Back to the drawing board

Shutdown over, amazing warm sunny days, ideal for riding home...until I come off my bike near Woolwich. Net result is heaps of deltoid brusing and damage to ligaments around my collar bone. NHS A&E and aftercare great though and hoping it won't put me out for too long. If I ever get round to it a map of all the sporting injuries I've sustained over the years may look amusing.

Meanwhile....

Ka-Pow Ultimate storm through tour3 finishing undefeated and 5th. Sets us up a treat for Regionals in Wimbledon. I'm sure Smatt's Blog will give the lowdown. Gutted I wasn't there and won't be at regionals but there's a chance Nationals may be possible. Either way with Tooting and Burro looking shakey at Tour3 and us continuing to improve the likes of Fire and Clapham will hve a new team breathing down their necks. 

Long days and bacon Jam

Squeezed a couple of short rides in during the week. Only from work to Woolwich Arsenal so about 5/6miles. Nice couple of pints later and amongst other things the subject of bacon jam came up. Never heard of it before but the Internet being a marvelous thing a quick search has given me this recipe. It's bubbling away in the slow cooker as I type so we'll see how it turns out. What's better than spreadable bacon? This may be the next option.

All set up for an MRI scan tomorrow at St Helier's up the road. At least this should give me a chance of playing some ultimate this calender year.

New tyres thanks to Brixton Cycles

Managed to squeeze another 2 days on the bike to and from work tues/weds. Decided to take a different route home in an attempt to avoid the hill at the start and near Bromley onthe way home. Turns out The National Cycle Path 21 is amazing. A lovely flat ride from Greenwich to just North of Croydon. going fine till I get a puncture halfway through. Two inner tubes later and I am walking to the nearest station. Thankfully Nigel from Brixton Cycles was passing and offered to not only give me a patch but fixed the tube for me there and then. finally made it home:
Tueday
2.5mile to work
22.5 miles home
2.5hrs(!) complete with puncture repairs.

Wednesday
2.5miles to work
22.5 miles home
1.5hrs

On closer inspection and after Nigel's advice it turns out my rear tyre is wrecked. In way of returning the favour I popped up to Brixton to get a pair of new tyres, tubes and more importantly a spare set of patches! Really helpful shop, suggested a few options and I've ended up with Schwalbe Londons. Made all the more patritoic by the shinny "London" branding. Also meant I could get some more miles in before work over the next couple of weeks kills any chance of cycling.

MRI scan booked for 16/07/2012 so hopefully I can get diagnosed and patched up. Means Tour3 in Manchester is out but hopefully back for Nationals.