A quick blat down the hill today, I was a little cheeky and rode in the middle of the road, there was a car that was behind me most of the way but they seemed to be OK. I was doing 50km/hr much of the way down so probably wasn’t too much of a nuisance.
The ride up was WET. It wasn’t raining but it had been raining for much of the day. I think I coped with the hill a little better than last week, although I was pretty buggered at the top. I had a couple who had come right up behind me by the top of the hill which cramped my style a little, but it was only for a brief moment as far as I could tell.
After my experience losing a light in the tunnel on Saturday, I have ordered a big beefcake of a light, a Ravemen PR1200, which I hope will give me options to leave earlier in the day over the next few months, and provide backup for my little flashing lights. I’ll review the Ravemen in due course, as I also intend to review the Giant Recon HL 100 and the Recon TL 100, which are nifty lights, but it seems to need charging quite a bit.