8°C, stiff W breeze. Dry and sunny.
After the weather we’ve had! 3 named storms last week and some bouts of heavy showered including hail. My average milage has really suffered.
The original idea was to go out on the cross bike. Infuriatingly, it has a flat tyre. It didn’t respond to reinflation so I left it for today and headed out on the heavy Mustang.
8°C, strong SW, mostly sunny
Kona Jake: it’s such a good bike for me. The fit feels natural and it’s light and reasonably quick. There were a few placesa where I had to carry it over fallen trees (felled by one of the recent gales. We’ve had 3 named storms over the last week. There is debris everywhere. The beech is a mix of dead grass torn from plants and masses of human rubbish.
It’s been a worrying time at home for the roof. Last time it was like this, i had to climb a ladder and replace missing tiles. It’s fun riding in the wind at times. Some directions I can on ly do 6mph standing on pedals and then I return at 30 mph with no effort.
7°C, light SW, Frey with drizzle at end
I declare 1 Metric Century. The GPS records 27 metres short but there is some leeway. The last half hour was dark which made it feel like a long day. Sunset is still 16.27. too early.
13°C, moderate SW, dry and sunny (again).
14°C, moderate SW, dry with sun.
Weird weather, it’s like early May today. I’m clocking up over 100/week currently. This bike needs a bit of TLC, especially – the mudguards are rubbing.
Tomorrow, I reset all the Speedos back to zero
8°C, light SE, dry and light
There were plenty of other bike riders on the road this morning. Conditions were good too.
9°C, calm dry but grey.
A reasonable ride to Formby and back. The bike whizzed along in the still air. There’s lots of mud to watch for.
The previous rude was much slower and yesterday, I found out why. The rear wheel was very stiff so I serviced it. The cone bearing was very tight which must have knocked loads off the average speed. Mechanicals are usually an excuse for poor performance, but this time it was genuine.
4°C, dense fog.
About 1/5th of drivers didn’t put their lights on in this dense fog. I saw 2 cyclists riding with their hands in their pockets. Another two wore all black and had no lights. Nutters!
The speedo was over-reading today. Tchoh!
7°C, calm and sunny
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