These a few to choose from now on AliExpress. These are the ones I bought for my Tarmac. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005345593911.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.5f1bAtALAtALRv&algo_pvid=d0cb4f16-5b34-4060-8edb-0718084259c8&algo_exp_id=d0cb4f16-5b34-4060-8edb-0718084259c8-20&pdp_ext_f={"order":"8471","eval":"1","fromPage":"search"}&pdp_npi=6@dis!GBP!3.80!3.21!!!34.79!29.35!@210385db17706243870571962ee5ea!12000032705784655!sea!UK!196566334!X!1!0!n_tag:-29919;d:c25186f1;m03_new_user:-29895;pisId:5000000200967456&curPageLogUid=gbONmD4Vluwr&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:|x_object_id:1005005345593911|_p_origin_prod: IIRC I bought 2 and 2 spares.
Yesterday I managed a second metric century during February. This car had fallen victim to SSEN works where the safety fencing had floated away. 69 miles, masses of flooded roads.
Went for a ride Tuesday afternoon. C26 miles. Took a couple of wrong turns had an interesting diversion. Now I know where I’m going did same ride today -bit faster. Still took a wrong turn though , but a different wrong turn…. It’s interesting what ‘ stuff’ you encounter on these smaller road rides. Things like canals off shoots and today, smaller railway line -as per photo. Also came across River Yeo which looks like it’s seen some decent flows of water in past couple of months. Trundled over the M5 ( twice) -unusually flowing quite well for a Friday. I’m glad I’m not one of those commuting home on a Friday afternoon. I did do today’s ride at a quicker average pace - I might do the same ride again next week. Might try for a bit quicker again. I might even try and go the right way !!!
Chickened out of cycling through this puddle. Walked round. Cycled through the next one -came within a gnats whisker of coming a cropper….!
I’ve started my LEJOG training, I’ve started working with an endurance strength trainer specialising in over 30 yo. By the time I set off I will be 62.
Yesterday, I caught the train down to Exeter to meet and cycle with our youngest daughter. Due to a signalling issue my train arrived late. I’m about to try delay repay. We used a route that Harvey Cycling from YouTube and Strava had previously done. It took us a while to find it, but once we had what a stunning route, a few spiky hills, including one 16%. Unfortunately I picked up a slight niggle in my right knee, which only hurts when climbing. It didn’t stop me yesterday, but I have shelved today’s metric century. Sadly I missed my train by a few minutes so had to wait an hour for the next.
