I am not too worried about it as I have a busy week planned as I am on holiday this week and I am going to get some training in a a few different tracks this week.
I went really well racing yesterday even though I was feeling horrible again with a sore throat and fever again. Still I managed to win all 3 motos taking it easy and also the final so not too bad. I noticed that I am getting fitter as I did not get jelly legs at all this week which is a big improvement. I did break something on my bike as there is a clunking noise when I peddle and something seems loose when I drop the back wheel on the floor.
I picked up another set of bombshell wheels yesterday which I am going to use to build up the thrill frame that I got fixed last week as my training bike and then I will leave my Haro Blackout in the shop to get it fixed.
I am just missing handle bars, a brake, grips and a seat to finish off the bike. I am going to take the cranks, brake and seat off of my 20" for now and then next month build up the 20" again.
I think that I will run 42 x 18 on the training cruiser as it is slightly higher than the 37 x 16 that I am running on my race bike so it will provide a bit of extra resistance. Also I already have a 42 tooth Renthal chain ring lying about so I don't have to buy another chain ring.
I am debating at the moment whether I keep the 20" for training or if I sell it and concentrate on the cruiser as I don't think I will be able to keep both.
I am having a day off today as it is really wet and I am not feeling 100% still. Also I have Pilates at 1pm and have to take my son to his parkor class at 17:40 so there isn't any time to do anything today.
Tomorrow I plan to get up early and go to the Tiverton track for the morning and then pop into Bristol track on the way back as one of my friends has the afternoon off and said he wanted to meet up and ride.
Tomorrow night there are gates at Burnham which I may go to if I feel up to it. Wednesday I have Pilates again and also basketball so I will probably get up early and go to Bristol track again and get some full laps in so that I have time to get back for Pilates at 1pm.
I have just come across some gusset mxr cruiser bars on Facebook so I have bought those as they were only £10 so will do for a few months. I am going to change my stem now from the eleven stem to the crupi front load stem as my bars are still a little high on the Haro as the bars are bruiser bars which are 6.5 inch rise bars not the usual 5 inch rise. I am going to use the eleven stem on the training bike with the new bars when they arrive.
Here is a picture of the new bars. Once I have cleaned the Haro and swapped the stem over I will as a new photo of it as well.
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