Taking to the Roads

The weekend arrives and Saturday is very sunny and a nice warm spring morning and after thinking should I all day I finally get my bike out of the shed where it has lived since i last used it many months ago when Lin was visiting and we went out.

After discovering about the different kind of valves bike tyres can i have i finally get some air into the wheels and I am ready to go.   It takes me all of about 10 yards before I realise the gears will not change again - I have had no end of issues with the gears on this bike since day one.  So a small tantrum later and threatening to buy a new bike i am taking it to the Bracknell Cycles shop who for £44 give it a once over, change the cables and it works perfectly now, why could Bike Hut in Halfords not have done this.

Sunday morning and I am up bright and early on a much less sunny and colder morning and off for a quick ride, 38 minutes in total and never too energetic on a route that took me about 11km and over a hill or two, mainly on back roads.  Having not use my road bike much since owning it I am still a bit unsure of it so never tempted to go too fast, but that will come with time.

The only time I noticed I was putting any energy in was a steep incline right at the end of the route that flattened out just as i was about to have to stop.  But just at that moment i was passed by 3 other cyclists out for a nice easy ride who went past as if i was standing still !!!  This gave me some motivation to try and keep up with them which was going great until they managed to get through a green set of lights that had turned red by my arrival.