Damaged Rubber

Well today's ride was a little tentative. With the tyre needing to be pumped again this morning, maybe a slow leak from a bad puncture repair? Also after yesterdays complaining bum!!

I decided to go around 30km using in and out short stints from the standard training route. To keep it simple, set off and rode through to Pottsville and down to Black Rocks and then along the quarry access road as far as the gate and then it happened. I noticed that the stones of the gravel road were starting to touch the rim of the rear wheel with light thuds. I rang Joy-ann and said I will need a lift as I had no repair kit or pump with me (I know!) . After the call i started to peddle along the Coast rode hoping I would get at least to the bridge before the tyre bottomed out, not to be, I got to about 1.5km and had to walk it to the community hall and wait for my ride to arrive.

This arvo back to the LBS and get a new tube and yes the shorts were in! Later I went for a dog run down Heath Street on the MTB and yes it felt much better! Sigh!Sigh!!!!!

All up todays ride was only about 21km with a 2km walk at the end.....

Over the Hill to Loders Road

General Information

This Ride was started with the wrong attitude. I'll go for the ride to do some work at the half way point. Ready to get on the Bike and swelch scwelch as I was wheelinf it through the garage. The rear was Flat must of been yesterdays ride over cudgera Creek Road gravel. Well it was a good opportunity to change the rear tyre as well. The first flat of the year, first in 6000 kms. Fixed and pumped to 75psi, but, I was behind schedule already, I don't like this riding with restrictions! So I went the easy way to start, but it turned out very much harder with a strong headwind and high winter temperature of 29C.

Anyway the temperature produced perspiration and that created chaffed sit bone area. later to cause powerful pain (can't wait for the shorts to arrive).

Start along round Mountain rd through Cabba. onto the Bike path up through Casuarina and Salt Developments (the in-between section looks as though will become another barren section, the wood chippers are working constantly.) then around the foreshore to Marine Parade. At Turnock Street I did an hours PC work at Professionals. This took an hour, but the perspiration continued. At the LBS next to the real estate's I bought some new foam helmet spacers, the old ones were rotting with age and use.

Then when I got back on the bike the wind was even stronger but had shifted a little to the WNW so once again it was a head wind. By the time I started to ride Southwards the wind had shifted in the Tweed Valley to the West and was a strong Cross wind which felt like a head wind and the chaffing was becoming noticeable over the course blue metal topping of the Tweed Valley Way to Duranbah Road. after going past tropical fruit world my bum was starting to try to tell my brain what I should be doing. like not take that route go the short way go the short way, in fact all the way back to Bogangar it was like the donkey in Shrek 2, "are we there yet!". Any way got home and was glad to be home. The weather report says the temperature should return to "NORMAL" after today



Specific Information

Avg HR: 143 b/m

Avg Speed: 16km/hr

Fun Factor: low.

Distance: 55.5km

5 Days Cumulative: 167.4km