New Tyres

Some new tyres arrived for the M5 today. I thought I’d try some classic race tyres and now have set of Continental Cross Country’s, 1.5″ skinny little things should be fast as chuff once I get them on. Not too sure what the cornering is going to be like, but I reckon it could be a laugh. Anyway since Specialized UK can’t get me the Roll X S-Works tyres I wanted, I needed something else. I guess there were always the Conti Supersonics, but I’m not sure if I fancy fixing punctures every five minutes. Anyway, I’ll see how I get on with them.

Classic line from the bike shop today. A woman came in wanting to buy a multi-tool. She recounted this story from a recent holiday: ‘We were out on the trail and someone had a mechanical, so we stopped so it could be fixed. This guy whipped out his tool. It was the best I’ve ever seen… and I just had to have it”. Comments laden with such innuendo said with such angelic innocence always seem to provoke much mirth amonsgt us…