What a weekend! Getting used to the cleats and pedals took a bit of time on Saturday – the first 30 minutes were really bad but it got better. The only casualty was the left pedal which was quite scratched from my feeble attempts to flip, kick and jam my left foot in – but we got there and no accidents.
Sunday was a totally different matter. There was a time trial on the coastal road so I decided to go through the park not realising there were two different runs taking place along different stretches of the park. Moving onto the road was initally much better until I got to a stretch of one way traffic and a speeding van weaving its way past parked cars and bikes on both sides. It was looking too close for comfort so I tried to get on the grass verge – managed to get my left foot off before the bike went from under me. Amazingly, the right foot freed itself and I managed to stay on my feet as well as leaping over a small drain in the process. Total damage done was a slightly twisted handlebar and a ripped velcro strip on one shoe.
Things could have been better but then they could also have been much worse.
