Despite riding in the Vagabond’s 30 mile Easyrider club run on Saturday, the sun on Sunday was too tempting. The intention was to do 10-15 miles just to stop my legs getting too stiff, but I ended up doing another 30 miles.
I left the house planning on finding a route to Ponteland so I didn’t need to take the bike in my extremely small car. I got to Pont and felt ok and before I knew it, I was in Belsay! From Belsay I tried to retrace the route from Saturday, but took a left instead of a right and ended up in Walton. From there I was a bit lost, so followed the signs to Pont and went through Ogle and over some horrid roads back to Pont.
The last 10 ten miles my legs felt like jelly - let’s not forget the most I had previously done was one 40 mile ride on the turbo trainer, this was 60 miles outside over 2 days. Not much for a seasoned club rider, but for yours truly it meant everything hurt.
Today I’m stiff, and it looks like I’ve finally caught a cold (it’s been over a year since my last I think). On top of that, my right hand Veloce shifter has “lost” it’s indexing, so rear mech shifting is now hit and miss.
Still, even if I have to get the heavy Orbea out, I’m riding on Saturday come rain or shine!