Ist time Ive posted on this thread !
finnished work at 0800 this morning (Sat) & decided to ride home on the beach road then home (53ks) as we'd had a cruisey night with no problems (the place allways runs smooth over the w/ends when theres no bosses to interfere ) Its a lovely clear morning with only a slight breeze & some frost , started off @22kph but by the time I get to the end of the beach road Im going along @ 26 quite easily , seen a couple of cyclist going the other way ,waves & smiles Coming back now there,s more traffic on the road & quite a bit of glass from Fri. night , just hope my new Armadillos are as good as the LBS man says Im now warmed up & the ,puter says 28 kph I see a shadow & its another rider come up behind me ,a wellbuild young guy with a nice but well used road bike , he slowed & we chatted a little of how cold it was ect & off he went he was about 100mtrs ahead & I thought I,d make an effort, I pushed up to 35kph with a couple of exta bursts of speed too, but I wasnt gaining on him at all so i droped back to 28-30 & just enjoyed my ride When I reached the Mount the cafe' set were out sitting outside of the pavement cafe's & bars having breakfast , very nice too, I was tempted to stop for coffee & a blt sandwidge. A brandy in the coffee would have been nice too , but no I was strong I passed by my work again & now I had 10ks to go.I was getting caught up in the port traffic now & had to go back to alert status ,over the harbour bridge, sucked along by some close shave, semi-trailer trucks & a couple of empty loggers , piggybacking their trailers . Take the centre of the lane over the rail bridge so they can't squeeze me on the curb , turn right at the lights & Im out of the truck traffic, 2 significant hills & im home , 63 ks to work & back, made a cup of tea ,egg on toast & Im ready to go & sleep so I can do it all over again to-night