Raising Saddles
Every so often I decide that I could push the saddle a bit higher up on one bike or another. Hopefully this reduces the angle that my knees bend to, taking some of the force of them (I have a slightly dodgy right knee), whilst also making me flatten my body a little more to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Rim hunting mistakes
I have a new rim on the back wheel of the Tricross now. It’s a Mavic CSP22 replacing the AlexRims ACE19. Despite digging around various on-line bike shops and manufacturers sites I went for the wheel that was on this years model of Tricross. I’d already looked it up and discovered it was narrower (622×15 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cherry Hinton
No big exciting rides this weekend. Partly down to the weather, partly down to me being grumpy/chicken (delete as you feel) about the weather and deciding not to go out. We got the Concept2 indoor rower, so I can get some excercise in the poor weather now (although it isn’t my rower). I’ve done 3km so [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Weekend wear-out
Another week of missing the Garmin Connect goal I set! On Saturday I did the usual long run to the paper shop, which with another errand got me 25km more. This left me with 120km for Saturday afternoon & Sunday, shouldn’t be a problem over two days. I expected to spend Saturday afternoon shopping with [...]
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 )Why I should pay attention to the weather forecast…
(…and maps) I did 65km today, not too difficult normally. The route was Fen Ditton – Horningsea – Waterbeach – Landbeach – Wilburton – Haddenham – Sutton – Earith – Willingham – Rampton – Cottenham – Histon – Impington – Milton – Landbeach – Waterbeach – Horningsea – Fen Ditton, (there’s a map on Bikely). [...]
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