3 Days To Go

My weekend was very busy, I had a wedding in Bristol Zoo and loads of chores to do. With only 3 days to go I know they'll disappear quicker than Lance Armstrong on a downhill, so it's time to make lists and dare I say it, pack. We are all planning to meet up the night before in London and eat/drink our carbs ready for the start, and I'll be travelling up courtesy of First Great Western with bike and bag, should be fun.

So, during the weekend did I put in those final last minute miles on the bike so that I'm in tip-top condition and ready for all? Not quite.

Although I did manage to clean it (see sad pic of bike cleaning duty below), and once again after cleaning it it no longer squeaks and creaks like a tea trolley in an old folks home.
I'm now convinced that this is a new "feature" that Giant are building into their bikes, as soon as it gets a little bit dirty it starts to moan. Fnarr, fnarr. Anyways I think I'm set and despite the weather being absolutely glorious over the weekend I only managed to do 30 miles on Friday.

I'm not sure what the weather will be like during the trip so I think I might get some longer gloves, other than that I'll be taking the following spares: 1 x Chain, 3 x Inner Tubes, 1 x Tire, SPDs, Torq energy drink, Torq chewy bars (Mmmmm) and not forgetting the puncture repair. Any other spares will just have to gleamed from the nearest shop.

I wonder how the rest of the team are getting on with their preparations?