My plans are coming to fruition

I'm pleased to say Gorsebank did indeed purchase a Claud Butler Criterium for himself yesterday and, from his first cycle, seems very pleased with it. At £250 it's hard to complain really, especially as it was from a local-ish shop and that means he'll get after care inclusive. It's a particularly customer oriented shop and that means so much when buying anything, as you know.

The 'granny wheel' was used to good effect on molehills which used to be mountains and I'm hoping it (the purchase of a new bike, in addition to its having a 'granny wheel') means I can coax him out cycling more often and for longer journeys. Hopefully I'll be getting my own new bike either tonight or tomorrow, so I've already agreed to lug any required lunch, waterproof jackets etc. about and leave Gorsebank lightweight, fool that I am. Funnily enough, I've got that agreement with Kirby Girl too. I'm really not that quick on the uptake.

Foolishly, we forgot to buy a cycle computer when we were getting the bike. We remembered to get a fairly roomy saddlebag and two bottles and cages but the computer completely slipped our minds. Oh well, we can always get one in the next couple of days. It seems so strange to cycle without a computer on one's bike now. In some ways, it saves that whole obsession of mileage but I find looking at my statistics is part of the fun of cycling. So long as you enjoy them and don't let them control you, cycle computers are wonderful things.

In summary, I'm pleased to see Gorsebank happy with his new bicycle and looking forward to pushing him into getting plenty of mileage on it.