Just been out for a blast on the road bike for the first time in ages! 35 miles with about 200m of climbing in 2:20, OK thats pretty slow but at about the 25 mile mark I got horrific cramps in my quads, felt like someone was punching me in random points on my legs every time I pushed the pedals, lesson learnt take electrolyte with me next time not just water.
Spent most of yesterday in the garage dismantling and rebuilding bikes for the summer, and took the time to dig out a dura ace groupset (gears and shifters) FSA compact front mech, FSA SL-K compact cranks, bontranger race-x-lite carbon bars and a selle italia saddle, it's amazing what ends up in the spares box after being bought on the classifieds shortly before you spend 2 years off the bikes through injury!
Anyway fitted it all, bought a few odds and ends from the LBS, bodged a few bits (anyone know of a BB cable guide with a really long front mech guide to get round a big BB shell? The one from the LBS is too short and I bodged a length of outer onto it with a zip-tie but its not very permanent. Shed a surprising amount of weight, guess a few grams here and there really do add up.
Summary, bikes lighter, shifting is near telepathicly quick, I'm unfit and sports drinks do have their uses. And road riding in the sunshine is a lot of fun 
