Guy’s mate Joe arrived last night and very kindly brought with him two huge lumps of cheddar cheese. Now I’m quite a big fan of cheddar so was very excited to see this and to have cheese on toast for lunch 
The selection of cheese here is amazing, and I love french cheese, but do miss cheddar. Guy was pretty chuffed with his two jars of peanut butter and bottle of Cachaca, in fact he’s out buying limes right now to make Caipirinhas tonight. We’ll definitely be inviting Joe back again!
Archive for January 26th, 2007
I’m now officially very excited! You see, in December I sold my old NRS frame and decided to buy a cheap hardtail frame to build up with all the parts from that. Have been having a look around and found a DMR Switchback for sale second hand that seemed pretty good. What made it even better was that the man selling it happened to work for Windwave (www.windwave.co.uk) and be willing to indulge my request for a pink powder coat – which I realise is not a normal service when buying a second hand frame. I’ve just heard back that it looks like the coaters have done a good job, he can finish it off on Monday and get it sent out! So a big thank you to Tom at Windwave who I can heartily recommend for a great service. Oh and I should say that they don’t normally powder coat frames, but can do forks, so if you want your forks serviced and powder coated pink at the same time, you know where to go….
Why are the saddles on gym bikes so uncomfortable? Are they really bad or is it partly in your head as you’d rather be outside than in the gym?
Just some random wonderings after my trip to the gym today. You see, the problem with all the snow is it makes biking a little difficult. So I’ve joined the gym to make sure I keep fit. I’ve been a few times (trying, and so far managing, to go 3 times a week) and each time I go on the bike I’m really sore. I’m on for around an hour and having to get off ‘cos it hurts, rather than my legs being tired. This is particularly annoying after having discovered my perfect saddle this summer. Oh well, just have to wait till it thaws enough to get back on the bike. In the meantime, it’s less bad each time I go so by summertime it’ll probably be fine!
Rant over.
