Myself, Ess and TimC today.. where were the rest of you!? Cold cold damn
cold..my full fingered 'thermal' gloves stopped the wind, but not much of
the cold.. Almost thawed out by Kangaroo Ground.. the downhills confirmed it
is now time to get an ear warmer headband thingy - http://tinyurl.com/9utwc
Riding up to the KG waiting point I heard something stick to my tyre and go
around and around.. Waiting at top, I spot a staple my the front wheel..
pointing it out to Ess I say "how far you think that is in?".. Ess "not
that far, you'll be right"... I rip it out.. hisssssssSssss.. arh well, time
to test these self adhesive patches.. stick one on and off we go.. I get as
far as the Clintons Rd turn off and the front is flat again.. maybe these
patches have instructions I should have read?. pump it up again and it
lasts all the way to the Smiths Gully store.. $7.50 for a new tube was a
fair price, so I stick that in while munching away..
Another small bunch (4-5?) arrive at the same time who were on their way
home from a Kinglake ride. Sun was finally out and we had a nice uneventful
ride back into the city.. discounting TimC's lively drink bottle that wanted
to be free, and a few close encounters of the car kind.. (fuggin 4WDs!)...
86kms all up for me today.. never seems like enough kms for the effort put
in...thanks to those hills!..
cheers,
GPL