Dry day, though a bit cold and blowy. Keen to keep my knee joints working and the weather is decidedly iffy over the next week or so, so I made the best of a long-ish lunch break with a short version of the Twycross.
I was quietly thrilled with the state of my knees on Saturday – not a sentence many people will get to type in their lifetime – but yesterday I may have overdone the physio exercises because the right one has been a bit sore all day. And it did hurt a bit throughout the ride, but it didn’t get any worse. Hopefully it will wear off in a day or two.
Was keen to try the new pedals so I took the X. Unfortunately while the right one was fine, the left one didn’t work too well – it was impossible to clip into it. The hook at the front of the cleat was well enough anchored and I didn’t have any difficulty riding, in fact I forgot about it after a while. But I had at least 90 degrees of circular movement pivoting from the front of the cleat; basically as much as my ankle would tolerate.
Annoying. Might be that the left cleat is a bit worn out but all my other left pedals are happy enough with it as it is. Although the new pedals look mostly like my other PD-R540s they do have the text “LIGHT TOUCH” printed on them, so perhaps a slightly new / different design. Will be annoying if I have to start changing cleats early just because of one fussy pair of pedals. But perhaps it’s an adjustment issue. I didn’t have time to look closely.
I was also annoyed by the sheer quantity of compacted clods of mud on the roads, presumably from farm vehicles.
Anyway quite a pleasant run out, otherwise.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2206482667
16.62, which takes me to 101 this month.