Today's Ride

Preparations for tomorrows ride: Since I’ve cleaned and re greased the pulleys of my rear derailleur, the squeaking noises have disappeared, but now I hear a clicking under load and I suspect it’s from the bottom bracket. So I’ve replaced it with a BB-UN71 from my latest 1 € catch from ebay. Although I can’t see any wear or damage, apart from a lot of grease that was washed away, a cartridge is maybe better for a bad weather bike anyway. Will see if it helped... 🤷‍♂️
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Hallelujah! First ride since 15 December. The weather, you've guessed it/experienced it, has been shocking. Since then and now, there have been 2 4 hour daytime windows when the wind dropped below 20mph and/or it wasn't pissing down. Window 1 resulted in a great 9 mile run, window 2 was a great Boxing Day early morning walk.

Today, 6-7mph WSW wind (barely anything in spots), 7 degrees, bit lower in the valleys. Dry for the first half, light rain second half, with a downpour just as I pulled up to the garage. Quelle surprise! Dark. Very dark. But absolutely fabulous being in the saddle.

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