Iren has had an issue with a lack of pressure in her tyres, so pumped up with car pump then roadtested the bike.
I did a short loop just to get a feel for the bike.
I rode up Perrymount Road, across town, down Oathall and then back via Sydney Road and the first bit of Perrymount Road
Ah well it was good to get 30 miles covered today, the most I have done 🙂
Yep did it again, this time with an ickle detour that added a bit to the ride.
I repeated this run dating back from the 25/03/2012 to see how the fitness was doing, and all I can say is that there is an improvment 🙂
The first leg down to Partridge Green was a game of ‘dodge the bunny’ – the blighters are everywhere!
Nothing else to note on the way down until I got to Wyckham Farm where the descent to Bramber begins – the trail is dry and dusty which makes you a bit twitchy as falling off wearing shorts might be an ouch !
Once past the farm the track improved and I was soon past the castle, across the A283, and on my way to the airport 🙂
At the airport instead of just turning round I rode through the airport, onto the A259 and then through Shoreham back to the track just south of the flyover.
The haul up by the castle at Bramber & Wyckham farm seemed easier and I was soon back on level ground heading for Henfield.
Once clear of Henfield I headed back for West Grinstead, keeping up a decent pace but by now feeling the effects of the ride in the sun 24+ degrees celcius is lovely and warmif you are not pedalling for hours.
Back at West Grinstead life got a bit painful, I removed the bike hat and the sweat got in my eyes – it don’t half sting 🙁
Overall a good ride and a big improvement on the first ride 🙂
I will apologise in advance for the 3 images it takes to get the route in.
