A bit of a strange week

What with work, dinners out, marching in to our new house, travelling etc, it's been a bit of a poor week training wise. But, after 4 good weeks of training it fits quite nicely as a recovery week. I did go out on Wednesday night on my MTB for a recce of dog walking areas around our new home. Unfortunately, I came a cropper in some shingle and suffered an embarrassing comedy "pedal" moment; we've all done it, you come to a stop but can't unclip in time and suffer the ignomy of a slow fall from grace. I got up quickly and looked around to make sure no-one had seen me (they hadn't!) and jumped back on again. The only damage (apart from my pride) was a scratched phone.

Hopefully, I will get out for a run tomorrow (and maybe a quick 25 mile ride as well?) and am planning to ride with Sags on Sunday so should manage about 6 hours or so - an ideal recovery week. Sags has just texted to remind me that the clocks go forward on Saturday night ...

My Litespeed has been getting used a lot over the past few weeks and is suffering in the cleanliness stakes. Bally (remember him?) would have apoplexy if he saw it. I must make the effort to clean it this weekend. Following the article about bike set up in Cycling Weekly last week, I thought I would re-measure the Litespeed because over time things can change, especially when you are constantly putting bikes together and taking them apart for travelling etc. I spent a good amount of time checking the various measurements and was surprised that the saddle height of my Litespeed was 2.5cms less than my TT and Turbo bikes. I re-measured but it seemed to be correct, so I left it. But it puzzled me. It was only later that evening after I had put all the bikes to bed (!) that I realised my mistake; I had done the test without wearing shoes! As Father Dougall would say - "Eedjyat!"

As a bit of fun, I've been "building" my dream bike - the internet is a wonderful thing. Final choice is unusual but weighs less than 13.5lbs and is kitted out with some super kit, although I do insist on alloy handlebars. The cost? Well, it's not cheap but no more expensive than some of the top spec bikes from Trek, Specialized etc. I think Santa in Christmas 2010 may be very good to me. I hope.

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