ratter - Dam dude. I hope you and your mrs is ok after that fall. No one wants to hear that. On a positive note, I hope you get the Dura-ace groupset you want mate. Seems like a fair deal to me after all that. haha. I know how your mrs feels though, its fear and panic all rolled into about 3 seconds, then crash!.
swanny - good idea getting used to the bike for a few km. Build up your strength over time. Exploring the streets on bike is awesome mate. I tend to take in so much more on bike than I ever did in a car.
gtfpv - Agree mate. between 20-40km is enough for me. Especially on my hybrid. I am thinking of possibly doing the ride to work day on Oct 12th but that is like an 70-80km round trip for me. I could handle it, but getting to and from work involves a lot of hills and different gradients. It mainly my confidence riding in peak hour I would need to get used to. Too many angry drivers in the morning.
ESP - Great photo mate. Love it and the color. Top stuff. You seem to have the best of all worlds. A GT, and OCR comp bike and a racing blue MTB.
Gecko - great to hear your cutting down some of the naughty foods. Your body will thank you for it. I personally should be eating a bit better myself, but without too much in change of diet and doing regular cycling, I have dropped about 10kg of fat and gained a fair bit of lean muscle mass as well in the legs. Awesome work.
I went for a quick ride today. Only 17km, took my time since Im coming off a cold Ive had for the past week. Did it in a lazy 50mins. Flat and hilly roads combined. Stopped at the beach for some quick pics of my bike as it is. I didn't have enough time to clean the bike up, so I apologize for the dirtiness of the bike. It's not much but it handles just about anything I throw at it and has been very reliable to date. Only had it for 4 months.
