Left work early, took the X for a Twycrosser. Decided to do the Minor Orton Triangular Detour once I got to Twycross. I must give the Major Orton Less Triangular Detour another go sometime soon, as well. That one misses Twycross completely.
Wasn’t sure whether I wanted to come back the same way (perhaps omitting the Orton detour) once I got to Fenn Lanes, but decided to press on the usual way home through Bosworth, Carlton, Barton, Odstone.
Stayed resolutely dry throughout. No sign of the light rain threatened around 7pm, though the skies did seem to threaten it once or twice. Mostly cloudy, but occasionally sunny. Lovely weather, really. Warm and not much wind. I overdressed slightly up top, but wasn’t really bothered.
Ended up doing a few more than I expected – 34.29. But no problems.
I was impressed with the oncoming cyclist near Ratcliffe who literally wagged his finger at a driver who’d just overtaken me, not giving either of us a great deal of clearance. Also saw a young chap on a red Boardman Road Sport like mine, don’t see that many of them. Speaking of which – I had an idea to remove those aluminium stem bolts. I’ll saw slots into the heads and see if I can get them out with a screwdriver. If that doesn’t work I’ll saw through the bolts between the face plate and the stem body – there’s a bit of clearance. If I do that I’ll end up replacing the stem though that’s not a big deal, it wasn’t expensive and I could use the one I took off the X.
Relubed the Cannondale on my lunch break and perhaps it’ll get a run out next time.
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The weather looks OK for Thursday and not bad for later on Saturday (rain forecast for the morning).