The joy of Trek's

I set off early on a solo journey into a beautiful warm spring morning.

In the great words of Churchill - not the great leader but the advertising dog off the telly - Oh Yuss!!

I was on my Trek. It is a thing of beauty. Some people love their cars I love my my bike. The car takes me to work, the bike takes me to a place of happiness. It's not a new bike, it's not the best bike, it's not the fastest and it's not the most expensive but I love it.

Now I'm sorry if I'm going to get a tad emotional here but I feel at home on my Trek. The bike rides beautifully. I forgot how good it was to ride after a winter in storage. Unlike Lance, I believe it is about the bike. The bike becomes part of you and in effect the two become seamless. You operate at the most efficient levels for both rider and bike. I'm not the best but fundamentally gear selection to make riding effect and efficient is key to energy usage which is then key to speed. Speed over a long ride is affected by the amount of energy used. You want to make the ride efficient so that the energy spent allows you to finish strong.

Today was cool I looked at the other riders as they went past and they ranged from:

• The orange clad hybrid rider.
• The mountain biker with mirrors on his handlebars
• Dunfy road club
  
• A number of solo road bikers
• A charity bike ride on the cycle path for a primary school

It was good to wave and acknowledge them all.

So I knocked off 33 miles off our global adventure. Life is good!