Local community bike ride yesterday, great event for families with over 600 riders. The usual observations:

– Adults riding fantastic retro bikes with no idea that their bike is so great.
– Rusty Tesco specials that have sat in the garden since last years ride
– Saddles waaay to low, tyres waaay too flat
– It is not now, and never will be, acceptable to turn up to a 5 mile family bike ride on a carbon Dogma with full Sky team kit, including blue Oakleys, sucking on energy gels

But then, boooom, the ultimate niche bike. A guy overtook me on one of these!