60 miles at a decent lick, felt strong on the hills, tired by the end, 3 hours 20 minutes ride time, 2 bloody punctures though, heart pounding all night as expected
But, riding in the evening in the fading sunlight is fanfuckingtastic, must get some better brakes !
2 days off now before going for a century on Sunday
Update - didnt bother with new brakes just went straight for a new bike, based on the simple premise that the Kona Jake the Snake is a cross bike and deserves to see some mud and dust so should get knobblies refitted, the De Rosa is an Italian and can only come out when its above 25c (so yes thats twice a year) and the Kona Zing looks freaking loveley to my eyes and its relatively cheap :-)
Bloody hell, good going! Wish I could ride that fast.
ReplyDeletethere was 3 of us to be fair, although trying to organise mountainbikers into some sort of pace line is a lesson in frustration ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat makes me feel a lot better!
ReplyDeleteMy legs don't seem to have a 60 mile ride in them at the moment, let alone a century.
Haha, nice update. You should have got the Zing Deluxe though :)
ReplyDeleteI would have if I didnt already have the DeRosa, although I wanted this so I can use it even if the weather is crap, the DeRosa is too nice to get crappy
ReplyDeleteYou could have come for a proper ride in the woods instead.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! Pretty funny. Don't you still need brakes or the cross bike though?
ReplyDeletetypical womans logic
ReplyDeletedoh, I'll get a new cross bike as well then ;-)