LEJOG08

Ian, for once I agree - bike mechanics we are not...
Though I feel the need to explain my newly discovered training technique..
A hasty chain change was called for before last weekends ride. Possibly due to forcing the bike into the back of my Smart Car, after finding myself in the unenvious position of having both bike and car in Southampton, and being worried that one or either might get nicked if I left them there..

Fortunately the New Forest is pretty damn flat so there was no need for high gears for a while the next day. A little later it wasn't quite the same, with the Isle of Purbeck throwing a few hills around (and some gravel tracks, but we won't mention them)

The Outcome: two days of good strength training, followed by two days of very bad football as I couldn't run.