Group ride day (Sunday), me and one other braved the wind and rain to complete a 2 hour ride this morning. Great work considering last time it was just the two of us, we bailed out of the ride and went for a coffee instead and were sprung by coach.
Not so reassuring when 'camp mother' of the Sunday bike ride yells out from across the carpark, 'Gee you guys are brave!!', she was referring to the gusting wind. She and a few others were heading off for the final of the Run Auckland Series. The advice was to stay away from hills and make sure you maintain the pedalling motion as helps to balance when you do get hit with a gust.
Decided not to wear the new shoes as opted for socks this morning, also wore my newly purchased leg warmers, they were fantastic and did keep the legs warm, however a major design flaw as although you should be able to move then down when you get warm, they should at least beable to keep them pulled up!. Next time I will have to wear them under my normal bike pants, but then seems to defeat the purpose of being able to remove them quickly ???
Apart from the cold and wet we both managed to stay on our bikes, and Im glad we made the effort as it has been sometime since I actually got out on the road.
PS saw the misses out for a joy ride when she should have been on the bikes with us :)
bah humbug - it was way too windy for me to join you!! Besides I went for a stroll along the beach.:)
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