Today's Bike Ride

[ZootHornRollo]

Adrian, we have a top Bowland member who was manager and mechanic for a top pro cycling team, back in the day. As a thank you for going out supporting our vets' team at championship races ( throwing them a banana and handing out bottles of water ) he just watched me ride past their house a couple of times on both the 'crosser and the sportive. You would not believe how minute the adjustments were that he made - cleats on shoes ... saddle height .... saddle fore / aft .... stem height .... angle of bars in the stem .... biggest was position of brake levers on the bars (latter only on the crosser). It added up to a terrific improvement in comfort and 'endurability' on the bike. And all done by intuitive observation, no fancy jigs or anything.

Good stuff. I do get a few niggles - left hip, lower back. Just seems like another spend too far at the moment, cycling's enough of a cash vacuum as it is ...

I have been recommended the same bloke in west London (Scheritt, 'the Bike Whisperer') several times - he spends three hours min. with you and includes shims / wedges etc in the price. Which is high, but then that's west London for you - and he's booked up til mid-April, so there you go.