Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
I have been to Norwich today. I took PeeBee, my new Steel bike. Seen here on Wroxham foot bridge over the river.
I just love this bike, I really do.
I was up until gone midnight, taking that hated San Marco Rolls saddle off. The bolt was rusted solid and I had to take a hacksaw and a large hammer to it in the end. It seemed to do the trick anyway. I cleaned up the rails on the S.M. Rolls and gave the leather a bit of a clean up with some saddle soap, which I have laying about. That is going to go and live with @BottomCrank. I believe his backside is a whole lot more suited to horrible 80s style saddles than mine is. The reviews say that it's a great saddle. My bum has other ideas about it, altogether.
I put the Selle Italia Lady Flow, from my PX Pro Carbon on. It's not like I was planning on a long ride this morning and anything over 30 miles on that saddle can be painful actually. It was great, then it wasn't for some reason.
Anyway. I parked up at New Costessey, put the wheel on the bike, faffed endlessly with the mudguard until it stopped rubbing. No sooner did I start than the mudguard rubbed again. I fixed it, started again. Fixed the mudguard again. Rinse and repeat until I was very fed up so bent the mudguard a bit. No rubbing. Result.
I went up to Drayton (small hill, flew up it) and across to Horsford. Bit of a difference in road layout as they are building the N.D.R., which, as far as I can ascertain, stands for Norfolk Daft Route. Nobody seems to want it and half the countryside is laid waste to the building of the thing. Off up to St Faiths and on to Horstead where I took a pic of PeeBee, the steel roadie, at the mill and texted it to the aforementioned @BottomCrank (who is rebuilding his Raleigh Road Ace and will I take his newly taped bars to him, and the saddle. Oh, while I'm at it can he borrow a spoke key). Then off to Coltishall, another pic and another text. Away then to Wroxham, see above. We were unimpressed with Wroxham at 9.30am. Already full of blooming grockles and not even once ice cream shop open. Bike was miffed so we moved on to Salhouse broad for a photo, past woodfords brewary and on to Ranworth. Another pic, up the hill and back to Norwich via the Plumsteads, a detour for the NDR building, a dog-leg through the Heartsease Estate, Mousehold and skirted the inner ring road to Marriotts Way and back to the car.
42.4 miles done. 14.something mph so happy with that.
Chatted with a nice chap on a Dawes Galaxy, out with his work chum (all the gear, no idea) and not best please about it. ATGNI was very dismissive about being overtaken by "some bird on a bloody aluminium bike". I put him right. Firstly I am not a bird, I am a woman. Secondly it's Reynolds tubing not aluminium. Thirdly, it's not 'bloody', it's lovely. You have been overtaken by a nice fit woman on a very delightful vintage steel road bike. Galaxy man thought this was hilarious. Seems he didn't want to be out with his work chum at all but promised in a rash moment and had to make good on it.
In case anyone is wondering about the blue bandage on my seatpost. It's an old bit of rim tape, wound around so that my lights will fit. The seat post is too narrow for that rear light and I was in a hurry.
I adore this bike. Even though I don't have such a big cassette on him, he's fun on hills. I can get up and honk so much more easily than on the PXs. He's brilliant to ride, really comfy and doesn't do anything daft in a tight corner. I can see PeeBee )Purple Bike, being my go-to bike of choice from here on it. He's much more fun and nice to ride than my carbon roadie.
I just love this bike, I really do.
I was up until gone midnight, taking that hated San Marco Rolls saddle off. The bolt was rusted solid and I had to take a hacksaw and a large hammer to it in the end. It seemed to do the trick anyway. I cleaned up the rails on the S.M. Rolls and gave the leather a bit of a clean up with some saddle soap, which I have laying about. That is going to go and live with @BottomCrank. I believe his backside is a whole lot more suited to horrible 80s style saddles than mine is. The reviews say that it's a great saddle. My bum has other ideas about it, altogether.
I put the Selle Italia Lady Flow, from my PX Pro Carbon on. It's not like I was planning on a long ride this morning and anything over 30 miles on that saddle can be painful actually. It was great, then it wasn't for some reason.
Anyway. I parked up at New Costessey, put the wheel on the bike, faffed endlessly with the mudguard until it stopped rubbing. No sooner did I start than the mudguard rubbed again. I fixed it, started again. Fixed the mudguard again. Rinse and repeat until I was very fed up so bent the mudguard a bit. No rubbing. Result.
I went up to Drayton (small hill, flew up it) and across to Horsford. Bit of a difference in road layout as they are building the N.D.R., which, as far as I can ascertain, stands for Norfolk Daft Route. Nobody seems to want it and half the countryside is laid waste to the building of the thing. Off up to St Faiths and on to Horstead where I took a pic of PeeBee, the steel roadie, at the mill and texted it to the aforementioned @BottomCrank (who is rebuilding his Raleigh Road Ace and will I take his newly taped bars to him, and the saddle. Oh, while I'm at it can he borrow a spoke key). Then off to Coltishall, another pic and another text. Away then to Wroxham, see above. We were unimpressed with Wroxham at 9.30am. Already full of blooming grockles and not even once ice cream shop open. Bike was miffed so we moved on to Salhouse broad for a photo, past woodfords brewary and on to Ranworth. Another pic, up the hill and back to Norwich via the Plumsteads, a detour for the NDR building, a dog-leg through the Heartsease Estate, Mousehold and skirted the inner ring road to Marriotts Way and back to the car.
42.4 miles done. 14.something mph so happy with that.
Chatted with a nice chap on a Dawes Galaxy, out with his work chum (all the gear, no idea) and not best please about it. ATGNI was very dismissive about being overtaken by "some bird on a bloody aluminium bike". I put him right. Firstly I am not a bird, I am a woman. Secondly it's Reynolds tubing not aluminium. Thirdly, it's not 'bloody', it's lovely. You have been overtaken by a nice fit woman on a very delightful vintage steel road bike. Galaxy man thought this was hilarious. Seems he didn't want to be out with his work chum at all but promised in a rash moment and had to make good on it.
In case anyone is wondering about the blue bandage on my seatpost. It's an old bit of rim tape, wound around so that my lights will fit. The seat post is too narrow for that rear light and I was in a hurry.
I adore this bike. Even though I don't have such a big cassette on him, he's fun on hills. I can get up and honk so much more easily than on the PXs. He's brilliant to ride, really comfy and doesn't do anything daft in a tight corner. I can see PeeBee )Purple Bike, being my go-to bike of choice from here on it. He's much more fun and nice to ride than my carbon roadie.
and get it posted . Well done everyone
PeeBee isn't going to bugger off with someone thinner, prettier or who can bake cupcakes.
