36.5 miles on Sunday. Was quite a slow ride with a new rider but you go as slow as the slowest rider. We ride out together and ride in together, that's just how we work :)
Had my first close call on Sunday, I honestly thought I was coming off. Not going too quickly at around 10-12 mph on a country lane and riding behind Gary I hit a pothole, nasty deep pothole.......and another straight after. The first one was bad enough but it threw my front wheel at such an angle it meant I didn't hit the second one straight. I thought that was it and prepared to hit the deck.....but somehow I managed to stay upright, all over the place but upright. Got the bike back on line and everything seemed ok.
Until I got up on the pedals to put some power down and I could feel the front wheel hit the rims. Puncture time. Blew it up and it held ok but was flat as a pancake again the next morning. new inner tube time.
Just ordered two new tyres for her. GP4000's with new tubes. Should transform how she rides with a much lower rolling resistance. Got them in Wiggles sale at £27 each so well worth picking a couple up even if I wait till March time to fit them. May as well get the last of the miles out the current tyres over the last of the winter months.
Other significant thing to report is the saddle setup :) it was set to about 2 deg backward tilt and it was not comfortable at all. So thanks to the advice from the boys on how to adjust it, I got out the spirit level and with the bike clamped on the turbo set about adjusting the tilt to 1 deg forwards.
I spent 4 1/2 hours in the saddle on Sunday and........ohhhhhh that's better! ;)
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