ping, boink, opps
That is at least the noise I think my broken spokes made, opps is what I said (polite version)!!
Out on a nice steady 14 mile loop around Moors Valley this morning and we were making our way back to the visitors centre for a drink and a rest. Riding along a gravel path I decided to recreate one of those school antic of riding through the puddle at speed with my feet in the air. Only problem was my chosen puddle turned out to be a crater, the back wheel dropped into the puddle with a almighty thump but I never really noticed anything at the time. On the ride from the visitor centre back to the car, any movement on the rear I felt I thought was the rear end squirming around in the mud. It was only when I got home and started to clean the bike down that I found two broken spokes and noticed a distinct wobble in the rear wheel.
I was already going to pop the bike into the local LBS Cyclefix in Parkstone, Poole (they are a repair and spares shop only) so I quickly washed the bike down and drove over to the shop. I am glad to say that two spokes were replaced, the wheel trued, the rear hub re-greased, the gears checked and a 1ltr refill of Muc Off purchased for a very reasonable price and all done in under an hour, happy and well impressed.
Earlier in the week I swapped the saddle on my bike to a Charge Spoon Leather TI, while my butt is still a bit achy it is the first time since getting the bike that I have not had the gel seat cover on the saddle so my butt may need to do a little bit of re-moulding. But on the whole I felt comfortable.
Unfortunately the same can’t be said for my knee, I am getting a pain in the back of the knee where it bend, It is not easy to describe the pain just that it is painful by the time we finished riding. Once I am off the bike and walking or sitting down there no pain so I think I might play around with the seat height, maybe rising it slightly so that when my right leg is at the top of the pedal rotation my knee is not folded so tightly.
Well I am hoping to ride again tomorrow so let see what the morning brings……….
