Day thirty-eight

Expected my mountain bike to be ready today, but it wasnt so had to go for a quick road night ride.

Day thirty-seven

Didnt have the time or energy today for a proper ride, just a quick spin round the block. Still manaed to puncture again. Obviously something sharp hiding in my tyre. Anyway, I should have the mountain bike back tomorrow, please Mr bikeshopman have my bike ready.

Weather - beautiful sunny day again

Day Thirty-six

Bit of an arse of a ride today. Lovely weather, Sunderland get a jammy draw against the mags, so great idea to head out for a leisurely spin. Got a puncture, not a big deal, just stick a new tube in, the valve breaks - arse, oh well do the old-fashioned thing and repair the old tube, patch sticks nicely, put tbe back in, valve/tube junction tears - double arse. Oh well, I was only 200m from the metro, so didnt have to do too much walking to get home.

Day thirty-five

A really good ride today, a plod over to Gernika and back. 75km and 1100m of climbing, not bad on a singlespeed I reckon. This area (Uribe / Urdaibai) is great for road cycling, lots of nice roads going through cute villages and past impressive Caserios. The hills are big enough to be hard work without things jst becoing a slog and there's lots of different ways to link up the roads to keep things varied.

It was a glorious day today, sunny, warm only a slight breeze, there were loads of cylicsts out, I saw at least 150 out there, including a few teams with support cars.

Wish I had my mtb back though.

Oh, and "Aupa" to the cute blonde who overtook me near Butron.

Day thirty four

I was in work all day today and my mountain bike is in the shop. So, it was a night road ride tonight. Not something I've done before but it was good, might do it more regularly.

 

 

Day thirty-three

Rode into Bilbao today. Along the river, felt a lot harder than usual as there was a strong wind against me. It's not really a nice ride as there isnt a bike lane until you are nearly in Bilbao, the rest of the time it's a busy, narrow road full of idiots. But, it's always nice when you go round a corner and see the Guggenheilm, especially on a sunny day like today where the light bounces off the titanium skin.

Weather - Warm, windy and sunny (pity that doesnt begin with "w")

Day Thirty-two

A local road ride today, out to Plentzia then the decent climb up to Umbe, then back down to Berango.

Received a parcel from ww.wiggle.co.uk today. Some new shorts, 3/4 length. They recently got a 10/10 rating in MBR. Fully deserved too, they are already my favourite shorts, comfy as anything even on my razor-like road saddle.  http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fox-evolution-34-length-short-liner/  Today was quite nice so cant really comment on their thermal qualities but they feel nice and cosy.

Weather - started rubbish then brightened up.