6.09.2025 Getting ahead.

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  Saturday 6th 50F/10C [6.00] A sunny weekend is promised. Peaking at 19C/66F today. Slightly warmer tomorrow. Light, westerly winds today.

 Up at 5.15 after an unusually quiet night. I woke at 5.00 and couldn't go back to sleep. 

 B17 "Special" in 2014. 

 It might be a good day for a ride. Changing the saddle to the well worn Brooks B17 saddle was a surprise. It did very well on my only proper ride on it. Albeit while wearing the obscenely expensive, Assos bibs. 

 The B17 is supposed to be for a more forward leaning, riding posture. My light tan, B17 has copper rivets and I laced it very early on its life. Which. as in previous examples, when the leather skirts are punched and laced, extended its life almost indefinitely. 

 The B17 has been sitting in  the sunshine in the greenhouse for several years. Greased with Brooks 'Proofide' at long intervals. It has none of the droop and extreme contortions of a typical, broken [in] B17. From a quick blog search, I believe I bought it new in 2013. The previous B17 "Select" leather had twisted. Making it unrideable. 

https://pedal-trikes.blogspot.com/2013/05/hi-honey-im-home-brooks-b17-champion.html

 7.30-8.15 My morning walk. The three deer were grazing on the prairie again. I was standing beside the road for ages. Snapping away with my G9 and the Leica 50-200mm. Trying to capture the decorative mist in the background while the trio moved about in various configurations and poses. I was moving slowly forward as the doe kept looking up. Eventually they panicked and ran for cover. Hundreds of meters away. Once they had gone I risked the spray tracks on the damp fields. Fortunately the ground was firm.  

 I have the spare e-bike battery on charge. While I prepare for a ride. Not sure where I want to go. Several potential targets have closed down. Which further limits my potential options. Choosing my routes, as I always do, completely on a whim.  

 Distant Munkebo cranes on the wharf seen from Fynshoved.

 I fancied a tour around the north east point of Fyn. It is too far for comfort on the e-bike. What if I drive there in the Morris? With the e-bike on the rear carrier. I really haven't done that enough. 

 The carrier has been languishing unused. Which is an awful waste. Not only the initial expense but the huge, potential increase in range. 

9.40 e-bike loaded on the Buzzrack. Scorpion-1.

10.30 Time to go. Showered, lunch packed, apple drinks.  

 I arrived at Fynshoved [Fyns Head] at 12.00. Ate a roll, unloaded the e-bike and rode 35km. I saw dozens of cyclists today. There was even the annual road race. e-bikes everywhere. I left at 14.10 and arrived back at home at 15.30. It was a perfect day. Solid sunshine but not too hot. 

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. 

 

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