The new wheel, cassette and chain feel great. In fact my average speed has improved by nearly 1 mph. It just goes to show what a little TLC can do! I do like the nice clicking sound now with the Deore hub. The wheel feels very solid and it soaked up the potholes of South-East London with aplomb.
This morning I mixed up some of my new Isotonic energy drink. It really did make a difference as I didn’t find myself waning on the latter stretches of Upper Richmond Road which is what usually happens. My knees started to feel a little sore at the start but this soon subsided.
I did my usual route to work, straight up the A20, through Peckham and Camberwell. From there I joined the LCN Route 3 which took me to Clapham Common. Again, shamefully I got lost and added another mile onto the commute.
From Clapham I headed up Battersea Rise and then took the final run down to Richmond.
| Stats | Dist | Time | Av. | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To work | 15.70 | 01:02:26 | 15.1 | 23.2 |
| From work | 15.29 | 00:59:02 | 15.5 | 22.8 |