Kele Murdin named to US team for Manchester Track World Cup.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Snow
How often do you wake up to this…in south England anyway?
I had planed a longer ride, but I quickly changed my mind after seeing this
I had planed a longer ride, but I quickly changed my mind after seeing this
Monday, January 22, 2007
Flats
The end of last week was back to the standard English weather… wet and windy.
Thursday was ok though, as it still was pretty mild. Friday although the rain stopped half way though my ride I had 3 flats and two slashed tires. Since I only had two tubes to start with, I got lucky when I found some patches in the bottom of my saddle bag. Thank god one of the earlier flats was just a regular puncture and not a big tear like the last two.
So after my final repair with a patched tube and tire in my rear , and a cliff bar rapper in the front trying to avoid the tube from bulging though I limped home, already ½ late for work .
I did end up with my highest average speed of the month though..
Saturday the weather was great. I was a bit tired from the previous week, but I had to take advantage of this. After replacing both tires and a tube, I set out a short ride.
An hour into it, about 30min from home I’m flying down a small lane, I hear a now very recognizable sound, of a tire going flat….great… oh well. I take the wheel of and find a big piece of flint, right in the center of the tread. Great another destroyed tire…but I can probably make it home….This is when I realized I have left all my spare tubes and patches at home…great.,this could be a long walk. I put the wheel back on and start the 10mile trip on the flat tire, after only about 50yards I see a farm shop… I might as well go in and see if they van help. maybe call a taxi worst case. Turns out one of the guys working is a tri-athlete and has a spare tube he gives me… now that is what I call luck… 99% of the rides I would have been out miles from anywhere, and even further from anybody with a spare tube. I thank him and head off on a very nervous ride back home, please no more flats…I’ve had enough already.
Thursday was ok though, as it still was pretty mild. Friday although the rain stopped half way though my ride I had 3 flats and two slashed tires. Since I only had two tubes to start with, I got lucky when I found some patches in the bottom of my saddle bag. Thank god one of the earlier flats was just a regular puncture and not a big tear like the last two.
So after my final repair with a patched tube and tire in my rear , and a cliff bar rapper in the front trying to avoid the tube from bulging though I limped home, already ½ late for work .
I did end up with my highest average speed of the month though..
Saturday the weather was great. I was a bit tired from the previous week, but I had to take advantage of this. After replacing both tires and a tube, I set out a short ride.
An hour into it, about 30min from home I’m flying down a small lane, I hear a now very recognizable sound, of a tire going flat….great… oh well. I take the wheel of and find a big piece of flint, right in the center of the tread. Great another destroyed tire…but I can probably make it home….This is when I realized I have left all my spare tubes and patches at home…great.,this could be a long walk. I put the wheel back on and start the 10mile trip on the flat tire, after only about 50yards I see a farm shop… I might as well go in and see if they van help. maybe call a taxi worst case. Turns out one of the guys working is a tri-athlete and has a spare tube he gives me… now that is what I call luck… 99% of the rides I would have been out miles from anywhere, and even further from anybody with a spare tube. I thank him and head off on a very nervous ride back home, please no more flats…I’ve had enough already.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Kramer
Today I felt like Cosmo Kramer. My rental car has this nifty feature where is shows you how many miles you have left on your current tank. Today I pulled into the gas station having spent the last few minuets showing 1 mile to go and 1/2 mile rolling down the hill into the gas station. Maybe I wasn’t quite as brave as Kramer when he took Jerry’s “new” Saab for a test ride from the dealer and kept going on the freeway… But I really felt like I used that tank of gas to it’s fullest.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Back In England
After two weeks in England I finally got some blue skies.
Riding here in the south of England is very good... muddy when wet, a bit tight around a few lanes with traffic, but all in all very nice.
and just what you want to see on your way home.....
If they weather stays good I'll get some excellent riding in... and at least we don't have snow here yet.
Riding here in the south of England is very good... muddy when wet, a bit tight around a few lanes with traffic, but all in all very nice.
and just what you want to see on your way home.....
If they weather stays good I'll get some excellent riding in... and at least we don't have snow here yet.
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