You can sponsor me at http://www.justgiving.com/Martin-Lally0
Sunday evening was spent in careful readiness - I knew I had a slow puncture on my rear wheel so set to work with the help of Youtube in sorting it out. After two very oily hours (it should have taken 5 minutes according to Mr Smug bike man on Youtube) back wheel was replaced with new inner tube. Early night and all ready for the first stint.
7am Monday morning, the house quiet and dim in the early morning light, could I find the backdoor key - no not anywhere. Eventually having exited via the patio doors, I recovered my newly repaired bike from the garage only to find the back wheel flat as a pancake. Facing another two hour wheel change I made an executive decision to take Michelle's bike instead.
So much for my weeks of careful preparation on my specially adjusted charity ride bike. Michelles's bike is 20years old and affectionatley know as the "Iron horse" because of its frame being constructed mainly from melted down girders and waste pig Iron.
Off I set on the Iron horse and it wasn't too bad - in fact it went quite well considering. The weather was extremely kind and almost balmy and the Iron horse gets some gallop up down hill - although you do pay for it on the way up. Anyway arrived at PB at 8:45am and was showered and ready for action at my desk by 9.05am.
However this is just the warm up - Bury via central Manchester tomorrow and my evening will be spent wrestling with my rear wheel again tonight.
Ride Stats
Miles completed - 13
Calories burned - 685
Special atheletic replinishment - Large Sausage roll (Sayers)
Sunday evening was spent in careful readiness - I knew I had a slow puncture on my rear wheel so set to work with the help of Youtube in sorting it out. After two very oily hours (it should have taken 5 minutes according to Mr Smug bike man on Youtube) back wheel was replaced with new inner tube. Early night and all ready for the first stint.
7am Monday morning, the house quiet and dim in the early morning light, could I find the backdoor key - no not anywhere. Eventually having exited via the patio doors, I recovered my newly repaired bike from the garage only to find the back wheel flat as a pancake. Facing another two hour wheel change I made an executive decision to take Michelle's bike instead.
So much for my weeks of careful preparation on my specially adjusted charity ride bike. Michelles's bike is 20years old and affectionatley know as the "Iron horse" because of its frame being constructed mainly from melted down girders and waste pig Iron.
Off I set on the Iron horse and it wasn't too bad - in fact it went quite well considering. The weather was extremely kind and almost balmy and the Iron horse gets some gallop up down hill - although you do pay for it on the way up. Anyway arrived at PB at 8:45am and was showered and ready for action at my desk by 9.05am.
However this is just the warm up - Bury via central Manchester tomorrow and my evening will be spent wrestling with my rear wheel again tonight.
Ride Stats
Miles completed - 13
Calories burned - 685
Special atheletic replinishment - Large Sausage roll (Sayers)
You can sponsor me at http://www.justgiving.com/Martin-Lally0
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