I went out for a normal training ride yesterday, to test out all the tweaks made by A to the bike.  It being sunny, I did a seaside loop.  Mind you, when the tide is out that far ’round here, it’s not so much sandy beaches, as mud glorious mud!

Not much to report really – especially being devoid of computer again – but with a combination of the route map on bikely and the stop watch on my mobile phone, the best I can come up with is as follows:

Cycling time: 2:10ish
Distance: 34.4 miles
Avs: relatively fast mph!
ODO: 417 miles

The bike was much smoother again – gears changing properly, tyres without bulges, and the “old” saddle is definitely more comfortable.  It was a pretty pleasant ride, which I managed to get in before the weather had heated up to too much.  There being very little wind, I was generating quite a lot of headwind which is irritating but inevitable.  Having read some things about when to use them in Cycling Plus this month, I practised spending some time down on the drops which was oddly relaxing.  You can’t see as much of your surroundings and end up focusing more on your rhythm and speed, which is quite meditative in a funny way.  Plus I seemed to go a bit faster that way – always a bonus!

The one nice thing about the lack of computer is that you don’t know that you’re 30 minutes into a 2 hour ride, or that you have 25 miles to go, or whatever…you just have to be where you are, when you are, on your way to where you’re going.  How zen is that? *grin*