getting carried away

I didn't expect to end up in the city on Wednesday. All that I had planned was a cruisy bike ride tracing out the Monash Freeway. The meeting time came and went but I had prepared a book. My comrades arrived within two minutes of each other. Impressive given the almost exactly thirty minute delay.

Cycling wind noise is really not conducive for conversation. Plus it adds to the risk of going off-track by being a distraction. The path was generally foolproof once we had learned to trust the differences in surface and line markings.

I don't think I've been on this side of the road before this date.

Choosing lunch in the city took a bit longer than expected due to previous work experiences reducing the number of acceptable food outlets.

The outdoor cycling track/velodrome thing was where my pannier failed again. It got sucked into my rear wheel and caused some misalignment. It's definitely worth a visit. I didn't notice the wheel misalignment while cycling back. It does however, touch the brakes for about 5cm every rotation. Not as bad as last time.

At the end of the day - 80.2km in total. 54 of which were spent in transit from Monash Clayton to the CBD.