Hot and dusty here on our ride this morning. My friend Rob on the steep off-road descent off the north side of Ditchling Beacon and me hanging out on Paine's Twitten in Lewes. It's Paine as in revolutionary Tom Paine who lived in Lewes, and twitten is the local name for the steep alleyways that...
I think you might have missed heaviness of brow and bulginess of eyes. A friend of mine who does a lot of work in wind tunnels with neo-pros reckons these are determining factors in how much you can keep your head down in a TT.
Testing out the old Orbea Arama in preparation for a ride from Dieppe to Geneva next week, and then the Rhine cycle route from Andermatt to Rotterdam the following one.
Did 20 miles at17.8 mph on it this morning without getting out of breath. I've never really been able to explain how this...
Beautiful day for a potter, doing a loop that goes out above the Long Man and comes back below him, and taking in some of Sussex's vineyards.
Just me, the Castellano, some vocal horses and a few fluffy clouds.
Well, I totally lied. In the words of Edwyn Collins "I can't help myself". Thought I'd sneak a ride in between showers this evening. And I nearly did. It was all going swimmingly until I actually thought I might have to start swimming.
For @Imlach there is a cross up on the Downs to commemorate...
It is, just used an old alloy bolt and cut up some velcro. Yes, much lighter. Mind you I just put a Reverb dropper on it so it's swings and roundabouts on the weight front.
We've had a series of torrential downpours here today so riding has been restricted to a couple of short shakedowns of my new "flambouyancy aid" wheels on the Chickens and the 450g-lighter fork on the Castellano, including hand-fabricated artisan hose guide.
The storm clouds are gathering again...
It was 25°C here at 9.30am. I used all my shady knowledge to do a loop 75% out of the sun. No traffic, no people just a vague echoing noise inside my empty head. Nice.