Spring must be in the air because I've been out twice this week - albeit on the winter bike - a 19 miles/ 1700 feet and a 24 miles/ 1900 feet on local country roads. One steep climb I had only done once before (from Bradley) was when I had been delayed and was riding home in the dark without lights. I was so nervous to avoid being mown down by some lunatic in a BMW that I didn't notice how long the climb was - but I did today.
I was having coffee with my son before I set off (Cafe Nero) and someone on a Cervelo carbon dream machine asked us to "watch his bike" while he went inside. My son noticed something was odd about his gears (Shimano so I didn't understand) and the guy had a 34 on the rear. When he appeared he explained he had put it on for when he did the Coast to Coast and said, looking at my son's Fred Whitton top, "at the end you just want to finish don't you".
Yep. I'm sure that is right.
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