Have been using different bikes over the last 4yrs including converting me old Univega MTB to single speed and buying an On One Pompino fixed. Just to see what it was all about.
Not done anything long distance as before still enjoying cycling.
While trying fixed I managed to get thrown off it going downhill too fast and getting a speed wobble. Ending up with a torn rotator cuff and found being painfull to ride recumbent for a while.
June 2018 saw me buying an M5 Carbon High Racer for my 50th and after trying to set it up I let it sit in the shed for far to long.
I found while finding it my knees hit the bars and to get it comfortable to ride I had to extend the bars out leaving only about 5mm of stem inside the steerer.
Obviously this was unsafe but it took me around 8 months to get around to ordering a longer stem for it.
After getting the stem I rode ot a couple more times and thought about selling it.
I even had someone come and test ride it, unfortunately they dropped it on the 1st corner and broke the derailleur hanger.
Hanger replaced, I thought I'd take it out for a ride. I started to get used to it and the speed of it was amazing.
Audax was starting to get back into my mind again and I entered a diy 200km.
The ride went well and I got round in under 10hrs even though I lost the ability to change the front cog after cable a breakage.
I still ended up with an average speed of over 28kph.
