New bike is brilliant! and more pictures. Be warned there are some slightly naughty ones!

A new toy is always exciting and I was indeed excited about getting the new bike but I wasn't expecting to be much faster on it. However the first few rides have yielded 3 of my fastest rides to date and by a significant margin. I would say that I am 1-1.5 mph faster on the new bike compared to the old one.

That's about a 10% improvement and I have now averaged over 18mph on a ride for the first time, my previous fastest ride was 17mph which was a real all out effort. Its also a really smooth ride because of the frame technology, the effect of this is that the road bumps are absorbed and so you have much better contact with the saddle. I think this allows better transmission of power to the pedals...........Well that's my theory anyway!

I have been completely revising my Strava segment PR's :-)

This weeks training has been pretty good, a slightly lower mileage with a bit more emphasis on speed. I am now having a couple of days off the bike before doing the Hatfield 90 mile sportive on Sunday. Looking to average over 16mph for this one.

I said in my previous blog entry that there would be more pictures of the bike, they are on my website at http://i4apicture.com/trekdomane45 be warned that there are a few with Lulu, a professional  model who for some reason forgot to wear her clothes.......