Last weeks Saighton ten was another lesson in time trialling. I had a few problems with the bike before I left. The rear brake is integrated into the frame and sits underneath, just behind the down tube. I was struggling to stop the brake catching on it. I would think I had fixed it than a couple of goes on the brake and it would catch again.
I drove down anyway and set the bike up again, once again i thought it was ok. i rode the warm up and knew with the speeds I was doing something was still wrong. I got back to the start line and with the help of a couple of the palefish crew thought I had finally fixed it. Despite maintaining my usual heart rate I was passed by two people starting after me. While its not the best indication of performance it stings a bit when you find out they were both slower than my time last week by about a minute. I ended up being just over three minutes slower than last week. At the finish line I picked the bike up, span the back wheel and watched it stop after quarter of a turn. No wonder I was slow. I put it down to resistance training and dropped the bike in the shop. The bad news is there is a problem and its gone back to the manufacturer. So I'm back to road bikes for now. I didn't do a great deal of riding through the week with gales making riding dangerous though I have managed a few hard interval sessions
As I'm writing this its five hours to tonight's ten and its still 50mph gusts so I'm trying to motivate myself ready to try again......
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