Ride Entry – 28th September 2009
by admin on Sep.28, 2009, under Uncategorized
Bike: Vela
Distance: 29 miles
I had a flash of inspiration on the way home from the skateboard park last night (don’t worry, i was just taking my son and his friend, I’m staying well clear of that game now). I could take the wheel off my virtually fully stripped cross bike, stick the 7 speed cassette from the vela onto that, move the tyre across and I’d have a working bike. It might be a bit of a cludge because the rear wheel off my cross bike has a massive delargo rim on it but it seemed to work.
Took it out this morning for one of my hilly loops (800m climbing), and it worked fine. I got stung on the head by a wasp in the first few miles which still hurts now. It was seriously windy and rainy over the tops, right up in the clouds I was, and there were a huge amount of bell ends on the road. But apart from all that, it went great.
