The end of the monotony...

Sat 26 Jan 2008

Took Joe to football this morning (after a lovely bowl of Ready Brek!) - he seemed to really enjoy himself today. Had a bacon sandwich while watching, as I'm probably not going to get time for lunch before I got out with Laurence. Brown sauce is the only thing that works for me on bacon sandwiches :-) Joe has a burger from the van after footy - he asks every week since Grandad brought him one! This is the first time I've given in!

Got home, discovered that Joe's bike and three scooters have been stolen from the side of our house and the gates hanging off it's hinges...Joe was not happy...

At least Laurence's bike was safe, I fit the trip computer and cadence sensor, plus different pedals and practised getting in and out of the pedals - a lot easier after Laurence told my to twist my shoes to get out!

For some reason, despite having an affinity for technology, things I buy never seem to work properly! Trip computer works fine, cadence sensor work fine. The only problem I have is that the cadence sensor only works when the trip computer is installed upside down and then the speedometer stops working. Give up - lets just get out!

Riding with Laurence was great! Though it took a bit of getting used to. All of a sudden you can't go at your own pace, and I felt very concious of my speed (or lack of it). Laurence belongs to Ford Cycling Club and has been cycling for a long time.

The ride itself was a little disjointed, we took a wrong turn and ended up going down some lanes cutting off a couple of miles from the loop, Laurence got a pucture after 15 miles (and the quick release mechanism collapsed when changing the tube, luckily he managed to change tube and jam it all back together well enough for us to continue!), two toilet stops, a phone call from Fiona (check where Laurence was - hope he wasn't late for the party), but we still managed to do about 33 miles in just over 2 hours which felt good.

Probably need to go out again tomorrow to get the miles in for the week...