My legs hurt.

I smashed myself in the Alps d'Asuke today. 72km with two big climbs, and I had new toy passion running through my veins so what was intended to be a lazy, cruisy Sunday afternoon ride turned into (a bit of) a hammerfest.

New toy? kinda - new rear wheel. Kinda. James gave me a wheelset back in February to throw out in the metal garbage (after he left) as his awesome power had untimely ripp'd the rim from the spokes. Well, nine months later, I got the bike shop to slap another rear rim in there, and presto! I have a (for me) light, racy road wheelset. Best wheelset I've ever owned, that's for sure. It's gotta be good, I mean, it says RACE on it!

Anyway, attention spans and all that, here's a photo.
Exciting, isn't it?

There were more switcharoos of parts but I'll spare you more excitement today. I have to think of liability. Last bit of news, I also scored some cyclocross tyres for a bargain at the bike shop last night, I think they're gonna be even better than the new wheel, as they say PRO on them (I'm pretty sure that 'Pro' trumps 'Race'). Stay tuned for e-reviews soon...

Bikes are fun.