[stephen low]

Well done Mike on the body downsizing, and you were warned it is a bit addictive.

If I stay off the wine a few nights in the week I might actually manage to loose some weight too ha!!

Only good thing at the moment about unemployment is that I can go for a ride at say 10am in 15 degrees and not at 6am or earlier in woo ha colder temps!!! Also means I can sleep in if I want to watch the TDF live rather than off the recorder!

Been up country on a free holiday so champing at the bit to hit the road again.

And have empathy too for the speed differential between the pros and our poor efforts. Though I was riding at 60 kph the other week beside a car for a minute or so as I rolled down Olivers Hill - lol!!

Same issue with the hill grades too, OH is only a 6% average over 400 metres, those bluddy Alps go forever and at far more scorching gradients. Shows you what sort of athletes these riders really are, wish I could do half their work rate...!

The cobra ride team is not so silly a thought either I'd be up for membership as a bit of a side giggle.

Slo