Trade up on the Wedgie

I had a cracked rim on the wedgie before the M2M ride and ordered a replacement wheel. The wheel still hadn't come in today so I cancelled the order. I think I will look for a good second hand wedgie. I need to replace the chain and will also need a new tyre so in the end I would spend about $100 fixing it up. I might as well put that towards a new bike.

I rode the 9 km to work yesterday and 20km back to make just under 30km for th day. I need to check to see how close I am to 500km per month average.

M2M Murray to Moyne by Wedgie

I rode the M2M on the weekend. I managed to ride 191km in the 24 hours as part of 2 teams that rode togather. The ride started in Echuca at 10:45 saturday and rode through to Hmilton early sunday morning and then to Port Fairy from 7:30 in the morning. The saturday daylight hours where with a strong south west wind and we were mainly headed south west. A bummer the wind. I did ride on section with a tailwind and we sat on about 40km and had a great ride for about 10km.
The wind drpped right off in the dark and we were told to take a large hop along the road as many other teams had do earlier due to the wind. The night rides were great. At one stage 4 of us rolled for 8 km at 28km average and then joined the back of a pack at ovr 30km for over 10km until our section finished. Got off the bike elated.
We all rode to Port Fairy (90km) by being dropped the distance out we wanted to ride. I rode 60km with 2 others. David and Brenda. Davind was a good rider and we took turns as well as joining other packs. Brenda was wearing thin and is a smaller build then I. She was fine on the back but quickly dropped speed when in front. We nicknamed her backpack and she stayed there most of the way.
In all a good weekend ride only spoilt by the headwind on the saturday. Will I do it again? Probably.

What a week

A busy week again. I went for a ride with the Inverloch riding group. The ride was the usual 42 km but along Lynnes Road the started the washing machine at 40 kms. Taking turns at overtaking each other with only a short time at the lead position. I tried it once but found it difficult just to stay in touch so I sat n the tail of of the first group with a couple of others. Interesting, we covered the distance in about 1 hour 15 minutes so it was a quick ride.

Sunday evening say the planned night ride. I rode the 19 km out in the light and then we had tea. Interesting that it is difficult to buy kebabs with vegies as part of them. Anyway we had tea and then rode off in the dark. We did 20 km in the dark at an average of over 27 km. Amazing riding and trusting the person in front will not stop quickly or ride into a pot hole. After the ride I rode home alone the last 19km. A total of 58km. Good fun and not something I would normally do.

Tonight (Wednesday) I rode the block of 33. km to Wonthaggi, Cape Paterson and back to Inverloch. AWindy ride and only average 28 km per hour.

Looking forward to the weekend ride n the wedgie but am getting annew rear wheel as the current one is cracked at the weld which is why it was breaking spokes. Not what i wanted but thats life.

The week in review

Not much riding this week! Monday was a holiday so I only did 37.5 km around town as I was on call. Tuesday night was scouts, Wednesday I did 33.5km around the "block"
thursday I pumped up the tyres on the DF after I had changed them over for new tyres earlier in the week. I needed new tyres for the Murray to Moyne ride as the old ones were bulging in places mainly due to old age. I have also replaced the bottom bracket bearings with a sealed bearing unit and stripped and oiled the rear derailer. The ride got rid of most of the noises and I only need to tighten the cranks before saturday morning ride. 10 km ride that night.
Friday and I went for a 20km ride out to Eagles nest against a strong headwind. A good ride back and 20km completed. So 63.5 km for the week and I am looking at 40km in the mornig on the df if the weather is ok and about 70 on sunday night as part of the training for M2M.

Jazz Festival Long Weekend

It is labour day monday and I did 3 laps of town in the morning and another ride in the afternoon with Heather. All up about 48 kms so not a bad effort. Heather is getting used to her new bike and is actually getting quick. It is amazing what light weight and a comfortable bike can do for a rider.

Quiet Weeks not Riding

With meetings each night and being on Call for work, I only managed to ride on Saturday Morning around town twice. 25km and one lap with Heather which was a suprise when she got out of bed to ride early. The weather has turned all windy early in the mornings and threatens rain so not much fun to ride in. I still need to get a horn and am looking to purchase a Air Zound but am not willing to pay over $50 and want to pay less if i can.

A good wedgie ride

Sunday was a cooler day than originally expected and I went for a training ride with the Murray to Moyne Group. About 12 of us in the end. All up it was 74km for me as I rode out to Outtrim and rode home when we were closest to home. I am suprised at how little sore bum I had after the ride. I had a bit of a squeek in the rear derailer that I need to fix. I also need 2 new tyres as these are going out of shape in a couple of places each. That will have to be a next weekend job.
All up the week say over 300km of riding on both bikes so a great week of riding. I also need new tyres for the front of the trike as i have worn through the left one and the right will not be far behind. I will get some scorcher TR tyres to try them out. At less than 4000 km from a tyre that is a cost of just over 1 cent per kilometer per tyre or 3 cent per km total.

Holiday Rides and a new bike

Wednesday both Heather and I rode to Wonthaggi for Breaky at Maccas. We rode the straight way there and back for about 28 km. Later in the day I rode to Leongatha the long way and we had lunch. Heather drove up and we had a look at new bikes for her. I totaled 94 km for the day in all. photos are from the mobile phone and not very good detail. Don't think I bother with it in the future. Will need to use the proper camera. There are the Wonthaggi Windmills in the background.
Thursday we went back to Leongatha for more test rides. In the end Heather bought a Merida Speeder T2 road bike with an adjustable headstem. A nice light bike so she will enjoy riding more. We may need to put wider tyres on later but will wait and see.

Friday we went to Melbourne to do a few things. I got to ride from Dandenong to Northcote via Docklands and the Yarra. Some really good trails and paths. Some really bad signage to tell those who don't know where to go. I had a good time over all and rode 64km in the 4 hours total time.
Some of the paths are top class and I enjoyed the Dandenong path the best.