Long way along

[shermarama]

I made a bit of a meteorological miscalculation on Sunday. The prevailing wind on the south coast is southwest, so if you're going west to Worthing, it's hard to get there but easier to get back. I did the twelve miles from my flat to Worthing in not much over an hour, including getting a bit lost at Shoreham, so I thought, crikey, all those sprint starts in London have done me more good than I thought, I shall go a bit further! So I did, past Ferring and almost to Angmering, and that was where I worked out that the wind was coming from an unusual easterly direction. Which made getting home rather harder than getting out. But I made it, and I'm not totally dead today (the all-you-can-eat sushi I had for dinner went down well though) and I actually cycled very nearly forty miles. That makes the idea of doing sixty five less unreal. The biggest problem was tingly fingers, which I may have to work out something to do about. The views were amazing too.

Comments

[blue-mai.livejournal.com]

tingly fingers - do you wear gloves/mitts? some basic ones with a bit of gel in the palms might help

[shermarama]

I've got some basic cycling gloves with padding in, but they didn't seem to be doing the job. Top of the list of things to do about it is try raising the handlebars a bit so I'm not leaning on them so much, and borrowing Chris's gloves, if they fit, which are a bit swankier. Or probably just put up with it because it's only a problem when going that far.

[(Anonymous)]

tingly fingers - in addition to the glove suggestion, make sure to shift your hand position regularly. this should prevent a lot of the tingle problems.
-dpv

[shermarama]

I was trying to do that, but I've just got straight bars and there's not really any other positions I can usefully put my hands in.

[damerell.livejournal.com]

As some AUK wit said, long rides are just like short rides, only longer.