Having carefully bought a bike with hub gears and fitted it with mudguards so I could use it for winter commuting and return the Grinduro to more like its original self, this week the fancy electric gears on the new one stopped working, so I’m back to riding the Grinduro to work anyway (although at least now I have other options too). I had a quick look but it’s not obvious how it all works – I can’t help thinking a good old-fashioned cable would have been less trouble. The Grinduro was briefly playing up too, with a stiff headset, but a quick clean and a bit of grease soon sorted that out, for now at least.
Christchurch Park parkrun was off for the second week in a row, so this time I cycled to Kesgrave instead. We started nice and slowly, but went a bit mad in the last couple of hundred yards, so at least it was a nice negative split. Then on Sunday it was the turn of the Scenic 7, where I continue to get marginally slower each year. I was at least careful not to out-sprint Holly to the line again after running the whole 7 miles together!
Later on Sunday I headed down to the Clubhouse (Cricketers) to meet the football-watchers for the customary beers and food after what was apparently a lacklustre match.