8.11.2024 The prince[ss] and the dried pea.

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 Friday 8th 45F/7.2C. Continuing grey and dry with light mostly easterly winds.

 Up at 7am after a quiet night.

 I feel the need for another ride. While I still can. The saddle problem seems to  have been largely overcome with the Contec "Exclusive" Touring leather saddle top mounted on the Brooks B67 sprung frame. With the aid of my best [millionaire's row] Assos bibs [padded cycling shorts with stretchy shoulder straps.]

 I am wearing my usual [fairly thin] cargo trousers over the top for warmth. Wearing thermal tights on top of the bibs would look pretty weird! Nobody wants to see me banned from the charity shops. Worn inside the bibs might cause bunching friction and the inevitable pain. Which I must obviously avoid. Thermal tights over the bibs with a pair of concealing fashion shorts on top of everything? I might need to adjust saddle height. Like the princess and the dried pea legend of adding mattresses. For those who missed the Disney prequel Director's Cut III.  

 8.30 I ought to have a walk. Not too far.

 9.45 Still horribly dark and grey. I have been researching a better route to Højby, south of Odense. About 32-35km away depending on my innate ability to get lost. Despite having a phone with various mapping apps and the Nyon e-bike computer. Not to mention knowing the area quite well from so many previous visits. Højby [pron: Hoi-beuw] leads to South Odense and several more charity shops on the Svendborgvej. 

 14.30 Home again from a 75km ride. It rained until 30km and then stopped. By which time I was on the outskirts of Odense. My trousers had been dark from being wet but dried again as I rode along. 

I missed Højby due to a road closure and long detour. Which took me too far north to make it worth the double journey there and back again. I managed a figure of eight, between two charity shops in Odense and then rode home. Changing the batteries at 50km. There was only 85% charge when I left. The saddle was fine throughout and I was still going well at the very end of the ride.

 12.10 Just finished watching another romance on Netflix. Dinner was chicken, mushrooms and chips. I am getting heart pains but don't think I can blame the chips for that. I sprayed the nitroglycerine under my tongue. Once I got the damned thing to work. It had given up the ghost. Because it hadn't been used.

 

 

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