It was sunny and warm today when I left home on the 36’er. Within an hour dark grey/green clouds built up, then the wind, then hail, then sleet and rain… OUCH! In less than 30 minutes the temperature dropped a bunch making for a wet and cold remainder of the ride. Lesson: Carry a better rain shell during Spring. (more…)
At ~4kg the 36’er wheel is one big old flywheel. Feels great when it’s spinning, but it’s the sort of thing that encourages you to mess around usually looking for ways to loose weight towards the outside of the wheel as well as improving ride. (more…)
It looked like this week’s uni meet at the local skate park might get rained out, instead it turned out to be a ripper of a Spring day. (more…)
Woohoo, first day of Spring! I stopped off at Trentham Falls this morning for a quick MUni fix to get the day rolling.
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I’ve been paying a lot more attention to tire pressures lately, it’s amazing how much difference a few pound can make! (more…)
The relocation of the weekly unicycling meet to the local Skate Park provided all the excuse needed to head back there today for a ‘get to know you’ session and continue to work on my trials skills. (more…)
It’s only a 10 minute detour from the school drop off route to Trentham Falls, so with a wild Winter wind blowing I thought I’d treat myself to a MUni breakfast in the sheltered falls area. While a few people visit the falls on weekends, generally on weekday mornings there isn’t a person to be seen and with the recent rain and wattles coming into flower it’s an idyllic way to start the day. (more…)
