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D.N.F.
Jun20201311:07 a.m.
Even worse than Did Not Finish, did not even start
!Yes the dreaded lurgy has got me
.Whatever I try to do, somehow I always seem to be one or two steps behind what I am trying to achieve. Mind you, I'm quite happy with the job I am doing of keeping on fighting the good fight
.Yes, if I think about it properly, it is circumstances that are to blame, the things outside of my control. The things I have power to control, I am controlling, and to the best of my abilities, getting the job done, so no complaints really
.Last night, I should have been getting home from work, getting my fell shoes on and heading off to Moel Famau for a lovely little fell race in glorious sunshine.
In reality, I was sick over my handlebars cycling up the Cymau hill on the way home from work, then to add insult to injury broke a spoke (another
) a mile and a half from home, struggled like mad to actually walk up our drive and promptly flopped into bed, where, aside from frequent visits to the bathroom, I have remained until getting up to ring in sick to work.I hate having to phone in sick - it really isn't me.
Anyway, this thing came on pretty quick, it was about 3pm yesterday I started to feel a bit dodgy, aching stomach, tired, heavy legs, even found myself wishing I was in the car and not having to cycle home. Hopefully coming on quick as it did it will go quickly too.
I could do with getting out to the bike shop to get that broken spoke fixed, it is on the drivetrain side and I don't have the right tools myself to remove the cassette. Need my stomach to settle yet before I can chance that trip out.
Can't believe that another spoke has gone.
Made my mind up that I need to change things bike wise. I've been toying with the idea of swapping for a cyclo-crosser, which will be a lot more durable and a lot more versatile too. With nobbly tyres I'd be able to head off road a bit, wider tyres than the racer will soak up more of the bumpiness of our p*** poor British roads. Mudguards will be a better fit, it'd take a rack for light touring, and the stronger brakes would undoubtedly help keep me little bit safer when I am whizzing down the narrow lanes here.
I love my racer though, it will be very hard to part with it if I do decide to swap. Keeping it will obviously be the cheaper option, but after snapping yet another spoke, even this is going to cost, as I have made up my mind I definitely need to change the wheels. I've never known spokes to snap on a bike before, and these are doing it all the time.
Decisions, decisions...
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Comments (1)
hollywooddave 'hope your better soon pal,2 of my fitters have been off all week due to illness! must be going around! rest up and come back stronger:) onwards and upwards' added 20th Jun 2013
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