legs of lead!!
That how my legs felt this evening on the first hill I came to, its not a steep hill just a long drag on gravel\sandy grit and a bit of a head wind. I must admit I was not looking forward to riding the same hill again and another steeper one that I would have to ride twice (I do a couple of loops across the local heath which involves riding a couple of sections twice).
But when I got to the the second hill I flew up it (well by my standards at least) and when I got round to that first hill again I seemed to get up that one fairly easily as well, maybe my legs had warmed up. It was not a bad ride just a bit windy in place and very warm saw, a total of 14.3 miles. There were loads of Dragon flies about during the ride, OK about a half a dozen which when compared to normally seeing nought dragon flies 6 is a lot, also saw a Common Buzzard, and a normal selection of local wild life.
I think I will be fitting the new wheel (I went for the Mavic 717 rim) on my bike sooner rather than later, I have been holding off till the chain needs replacing but the play on the free hub is becoming excessive to the point I think it rubbing on the brake pads so I think I will be fitting the new wheel this weekend. Maybe even before Saturday ride which is going to be an early start as the daughter is working from 1:00pm Saturday so we need to be back as she baby sit her younger brother while we are out playing.
Finally if you think road bikes are a little fragile then take a look at this video from Martyn Ashton. The final few seconds was recorded at the local shopping centre in Poole just down the road from us.
