So, last Monday I had my ‘formal’ introduction to the Quest, which will affectionately be known from here on in as ‘The Beast’. This is the road bike I will be using for the L2P ride. As you can see it’s a sexy little Orange, Black & White number.
I went to Milton Keynes and rode a circuit with Grant & Emily at a place called Cheddington. I was so surprised at how light ‘The Beast’ is compared to Martin’s MTB (mountain bike), but one of the difficult things is the pedals and cleats. These are, for those of you who have no idea about cycling (like me) special pedals to allow you to clip the ‘cleats’ (metal attachments on the bottom of the shoes) into. Once clipped in, you have to learn how to clip out so you don’t fall over!! Anyway, I managed to stay on and we did around 13 km. I found it quite hard in places, but on the whole really enjoyed it! There is only one complaint though, THE SADDLE!!! It is soooo hard. My poor ‘front bottom’ or ‘cho cho’ as they call it in Spain was killing me! Note to self – BUY NEW SADDLE!! Grant was brilliant, very patient and knowledgeable. It made things a lot better and also all his advice made perfect sense.
Tuesday (rest day) I was a little tender but none the less pleased with myself. I went out on Wed I did another 13 km on the MTB locally. I had intended to go out on Friday, but it was very windy so to make up for it I decided to do a good long ride on Saturday. I set out from Badby and went to Southam/Dunchurch/ Daventry & back to Badby. 47 km! Not bad at all. I told Martin before I went out I was going to be out for about 1.5 hours and doing a shorter route, but once the old legs got going, I really started enjoying it and decided to go a bit further. It took me about 2.5 hrs instead, but it was great. I did stop once and ring home so that Martin wouldn’t send out a search party! I do have an issue with the wind though! It seems every way I turn the wind is head on! Why can’t I have a tail wind!!
Anyway, went out on ‘The Beast’ again last night along with Grant & Emily, we did 28km in 1hr 22mins and went around Woburn. It was lovely, I can’t wait until I dare take my eyes off the road and look properly. I had my first fall too. My own stupid fault, remember earlier in this blog I told you about clipping out of the pedals or you fall over……. Yep, I did!!! Apparently you can call yourself a cyclist once you’ve had 3 falls, so only 2 more to go! Can’t wait! Really good ride though. Not so sore this week, but still going to invest in a new saddle.
I went to Milton Keynes and rode a circuit with Grant & Emily at a place called Cheddington. I was so surprised at how light ‘The Beast’ is compared to Martin’s MTB (mountain bike), but one of the difficult things is the pedals and cleats. These are, for those of you who have no idea about cycling (like me) special pedals to allow you to clip the ‘cleats’ (metal attachments on the bottom of the shoes) into. Once clipped in, you have to learn how to clip out so you don’t fall over!! Anyway, I managed to stay on and we did around 13 km. I found it quite hard in places, but on the whole really enjoyed it! There is only one complaint though, THE SADDLE!!! It is soooo hard. My poor ‘front bottom’ or ‘cho cho’ as they call it in Spain was killing me! Note to self – BUY NEW SADDLE!! Grant was brilliant, very patient and knowledgeable. It made things a lot better and also all his advice made perfect sense.
Tuesday (rest day) I was a little tender but none the less pleased with myself. I went out on Wed I did another 13 km on the MTB locally. I had intended to go out on Friday, but it was very windy so to make up for it I decided to do a good long ride on Saturday. I set out from Badby and went to Southam/Dunchurch/ Daventry & back to Badby. 47 km! Not bad at all. I told Martin before I went out I was going to be out for about 1.5 hours and doing a shorter route, but once the old legs got going, I really started enjoying it and decided to go a bit further. It took me about 2.5 hrs instead, but it was great. I did stop once and ring home so that Martin wouldn’t send out a search party! I do have an issue with the wind though! It seems every way I turn the wind is head on! Why can’t I have a tail wind!!
Anyway, went out on ‘The Beast’ again last night along with Grant & Emily, we did 28km in 1hr 22mins and went around Woburn. It was lovely, I can’t wait until I dare take my eyes off the road and look properly. I had my first fall too. My own stupid fault, remember earlier in this blog I told you about clipping out of the pedals or you fall over……. Yep, I did!!! Apparently you can call yourself a cyclist once you’ve had 3 falls, so only 2 more to go! Can’t wait! Really good ride though. Not so sore this week, but still going to invest in a new saddle.
1 comment:
You're funny!!!
Hopefully your cho cho won't hurt after our 30 mile ride this weeknd!!! Don't forget money for cake!!
xx
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