Bike on Mum 3 - My Biggest Ride to Date

Its January 22^nd and I’m doing a Revolve ride from Wellington to Johnsonville, then to Makara and back to Wellington.

It could have been worse, but not much. I fell off; my clipless pedals were too tight and I couldn’t release my shoes quickly, and I had no idea how to use gears properly on hills. Just to top it off, I was informed that there was one small hill to deal with on the Makara leg. That comment has the makings of a Tui Billboard. Little Hill? Yeah Right! That is a bit like saying that the Sistine Chapel is an interesting bit of interior decoration.

One of the funnier incidents (and by funnier I mean funny now that I look back on it) occurred when I was riding up the aforementioned hill and I couldn’t stop – I was unable to get my feet out of the pedals. I recall grinding passed the girls that had stopped and seeing the look of confusion on their faces as I just kept on going. As I said – funny now but at the time terrifying.

All that to one side, that was a 59 Km ride so I was very happy afterwards. Suffice to say, job one for Tim when I got home was to loosen those pedals.

Continued to crank out the miles on work commutes, adding distance on the way home to lift my mileage.

One issue is eminently obvious – I need a road bike. My mountain bike is great, but woefully inadequate for the job in hand. 

A small hill at Makara?????