With rest taking priority over traning I managed to spend some more time working on my bikes this afternoon. After a small amount of fettling I took the Litespeed around the block to make sure everything was working OK and I'm glad to report that all is good; the gear changes could be a little snappier so maybe need to increase the cable tension a tad, but not much. Sorry about the poor quality photos, I will use a decent camera next time rather than my phone.
I then set about putting the RoadRacer Mk 2 mudguards onto the Planet X, and apart from the compact dimension causing some problems resulting in me having to fit the old Mk 1 rear mudguard, I now have mudguards fitted. Hopefully this means I will ride a lot more through the Winter but I'm terrible when it comes to riding in the cold and wet so may be it won't!
With that job out the way I then set about turning the turbo bike from a tt set up back to a road bike. This was a fairly straightforward job as this bike has downtube shifters so there are no gear cables on the handlebars to change over. I then had to remove the Profile Fast Forward seat post, replace it with a road one and swap the saddle over. Easy peasy. Need to measure and set up correctly but the parts are all moved across now.
I've also been putting my old Scott bike back together. I was going to sell this but it will now be built up and left at our new house in Leeds. I just need some STIs and cables to complete this, but as we all know STIs are not cheap so this may have to wait a few weeks as funds are needed elsewhere just now.
Looking ahead, I should get to the pool a couple of times this week to continue my swimming renaissance, complete 2 weight training, 2 easy turbo and 1 x 1 hour jog/walk sessions. If the weather is OK and all is good I may even get out for a road ride next Saturday; it won't be hard and it won't be far but it would be nice to get out.
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