Another 20 mile ride along the canal and back tonight. I was somewhat overdressed for the weather but at least wasn’t as cold as last week. I’ve still got numb toes though, I probably need to invest in overshoes or something similar.
It’s a Pixar movie, what could possibly be wrong with it? In fact it’s possibly one of their best so far.
The rear of the 69er now has a 10mm RWS skewer instead of a normal sized one which should hopefully cure or reduce the creaking. The Bontrager branded DT Swiss hubs obviously aren’t exactly the same as the DT Swiss 240s as I had to grind one of the spacers down slightly for it to fit properly. Test ride later, maybe.
Tonight was the first ride with my new lights, and I’m very impressed. By turning them on in "race mode" a quick press of the button flicks the light between high (700 lumens) and low (175 lumens). Low is more than adequate when there are other sources of light such as street lights, and high is just superb when it gets darker. Hopefully they’ll prove to be more reliable than my previous lights.
One downside is that it interferes with my cordless computer and stops it working, hopefully it won’t affect the GPS when I get around to fitting that as a replacement.
Michael Rennie was ill
The Day the Earth Stood Still
But he told us where we stand
For want of anything interesting to say, I’ll post a random picture of two of my bike collection instead.
A trip to the LBS today saw a set Light & Motion Seca 700 Race lights come home with me, I’d finally got bored with waiting for the Hope lights to arrive so bit the bullet. They’ve been charged, briefly tested in a dark house, and weather permitting will be christened on Wednesday evening.
I also fitted a slightly longer stem to the Unit to go with the H-Bars, and thanks to the summer flooding of Chain Reaction have ordered the parts to convert the Bontrager Race X-Lite wheel on the back of the 69er to 10mm RWS bolt-through which is rumoured to cure the annoying creaking.
The rest of the day was spent playing Lego Batman which is fantastic, almost as good as Lego Star Wars, and far far better than Lego Indiana Jones.
Thanks to a simple switch of microfilter, my ADSL is now running at 5.5Mbps instead of 3.5-4Mbps, and seems far more stable. The best tenner I’ve spent for quite a while.
Nowhere near as much travelling today, and a much more intimate venue. Support came from the rather good MJ Hibbett & the Validators complete with a rendition of “Hey Hey 16K”. Nigel seemed on much better form tonight resulting in far fewer lyrical cock-ups.
As with last night, there were surprisingly few people sporting Dukla Prague away shirts.
Setlist:
Fuckin’ ‘ell it’s Fred Titmus
Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes
Restless Legs
Running Order Squabble Fest
Petty Sessions
The Light at the End of the Tunnel (is the Light of an Oncoming Train)
Bogus Official
Shit Arm, Bad Tattoo
Four Skinny Indie Kids
Totnes Bickering Fair
Blue Badge Abuser
Look Dad No Tunes
All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit
Ode to Joyce
The Best Things in Life (end)
24 Hour Garage People (98p for the Pringles)
Trumpton Riots
Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years
For What is Chatteris
Paintball’s Coming Home
We Built this Village on a Trad. Arr. Tune
Vatican Broadside
National Shite Day
Took Problem Chimp to Ideal Home Show
Electricity (OMD)
Joy Division Oven Gloves
