9°C, brisk W

4 days without a ride and feeling frustrated and fidgety. A short blast is such a good way to clear that feeling.

I’ve had an annoying time with repairs not working out well:

• Fit new chain but it skips on the old cassette – so changed it.
• Spare cassette also skips so must be worn out too.It’s been in storage for years.
• Decided to pull out the commuting/gravel bike and it has a puncture.
• Eventually went out on the commuter with its gravel wheels.
• 2 cassettes and 1 chain binned. Replacements ordered.

The problem is keeping track of how old componants are on bikes when you have 6. It was easier when I only had 2 or 3 bikes. Now it seems like a cluster of repears have come together.