Having failed to make it out of bed in time for either of the Oddsox rides today, I was left feeling a little guilty. My inertia had been partially fueled by the bike situation: the 29er has fast summer tyres not suitable for the Beamish mud, and the stumpy has tyres aplenty and a new 15mm bolt-thru fork but not yet a compatible wheel for this!
I decided to do an old training loop of mine aboard the X-cal, on Sustrans type trails along the north side of the Tyne, through the pedestrian tunnel then back via the Baltic and the Ouseburn Valley. The stats: Distance: 17.6 miles, average speed: 12.1 mph, top speed: 31.1 mph.
The X-cal performed admirably, as good as the one that was stolen and a much nicer colour. It seems very quick and happiest cruising at 17-18mph, all I need now is some semi-slicks for the C&C and some mud tyres too. Not sure how I'm gonna get all this past "the committee" though.
I didn't perform quite as well as the 29er, though. At one point I was overtaken by a man with a cigarette in his mouth, chugging through it like a training aid as he went past me on his £50 Halfords Crapbike (tm). That was too much to take, so I dug deep and went back past him. The training starts now for my big summer of cycling.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
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