It’s a rare day when those three letters are next to my name on a results sheet. A combination of stubbornness along with using decent kit has seen me finish pretty much everything I’ve started. Today’s West London Combine 50 on the H50\/4 (A413) put an end to that. 64k of 80k done and my front tyre makes a sound like broken glass and rapidly turns into a very wobbly, very flat thing. Arse. ‘Luckily’ I was quite near the HQ in Great Missenden so walked back. Unfortunately I was wearing my new skinsuit which doesn’t have room for my phone and I’d not bothered to take keys so I had to wait for Mal and Scherrit to realise and return. They got a bit of a fright when I didn’t turn up but coppers and ambos went past. Whoops. <\/p>\n
The new Castelli aero gloves and Assos skinsuit (modified by Mal with number loops) worked well as did the Bell Javelin helmet – no fogging and didn’t end up covered in sweat like my sunglasses usually do. <\/p>\n
Everyone said I looked fast and a quick calculation reveals I’d have PB’d pretty much for sure but it wasn’t actually a good race for me. Power was all over the place and my shoes were too tight so my left foot went numb again. I think the different style bars on the new bike need further adjustment as I’m sliding forward on them when getting low. <\/p>\n
Luckily I had another front wheel for training on in the car so as punishment for my tyre’s failure I tacked on a bunch of hours training after the event and it was actually mostly dry. Yay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s a rare day when those three letters are next to my name on a results sheet. A combination of stubbornness along with using decent kit has seen me finish pretty much everything I’ve started. Today’s West London Combine 50 … Continue reading