Ride Entry – 22nd October 2009
by admin on Oct.22, 2009, under Uncategorized
Bike: Vela
Distance: 30 miles
Blimey, not doing too well at all this week. Not getting to the ‘drome has cocked me up a bit for mileage so I hoped to get out and do a nice big road ride, obviously that was scuppered too. Nice night for it mind, very little wind and dry for once. Up over the tops, caned it down towards Rivington with a registered 47mph top speed, as I went over the cattle grid I bottomed the back wheel, didn’t realise I’d pinched the tube and carried on. I only realised when it started to go squidgy on the climb up to Atherton. Of course, there’s no street lights up there so I had to gently ride towards Horwich until I found one. No problem changing the tube apart from a gang of lads stopping next to me in their chavved up car and taking the piss. Once it was fixed I decided to just call it a day/night. Rode home, drank some beer.
October 22nd, 2009 on 7:13 am
I hit a drain cover in Leigh yesterday morning and had a massive pinch flat – instant deflation. New tube in, finished ride to work. On closer inspection at work the tyre was completely destroyed – large (20+mm) cut in tyre tread, smaller cut in sidewall. Almost new, expensive tyre in bin
October 22nd, 2009 on 7:30 am
bummer. You can just slip one off the shelf though, yes?
October 22nd, 2009 on 7:35 am
I wish!
October 22nd, 2009 on 12:38 pm
I want somekind of bench mark fitnesss for you Jon. How freakin’ fit are you?
October 22nd, 2009 on 2:43 pm
don’t forget Rob, I’ll do maybe 1000m of climbing on the road in those 30 miles. You’ll find it hard not to do 1000m in half that.
October 26th, 2009 on 9:06 am
I get more punctures riding at this time of year because I can’t see the obstacles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asmallboxoffrogs/4040445396/
-that happened at night in the rain, steamed up glasses and oncoming headlights riding over a section of broken up tarmac