Road Trip withdrawl

It was nearly 2 weeks since I last rode my Viffer. I felt bad. A combination of moving into a new flat and some cold weather meant that it stayed in the garage unused and unloved. I had been borrowing either the Rover or the Focus for the last 2 weeks for the move and I had settled back into easy option of using the car to go to work and run around town in.

Last winter, not having a car was a pain but bearable as work was only a 12 minute walk away. The real test will be this winter when rain, snow, sleet or shine I’ll have to take the bike every morning.

Then I picked up the bike from the garage and used the bike for a few days to commute on. -4DegC was not fun. Despite it being less than 3.5 miles at the end of the ride I could barely pull in the clutch. Not fun.

After one very wet ride to work which resulted in my desk area looking like a laundry whilst I dried my clothes out, my Dad offered me the Rover to use for a few more weeks. I accepted. My hardcore biker status slips a little further away.

In an attempt to put a few more miles on the viffer and edge back closer to being a hardcore biker I'm going to take a ride up to see Ming at the weekend. 400 miles should keep me going for a few more weeks of winter. Now where did I put my waterproofs and thermal undercrackers?