But, a month seems to have whizzed by without any of my bloggable thoughts reaching the virtual page. Let's take a look back at some of the highlights:
1. Wheely Wonky
A few days after the hole-in-the-shoe, I found myself once again dodging pedestrians. This time I had diverted through the car park to avoid some throng of amblers, when I clipped the kerb and fell off in a rather low-speed and (it felt) low-impact.
However, when I picked the bike up, the brakes were sticking. I detached the brakes so I could sort them out later and then I noticed that the wheel was behaving very strangely. I thought it had been knocked off the axle but in fact it had been bent into the most intriguing 3d-shape. Not good !
It's very difficult to capture the wonkiness of this wheel in a photo, so you may have to take my word for it - it was very seriously bent !
In the short-term I did a wheel-transplant from one of the boys' bikes. In due course I had a new wheel fitted and at the same time cashed in the "We Owe You A Bike" voucher that Karen and the boys gave me last year - so I now have a brand new "fitness hybrid" as well as the trusty old new-wheeled mountain bike.
Coincident with all this new cycling equipment, of course, I virtually stopped riding (snow being the short-term excuse)!
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