Cycling with friends on 16th June 07 was sort of a disaster.Rather then enjoying
a peaceful ride through our country’s queit backroads with hit the highways
instead.And worst was that i my friend suffered a puncture but bike shop was
nearby.I had to tune their bikes before the ride & while on our journey
made many pit stops to tune their bikes again.Although i manage to cover 50
KM on that day it was still not much of an enjoyment except for the camradarie.In
the end we all made it to the top of the hill that i was intending to take them
to ride,both Daniel & Phillip made it except Emmanuel was a flop, which
was either his bike or he’s just burnt out.That Saturday morning was beautiful,
it was cloudy throughout,if it was for me riding alone, I would have covered
90 KM on that day.Well, come this Saturday i’ll be heading up the hills my self.
After changing to 1.25 slicks i notice the vast difference in speed & friction.Manage
to hit 69 KM/h on that day of downhill,surely a thrill as it was too for the
newbies.And cycling uphill is a real enjoyment now as compared to the 1.5 knobbly
tires i had on. Hope to break more personal speed records with this MTB i have,
my personal best of top speed is 72 KM/h couple of years ago on this same hills
with my chromoly bike slicks. I’m quite confident that it would be broken soon,just
have to tuck in & minimize drag.. i love cycling too much,it’s just the
freedom i guess But will be alternating between the sports like running &
swimming. Running would be the base as it’s the fastest route to fitness.Hope
to shed a couple of more pounds.