Saturday Riding

As is tradition, every saturday I ride to the Yarra Valley and call in to lunch with my grandma. Total ride: 120km - very hilly - plus an hour of lanmowing at grandma's. Total time: 1hr40min each way.


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Today's ride was rather uneventful, if not a bit slow, because I was riding my yellow Alchemy diablo. Although this is a very good bike, it shows the wear of age - I've ridden it over 250,000km. In comparison to my new Lapierre, where everything is carbon and titanium, the Alchemy seems prehistoric. Yet, unlike my newer bikes, this yellow devil is strong and reliable. Nothing ever breaks on it, regardless of how much abuse is doled out.

The old girl.