Do I get a discount for introducing new members?

Well it's been a little while since the last post so I thought I'd best show willing and update the blog with some more fun and frolicks!

Since my last jaunt out on the bike I have recruited another victim, fool, idiot, candidate into the cycling malarky. A keen MTB rider already and keen to get fit for this years Manx GP it didn't take too much persuasion to get him on the loaned Fuji that has been discussed in earlier posts, plus it was also going to act as useful measuring purpose whilst searching for his very own steed. I felt it only fair to fore warn him of the pitfalls of the Fuji and the saddle situation with road bikes - although to be honest he probably wouldn't have offered me the same courtesy! So bright(ish) and breezy one Sunday morning we head off down my usual haunt of the cycle track to town and back. Due to the 'worn' status of some of the Fuji components and the fact it was his first outing we weren't going to set any land speed records any time soon so I decided to use the session as a high cadence training session.

17k later in just under an hour it was fair to say that poor Col was, well, err, let's just say he was feeling the burn! Having successfully tried out the road cycling malarkey he seemed sworn on getting one but was a little wary of the sizing guides offered by different manufacturers and was feeling a little overstretched by the Fuji (which to be fair was loaned to me from a 6'+ colleague). A quick bike swap and he felt instantly more comfortable on the Cannondale - at least he now knows what size frame to look for!

With the rest of our Sundays to get on with we went our separate ways for the day. Monday rolled around and was our usual squash encounter - I wish there was a better word for it because what we do isn't actually squash. A quick chat about eBay searches for bikes and the like and Col unveils his magnificent story of how the ride out has hampered his day - mostly whilst having to straddle scaffolding throughout the day oh how I chortled as he winced his way about the squash court that night!!