Lost bearings#

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:08:33 +0000

These all-weather (to be more accurate, only "most weather so far") outings are not kind to the mechanical bits. I'm running with greased bearings and I don't care too much how fast they spin as long as they're still going round, but that one was notchier than a small stepper motor.

Went for what was supposed to be an LSS last night: laps of Regents Park outer circle. Frankly it was distinctly uninspiring: the road is dark, the surface is rough, the drizzle makes the bits that aren't rough slippery, and the wind was against me whenever I noticed it. Did three laps in about 11 minutes each (which I think was too fast, but when it's that tedious you don't want to hang around) before deciding "blow this for a game of soldiers" and heading home. Home via an elaborate route (still trying to find good bits for my LFNS next month) including a couple of roads I hadn't seen before, then when I arrived on Kingsland Road pointing in utterly the wrong direction (see post title, above) an unscheduled excursion northwards to Kingsland. In the end this was as much distance covered as I managed in the original exercise. And much more fun.

Also lately: (1) commuting, (2) rode the Bassfreight on the LFNS