Despite precious little time on the bike lately, 28 miles today...and thankfully no fatigue or tiredness. Felt good...although maybe a bit slower than usual.
Incident packed...well, a couple of unusual occurences.
Rode into Peterborough, then aiming to ride alongside the river on a good quality cycle route...only to find it blocked by the Police
Some poor bugger found dead by, or in the river. Detoured a little way to get back on track. Spoke to a PC about cycling, nice chat...
'You time trialling' he asked...
'No, just for pleasure'
'Bloody hell, thats a nice bike for pleasure' he replied (its 'only' a C2C Nirone Xenon, but he seemed impressed..)
Then, because of the detour, i had to use a gravelly road to get back on track...somewhere along it i felt a dink...and saw something bounce up..then off into the grass
Bloody stones, if that's damaged the paintwork, i'll be peeved
A mile or so further on, went to use the brakes
ooer, the fronts bloody useless....
No brake pad on one side...thats what flew up
Looked for it on the way back...no chance.
On the plus side (and its not much of a plus)...found a roll of insulting tape at the side of the road.
Very nice ride otherwise...
The scenery looked real nice from this bridge over the Nene...photo doesnt really bring it out..i'm stood about 30ft above the river, and it's about 50ft wide...again, the photo doesnt let you see the scale.