Spoke too soon!

Sorry but I couldn't help writing this story up. Not cause it's that interesting but because I wanted to use this title/pun.

Anyway, as you know I've been cycling to work every day. It's 18.3km each way and its uphill on the way in and down hill on the way back, more or less. When I did my first test ride to the hospital and back it took me 51 minutes to get there and 42 minutes to get back.

I decided to set myself the goal of getting a time of less than 45 mins to the hospital and less than 35 mins home. So far my fastest time home is 35:17sec so I'm almost sub-35, but last night in the pouring rain I blasted myself up the highway and to the hospital in 43:47sec which smashed my previous fastest time of 45:33sec.

I was so stoked up and ready to murder my time home that it took me a few moments to realise that something was wrong with the bike as I wheeled is out of the Emergency Dept this morning. The brakes at the back were rubbing on one side of the rim and altering their position made no difference as there was a hugh buckle in the wheel. As I was trying to figure out what to do with the wonky rim I realisd that a spoke was loose. Closer inspection revealed that it had snapped - how I don't know - and either caused the buckle or been caused by the buckle.

I was gutted, not because the wheel needs to go into the shop and not because I might miss our club ride on Thursday and not because I missed an oportunity to get a good time home - but because for all I know the brakes were rubbing the whole way to Hornsby last night and if they hadn't I might have pulled a sub-40 time out of the bag! I suppose I'll never know but... Grrrr!