Pretty hard training week last week, intervals, sprint etc, so after 3 hour ride in the pouring rain on Snday I was Knackered - decided to take a few days off. We rode down the Innocent path to the river Esk, and then to Dalkeith Park and played around in the mud there. Flat tyre. It poured down for the whole morning, only hard core dog walkers were out.
Got my new wheel though, it is massive 29mm, much bigger than Neil's wheel, which in the end was only 21mm. The profile of the rear tire is now amlost flat, which should give amazing grip, but huge rolling resistance. Went out for a ride down the cycle paths on Thursday taking the mountain bike, not my bike with road tires- I was still feeling a little tired,a nd maybe low on bloody sugar, but Dermot was way past me on the intervals we did not the way home. I wonder if it was the right way to go to get such a big wheel. It was a bit flat, which did not help, but a slicker tire might be in order for rides that are mostly on paths.
A couple of links - a study by an academic that shows car drivers drive closer to cyclists wearing helmets than those who do not Link
And an article on how early Tour de France riders rode fixed gear bikes off road.
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