End of Year Review

The financail year come to a close and this markes just over 12 months of bent biking in Gippsland.
The odometer reads 5833 on the trike and 470 on the wedgie. There was about 150km I did when I first got the trike before I got the speedo. I total 6450 for the year. An average of 530km per month or 124 per yeek. In all this has been a great year for riding for me. I have dropped about 12 kgs and feel good. Winter this year is a bugger but it will improve.

I have started the year with 42 km on the trike today on the windy weather.

A lovely Winter Day

Saturday was cold at the start and the ride was well attended. About 16 of us headed off at 7 am for the 42 km. One rider got a flat not far out of Inverloch which went off very loudly. This slowed the ride down and we broke into a couple of groups for the rest of the ride.
The Sunday ride was also a cool but not to cold start. 6 of us headed off to take Mount Misery, 3km of uphill. The entire ride is a couple of km longer at 44.5 km so we were back later than the main group. The challange of the hill was good and the downhill even better. I topped out at 74km/hr in the downhill straight. A new top speed for me on a bike.
Later in the day Heather and I did the block and completed 35.5 km. The weekend total for me was 122km. Most again on the wedgie.

More time on Wedgie

I have been doing more km on the wedgie than on the trike lately. The poor weather during the week and the short days mean not much time to ride during the week. Saturday and Sunday I rode with the Inverloch group (Coastal Coasters?) and I do this on the wedgie as it is a peleton ride. I rode to Wonthaggi and the cape on Saturday with Heather for 35 km. We were just going for coffee and cake at Macca. Evan was on shift but ignored us mainly. I bought a set of full finger winter gloves for me and a set of giant bar ends to use on the trike for equipment mounting from the mirror mount. I will need to shorten one for the inside near my leg but other than that the mirror may need to mounted on the end. I am getting ready got the gps mount for my solo rides to save having to check maps.
Just under 120 km for the weekend.

A winter long weekend

The Queens Birthday weekend is the start of the snow season locally and the weather sis not disappoint the snow bunnies.
Suaturday and Sunday were fine days but cold and I managed 40 km each day of the trike and did another 30 on the wedgie with Heather on the Sunday. Monday was a rest day for all of us. The cold weather has bought me the realisation that i need warmer clothes for the morning rides. wind proof would be great. I will look during the week.

Lost my Advantage

May has come and gone and the weather has turned cold. The advantage of 230 km I had over my average of 500km per month at the start of May has disapeared. The month ended with the odometer reading 5535km for the last 11 months.
The weekend bought 2 20km rides on Saturday and a 106 km on sunday. The saturday afternoon ride was with Heather to Eagles Nest. Sunday I set out at 7:30 am for a ride to Bell Park
53 km there and 53km home. The sun was down by the time I got home. Bell Park is the Scout Camp and wwe had the Bily Cart Derby there on the sunday. I was very cold by the time I got home and need to look at the cold weather gear if I am to ride at this time more.
A good weekend in all but the winter is having an effect. I must have warm gear.