Jaj and Ian do 40 miles with a well earned pint afterwards. Ja follows up with a similar ride on the Sunday
Planning meeting takes place. Kiernan rings to check that we weren’t kidding. We decide the route and also a 100 mile training run on 2nd Feb. Jaj is buying a new bike for the event. Wilson awaits his new gadget a Garmin Edge 705 cycling GPS system. Deano a member of the Fat Blokes on Bikes joins to give moral support
Jaj does plenty of reaearch and is excited about tonight’s spinning class. We arrange to meet at 6.45pm & Mo(Ian’s wife)decides to join in. Mo and Ian turn up before Jaj buy tickets and wait for Jaj. He duly arrives to find we have taken the last two tickets for the class so he couldn’t join. Mo proceeds to do nothing through the class for the instructor to comment at the end that she looked very composed. She responded by saying this is the first and last for her preferring a bottle of wine and a box of Milk Tray.
A 24 mile ride - for Bennett and Jaj Coleman (30 miles for Jaj). This has been a wide wake up call for Bennett - post Xmas excess made just this 24 miles too hard! On the way back - got overtaken by some old geezer coming home from work with a home made box on the back of his bike to keep his sandwiches. We did find time to stop for a pint of Marstons. Average speed 14.7 mph