positively salivating...


...it always was exciting but since fitting the new Mavic Cosmic Carbone Pro deep section wheels it needs a censorship rating...... Once again I have no choice but to ignore all the DIY that needs doing, and instead put my feet up in the garden with a big mug of tea...

two reasons I was salivating today... the first was this soda bread I baked first thing ready for my return from a blast out on the bike... with no yeast and no rising except that which happens in the oven it's great for a quick and dirty (or rather 'quick and tasty') loaf with a wonderful crust that is just magic with organic peanut butter and plum jam... The other cause for me licking my chops was the thought of a run out on my CD1.0, it always was exciting but since fitting the new Mavic Cosmic Carbone Pro deep section wheels it needs a censorship rating...especially when the weather is perfect as it is today... Cruising effortlessly along at 40km/hr to the faint rumble of the carbon wheels, the polished razors of the rims gleaming in the sun and, looking down, the chunky perfection of the Clavicula cranks glinting with each rotation. The bike has become a bad influence, on days I should be taking it steady I invariably find myself stomping up the climbs in the big ring and sprinting past cars on the descents... and, like today, arrive home absolutely buggered. Once again I have no choice but to ignore all the DIY that needs doing, and instead put my feet up in the garden with a big mug of tea and the post-lunch remains of that soda bread... Ho hum. One day the window frames will be painted, the garden tidied and the hallway tiled... one day! The pic was taken this morning on my favourite bit of clifftop road down west, quite a nice contrast there between old and new - a neolithic pile of stones and a 21st Century pile of carbon...




Posted: Fri - April 6, 2007 at 03:28 PM          

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