Thursday, 24 February 2011

Shotley - Ipswich - Hadleigh - East Bergholt - Brantham - Stutton - Harkstead - Erwarton - Shotley

Bike: Condor
Distance: 39.16 miles
Time: 2 hours 14 minutes 57 seconds
Average speed: 17.3mph
Maximum speed: 29mph
Odometer (at end): 4687.2 miles

A sad start to the week: cracked the seat tube of my old GT, trying to remove the fused-in alloy seat post (with the intention of renovating the bike) - RIP!

Then, yesterday, cycling to/from work in the pouring rain, I broke a spoke on the rear wheel of the Condor. Undeterred, and given today was warm, I put the Ksyrium Elites from my Trek onto the Condor - the shifting wasn't exactly crisp, but at least I could go out for a ride this afternoon.

Most of it was quite stressful, with lots of unpleasant traffic, but the B1070 between Hadleigh and East Bergholt was a joy to cycle on (gently undulating, twisty country road, with a good surface).

Have cycled around 570 miles so far this year, which isn't too bad (am on course for 300 miles per month); and around 1550 since the end of August last year (around 260 miles per month). All of this is a good improvement on this time last year when I was cycling 0 miles a month.

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