Just got back on the bike after a couple of months off. Extra weight to carry. Loss of fitness. Couple that with my bi-polar and I'm doing distressingly poorly. Hell, I even fitted an 11-32 cassette on the Europa (triple up front) and could only just get up that sodding great hill that I have to ride up every afternoon on the way home. Sheesh, no wonder I couldn't get up it on the fixed gear the other day. Lots of riding required methinks. Good thing we're heading out of winter and into some better weather here. [\winge]