Anyone seen any snow yet? Blazing sunshine, bright and clear here. One of the warmest days of the year so far yet the forecast is dreadful tomorrow & sunday!
Shouldn't have opened my mouth... Saturday morning was ok, things got colder and windier through the day then we had a dumping of snow in the afternoon/evening. Around 5-6", thankfully things hovered around zero on sunday and quite a lot melted, but it then froze hard overnight (-5) followed by more snow but thankfully that didn't freeze. Just means things are like an ice rink, with fresh snow on top! Drove today, after only having time for 45 mins turbo saturday (chores & then cinema/meal as we had a babysitter!). It was too cold on sunday, due to windchill (even through half the snow melted) that my garage didn't get above -2. I quite cautious of turboing in sub zero as I've got ill the last couple of times, including the proper flu thing which wiped me out for almost 2 weeks!
Hoppo finished his Zwift World Record ride, 2202.3 miles in 6 days (143 hours 45 mins ride time). Smashed the previous record by nearly 300 miles (which was his own anyway lol). I joined to help tow him to the finish on saturday morning and he was doing 5w/kg up the volcano ramp, utterly nuts to think he finished that strongly! Huge group of WBR riding as a great group to finish with him (tied into the WBR160 ride - he even sprinted for the finish!). He's raised nearly £3500 for charity. In doing so, he trashed his old reliable trainer - a 7 year old Computrainer which had done over 100,000 miles (and borrowed a Tacx Flow to finish his attempt). Quite a discussion amongst WBR members took place friday night and we did anonymous donations to see if we could raise enough to get a replacement for him, raising enough for a Wahoo KICKR SNAP and arranged a Sunday delivery from Wiggle, what a man & what a team I'm loving being part of!
Another frustratingly unconstructive day off, including no cycling, besides getting the commuter ready with the studded tyres and a bit of lube on the chain.
Sometimes that's all you can do! My Diverge is filthy and long overdue a clean & service as the weather & life have got in the way the last 4-5 weeks. Managed to wipe down my chain, bleed & clean front caliper (as braking was bad). Couldn't clean more as water was freezing/frozen solid! Weekends have been a write off, going to need to do things in the evening!
A month and a half after the accident and my single speed is back in action with shiny new wheels and a good clean!
Images broken but glad to hear you got it all sorted! Must feel good to draw a bit of a line under it and concentrate on your riding now
Which websites are best for used gear? Everyone loves feeling like they are getting a bargain.
You'd be fine with 20/24h. At the end of the day they're quality rims, build & spokes. You're not carrying panniers or anything and not hammering trails with them (just hopefully avoiding potholes!).
I've found ebay great recently, but loads of people recommend pinkbike forums and singletrack.
Now to use my other ones and try and get this left knee and ankle fixed.
Good! Shame about bikediscount but don't let that put you off riding!
