January 19, 2007

Bees Bouncing Off My Eyes

One of the many reasons to wear glasses while cycling, apart from wind burn, is to stop rouge bees impaling your eye ball!! Yesterday I went out on my first long cycling session, and so far the cycling side of the triathlon training is going well. After having not been on a bike for 15 years, it only took a couple of rides to get my balance back and things are now going rather smoothly. I'm still slightly concerned about being run-over though—the roads in this country are really dodgy!

I read a tip recently that said during the last few hundred metres to put the bike into a higher gear (so the pedals spin easily) so you legs transition back into walking/running mode easier. This really does help, my legs didn't turn to jelly like they did after the first time on the bike, and I think I would of been good to go for a run straight afterwards, if I'd wanted to. I'm also going do a little research and see if there's anything I can do to improve my body position on the bike, as I'm sure there's a few more tricks to learn!

This time out I went prepared with a spare inner tube, portable tyre pump and CO2 canister, since the furthest point from home yesterday would of been maybe 20km and I didn't fancy walking that if I got a flat tyre again! Also I think the likely cause of the previous flat tyre might of been low tyre pressure. Bicycle tyres seem to need re-inflating far more often than car tyres—I guess this is obvious to the cyclists out there, but I'm relatively new to this... Fortunately I now also have a floor standing bicycle pump with built-in pressure gauge, so I can check them before I go out, and as an added bonus it also can inflate my Swiss Ball as well ;-)

Posted by Matt at January 19, 2007 11:46 AM

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