April Fool's Day, the end of Daylight saving and the first day of RH2BE challenge

Once again we have confused cats in the house asking to be fed at a time they KNOW is right, once again we have an extra hour's sleep and once again we have to remember to change the batteries in the smoke detectors.

We also (up until midday) have to beware of silly tricks and take all weird media reports with a grain of salt.

After a post bike set up ride  of my TT bike on Saturday, I needed to get out on the road bike for a 60km sufferfest.  Originally I was due to race the final Coburg TT at Cottles Bridge, but a slow recovery from the previous w/e put that out of the question.  Ahhh.the trials of ageing are many.....slow recovery being but one.

So my April Fools day ride was an Olympic rings type ride..meandering around Mooroolbark, where I rediscovered many, many very nasty little pinches which is exactly what I needed. 

The idea of this ride was to seek out 5 x 500m uphill efforts and attack them rather than grind through them...and I found plenty.....

April is a great month for a challenge... and this time it's for a cause close to my heart..that of Ride Hard to Breathe Easy..close to my heart for 2 reasons, firstly I knew Karen Munro, the creator of the cause and secondly as a Physiotherapist I have long been involved in treating people with chest diseases.

Please visit the Strava page and if you are a cyclist or runner,  join the challenge. 

TT bike set up

The TT bike I rode during last week's TT at Glenrowan is about 50% different today.

Different bits:

• The seat post had to be changed completely in order to be UCI legal. 
• The crank set is no longer a Dura ace, it's a super light compact 34/50 "Lightning"  brand
• The chain rings are now  featherweight Extralight brand. 
• The cassette is no longer a Dura Ace12-27, it's  a  lighter SRAM 11-25 
• The chain naturally enough had to be changed too. 

So those are different bits, but following my bike set up at Cycle Edge in Geelong by John Hind I  now have:

• A lower saddle 
• A saddle which is pushed further back. 
• The stem is upside down
• The bars are rotated down
• The arm rest are further back

Not much the same actually! 

oh and I have been reminded to  once again put 2 socks on my slightly smaller left foot.

My next TT is next weekend at Maryborough, so we'll see how it all goes then.

Checking over the new UCI rules, I've been alerted to one particular aspect which *seems* to indicate that the distance from the center of the pedal axle to the rear edge of the front tire must be greater than 89mm...well I have 4 bikes (2 x road, 1 x TT and 1 x track) and Alex has 2 (1 road, 1 x TT) and none pass that test....even the ones custom made for me.   See page 43 of the above power point presentation.