Anybody ever participated in an
alleycat race?
No, but from the sound of them they're right up my alley.
See what I did there?
When you're going the same speed as traffic (if not faster), it's much less daunting.
That be true. 50kph isn't so scary down hill when the cars are doing the same and one can just occupy a space in the middle of the lane.
In other news........
Vs
Shem Vs Taxi (or how Shem stopped worrying and learned to bust a knee)
Yesterday saw me arrange to meet some pals at a local theme park so we could go fishing for the afternoon. The park is around 20k from my house. Not a problem for the bike.
I took my time getting their, spent a few km warming up in low gear before setting off at a moderate pace. I arrived within an hour and we set about making our afternoon plans.
Fishing went out the window when we found a bar with cheap Jim Bean. My friends had plenty., I had one.
Many drinks later we decided that if we go back to our town we can have some dinner together and I could have a beer because I wouldn't be riding. I made a sly remark that I'd keep the beers cool for them once I'd reached town. They laughed. Challenge on.
Their
weapon of choice only available transport was a taxi, a bus was just too slow. I had my trusty push iron and a set of lungs. They had to contend with traffic while I didn't and I knew the fastest route, the taxi drivers here are complete retards.
I left the park and them, waiting for a taxi with more speed than I should have and made my way across the city. By this time people were coming home from work and the traffic was starting to build up. A problem for them not me. I was going at full pace the whole trip apart from the last 1.5km which are up a ridiculously steep hill. I took that hill rather slowly having used much of my power on the previous hills.
I arrive in the town centre and my friends were there waiting for me. I was a bit gutted until they told me they had just that minute got out of the taxi.
Feely rather chuffed with myself for matching the time of a car over 20km I dismounted to discover that my right knee would no longer take my weight and had obviously been damaged from over exertion.
Today I'll rest it and hope it gets better. I had the same problem last month with the same knee. It should be fine in a few days but right now I'm relegated to the sofa. Time to get my GT on.
Taxi 1 Shem 0
I'm terrible at technical things but this should be straight forward. Well, at least moving the whole thing along the bar to the stem.
). They're skinny little things so even with a little bit of deflation I can really feel the extra power needed to do high speeds.
Both feet flew off the pedals and I knocked my seat out of place with my crotch, and then almost swerved into an oncoming car. My next project as of now is going to be finding an old derailleur that I can turn into a chain tentioner. 
