It's been a while.....
Apologies I've not updated this thread in a while.
It's been a turbulent time in my private life, which has actually meant far more cycling, and frankly it's done me a world of good. Aside from grasping the nettle and buying myself a decent FS MTB, which I took on an epic trip to the Rockies, I've been wearing components in on my modern road bike. I've not ridden the banana in a while. I'm always on the look out for opportunities to get it out and give it a blast, but they seem to be few and far between. One event I should have flagged up was the Oundle Classic Bike Event last year, which aside from being expertly run, and filled with some lovely like minded folks - "we" won. Normally I'd only reference the bike but I did make the effort and went for it with the team kit, I won a bag of goodies including a book that I'd already been bought, well with the welcome and friendship I've had from John Rayner (Dave's dad) there was nowhere else it could have gone, and John was delighted to benefit from the smallest victory his son's bike had ever had! As the girls have been growing up there's less and less space for bikes, as I'd changed things around a little at home I took the opportunity to convert my dining room into a proper study, as I work from home - and I was inspired by the design museum in London.
So to sign off for now, please flag up vintage bike events, ones on proper roads, no offence but l'eroica isn't for me - this is an 80's bike that will never drop back to exposed brake cables and clips and straps to meet with "the rules".