Tried out my new commuting route today. Looking at the map I took a couple of unnecessary detours which added a few km, without these I think the round trip is around 95km with 500m of climbing. I can take a little bit off that by going through the middle of Leigh but it's easier sticking to the main roads that go around it I think. Paced the ride pretty well, just under 2 hours in, just over 2 hours back. The wind was hell so I'm pretty pleased with the time. The rear mudguard, which has been cracked for a while decided to split in 2, I should really have duck taped it before it got this far. I'll have a go at mending it later :) I also found out that bikes are exempt from the toll bridge at Warburton. That will save 12p each way. Yay!
The big question is, how often am I going to be able to do the commute by bike? I think I'll start with once a week. I feel fine after today's ride but that didn't have 8 hours of work in the middle!
102km|4 hours|Dry, cloudy, cool, very windy
3 comments:
That is one long commute!
You have too many blogs!
I'm not the first to comment? Uh huh. ;~)
How 'bout driving one direction, riding the other?
Is it possible to have too many blogs?
Chris, I guess I could do that, I don't really want to leave my car anywhere though. We'll see.
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