Hot day in Sanxenxo, on the south coast of Galicia. The bike is now fixed up with a new rear wheel to match the front one - a Swiss DT5.1 rim and Hope Pro II hub, which is much lighter the the old 729 downhill rim, on a broken XT hub. Only thing is it makes a clicking noise, which will take some time getting used to. Old front type ripped too, so I now have Larsen TT front and back, which seems to the preferred tire in for XC in Spain.
Rode over the hill behind Sanxenxo in hot sun, feeling the lack off fitness, and own for lunch at the Lores watermills. After lunch 1 1/2 hrs ride over the hills, up fairly steep fireroads and overgrown tracks. Coming down there is a new bike bike, mountain bike race loop in the soft brown earth. Excellent to be back on the bike without the usual rain and mud of the Pentlands.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
First post for a year
Not much riding this year for various reasons, at least on the bike. Lots of do with having no one to go out with. HTe city bike has been converted to a single speed, well, it converted itself, which saved me the bother - both gear cables snapped, so i set it up in a reasonable gear to climb hills in Edinburgh and have been riding it that way for several months. It is great, there is much more variety, and challenge, trying to spin fast enough on thr flat, and really stand up and crank on the climbs. Sure I have stronger legs!
Yesterday I went with a someone from work, Bart, who is a keen cyclist ( into fixies), and has a pretty nice mountain bike, and hit the usual Pentlands look. Raining and extremely wet and slippery, but great fun. Came to the path done from Torphin road and the summer growth in grasses and nettles was ridiculous - it is a very narrow path with big stones, which invisible. gets pretty steep a points, so managed to end up with the bike on top of me twice!
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Off to Spain this week, hopefully with a new rear wheel - Hope II hubs and Swiss DT 5.1 rims - and new Shimano XT shadow rear mech, which is much lower profile and should be less prone to taking direct impact of falls.
Yesterday I went with a someone from work, Bart, who is a keen cyclist ( into fixies), and has a pretty nice mountain bike, and hit the usual Pentlands look. Raining and extremely wet and slippery, but great fun. Came to the path done from Torphin road and the summer growth in grasses and nettles was ridiculous - it is a very narrow path with big stones, which invisible. gets pretty steep a points, so managed to end up with the bike on top of me twice!
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Off to Spain this week, hopefully with a new rear wheel - Hope II hubs and Swiss DT 5.1 rims - and new Shimano XT shadow rear mech, which is much lower profile and should be less prone to taking direct impact of falls.
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