Ride Entry – 16th January 2010
by admin on Jan.17, 2010, under Uncategorized
Bike : Pimpino
Distance : 27 miles
Well I’m doing very poorly so far. Snow and job and that. It’s interesting. I took a job to give me more free time to ride my bike and stuff and I’m riding less, WTF??!! We’ll talk more about my new job later, and believe me, it’s not all good.
Back to the ride then. Fucking fast is a good 2 word summation. I reckon I clocked a 20mph average here, and this is on a fixed wheel cross bike *which had a slow puncture for the last 4 miles!!*. But I loved it all. The first three milesor so were BALLS OUT!!! It was ace! I could hardly breath at the end of it but I had a good 15 minutes of skimming car bumpers, slipstreaming large vehichles and generally putting the shits up a group of placid drivers who think they can pretty much ignore cyclists.
NO MF! We’re here, we’re fast and I WILL be right up your arse unless traffic is light.
This is the third puncture in the same place over two rides.The tubes seemto have a small holeon the inside, like it’s something on the the rim that’s causing it but I’ve spent a good twenty minutes rubbing my hand over the troublesome area and can find nothing. If iot happens again I’ll pullthe rim tape off and check again.
Pimpino is running splendid at the moment, loving it.
Job not running splendid, in fact I’d leave now if I had something to go to. I’m rapidly determining that public sector is not for me. How people work in that environment all their lives is beyond me. I’ll stick it for say….three months, just to make sure I’m not missing anything but after that I’ll whore myself out to the biggest payer.
January 17th, 2010 on 9:45 pm
bugger grass wasn’t greener? but surely you must be working less hours than previously which will equal more hours on the bike??
January 17th, 2010 on 9:52 pm
That’s what I thought about working for the council, but I stuck it out for 6 months until I understood the system a bit better. I still have contempt and occasional violent impulses towards co-workers(fucktards who gleefully tell you they have done their entire lifetime there – obviously because it would be that or they would have to be sectioned) but I rise above it and think of the bigger picture – they are paying me to work at a pace where work doesn’t occupy my every waking moment so I can concentrate on quality of life and learning more skills to move on in the right direction.
January 17th, 2010 on 11:38 pm
Yeah, public sector work clearly has good and bad points. My biggest beef at the moment is that I’m being asked to travel to Blackpool on a normal day and Newcastle on errm, another normal day. It’s a lot of travelling and that would be fine if the work was incredibly interesting but after just one project meeting I can tell I’ll be banging my head against a wall for all eternity.
I will stick it out and see what happens though, at least for a few months (unless something better comes along) and some of the benefits are admittedly impressive. I certainly don’t think about work after I’ve left and have had one of the most relaxing weekends I can ever remember. I get gym membership for £1.50 a month to an excellent, on site gym which is always empty not to mention a thousand discounts to just about everything. Plus, I’m actually seriously thinking about the things I want to do in my spare time like writing and photography and riding bikes.
January 18th, 2010 on 1:42 pm
Thankfully I don’t (didn’t) have any meetings to attend early on, I do now and yes, they behave like children, bickering, sniping and picking sides and then pontificating about miniscule side issues for ever so it drags out for ever. I am considering staying within the system for the long haul simply for the pension, as previously I would have to die within a month of retirement or starve. I have a plan to gain management experience and training and then move upwards and sideways into a different area.
January 20th, 2010 on 9:23 am
Having been at the mercy of the private sector all my working, the council in this current climate really does look appealing. Steady job, no stress to keep you awake till 4 am wondering if you will still have a job in a weeks time, good pension, flexible working and good holidays. The Stuff of dreams lol.
I can well imagine that I’d be bored soon enough though.
Hope things work out for you mate.