Race against time

The race is on, as you know (from my last post, sorry about the miserableness of it but hopefully this will be a happier one) I entered the Kielder 100 but this has become more a race against time to get the the start of the race. I ordered my new bike (more about that later) mainly as the Tour Divide bike, but with the intention of using it for the rest of this season as a race bike and to get some training in.

I was contacted by the LBS (local bike shop) who said the bike was on order and will be arriving at Whyte on the 3rd September, it will take aproximitly 1 week to be delivered to the shop then a couple of days to prepare it with the upgraded kit, leaving me/Ruggy (Ruggy is a team mate who is a expert in fitting protective tape to frames) a couple of days to cover it with leading edge tape and test it and more importantly to get used to the ride. Will it arrive in time?!

The new bike is the 2013 Whyte 29c Team, the 29c Team is in the team Torq colors a total coincidence Torq Fitness are sporting me and Team ELMS. The upgrade, originally the bike came as a 2x10 setup (2 cogs on the front and 10 on the rear (just for you mum)) and though while I'm at it I would upgrade to the 2012/3 XTR kit {goes weak at the knees}. You may have guessed I am a bit excited about the new bike.

The Kielder 100 is the first race of a couple of busy months, if any one's at any of these races I'll see you there :) Kielder 100, Bronte BigK Bike Challenge, Dusk Till Dawn, the Bear Bones 200 and the Calderdale mtb Marathon are on the same weekend so will have to decide when the time comes.