Trial Run

Bought a load of equipment yesterday for my travels (maps, guides etc). Fitted the following to my bike:

Rear light, Bell, Mirror, Trip Computer, home made info screen (pure genius!)

I had arranged to go for a cycle with a friend starting from the Vauxhall Recreation Club at 6.30pm. We figured that the searing heat of the day may have abated by then. It had. Good call.

I had planned to test my bike fully loaded with camping equipment and full panniers, but fitting the new bits & pieces took so long I ran out of time. Never mind.

Here's where I went:


It was a really good cycle. Quite a few hills, mixture of exposed roads through vast fields and cycling along shady country lanes.

Heres the nerdy stuff as captured by the newly fitted trip computer:

Distance - 21.8m
Time moving - 2hrs 2mins
Total time - 3hrs
Aver. speed - 10.7mph
Top speed - 22.6mph