Whitlesea Return

Today I travelled to whitlesea and back
It got me thinking
A. Why is it called Whitlesea ?Its nowhere near the ocean
B. It got me seriously thinking about my previous rides out there
My main thought was about the 1st tine I did this ride.
On my 10 yr old Hybrid with trigger shifts and fat tyres
and how much I stuggled. How I nearly died going up the epping hill (now part of my daily commute I do semi-comfortably),How I nearly colapsed on my arrival home. In fact now I think about it I never actually went to whittlesea on my Hybrid, I went to Mernda and back which is 20km shorter (round trip)
But nearly a year on the bike and a couple of upgrades later I did (by my standards) exceptionally well. 50km trip Ave.speed 29.7km/phr total time 1:40:23
My other trips out there were on my Shogun and I never hit these times So Im defenitely showing improvement
Also the clothes are fitting me better so with the loss of Kg's and increased leg muscle I hope to better this time in the near future
Cheers to all
O'

The new toy

My Birthday has come surprisingly early this year
I had a merida 901 on laybuy at Rays in Preston when I say the Merida s3 come up at a very resonable price. Even 120 bucks cheaper than the other one and a better ride with better gearing.
This week I have put down some serious Kms (Approx 250km) and am loving the new Machine
I even passed 4 people going up a hill on a group ride and left them far behind
I felt like a hero in my own lunch box
Now once I get my Supergrover jersy the transformation will be complete
Cheers
O'

Hit and run

LAst week some Asshole run in to Renee as she was riding her bike
She had just taken of from an intersection and an impatient driver shunted her forward
and then scrapped down the side of her
She is 100% fine
An independant witness came forward and the mater is in the hands of the police
I cant say to much untill then
Cheers to all
O'

SMIDSY

Today I copped the SMIDSY defence
"sorry mate, didnt see ya"
As my high powered light pierces the dakness on a major 2 lane each way road
Old man in his ute full of tools pulls out in front of me
"WTF"
I lay in to the anchors and stop just before hitting his door
Naturaly focus on stopping not unclipping so over I go
He then provides a barrage of Im sorrys and "shit are you all right"
I was to shocked to even let him know how I felt
so I got of the road and gathered my thoughts and continued my trip
Only noticed on the ride home a bit of a buckle in the back wheel GRRRRRR
adding more lights to front of bike tonight