Now several months in to riding my upgraded Birdy Touring and it's a real pleasure. Among the upgrades - XTR shifters and sram dualdrive 27 speed make it even more fun.

Plenty of life left in my Marathon Racers, but Kojaks might need to be tried soon.

I shall be taking it on its annual holiday to Dubai soon, and if it's very good, I'll let it play in Qatar as well.