed gears a month or so back. The new Deore M530 shifters and Avid FR-5 brake levers take up more space on the bars than [...]
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