First ride in nearly 5 months
With Stourport Head being cancelled I thought I’d hit the road. I’d been meaning to all week but I’ve managed to find a myriad of excuses not to.
Paul’s kindly lent me his old bike, an old school metal frame Superbe. The plan is to keep the carbon under wraps until the Cheshire Cat and get the benefit of training on something far heavier, with more resistance and less gears. Great in theory but after 30 miles I was hitting the wall! The gear changers are old school on the frame, not that changing gear seems to make any difference at all going up hill.
It was a real shock as my last memories of cycling were of feeling super strong. Its going to take some time but I’ll get back there.
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L'Etape du Tour 2009
- Mont Ventoux
- Start from Montélimar (Drôme) to the Mont Ventoux summit, 172 km and 4 climbs (côte de Citelle, col d'Ey, col de Fontaube, col de Notre-Dame des Abeilles).
The Bike
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Trek Madone 5.0 (2007) - I love this bike, some would say too much with the amount of time I spend maintaining it! But if I'm going to be going 50mph down a mountain I want to know its in good shape.
