Now I am officially working out my notice, I can no longer get work to buy me a monthly rail and bus pass. That's ok, because soon I won't need it, given that I've managed to get a job in the same town as we chose to live. (On an aside, that seems to be more unusual than you'd think. Really.) But it does mean that I'm back on the bike after a long period of laziness.

I've gone back on my road bike, but I've modified it a bit. It's worth posting a picture, but I haven't got one right now! I've changed out the front gears for mountain bike ratios, because they give me a fighting chance of getting up some of the hills where I am still too weak to churn big old road ones. But that meant I had to change out my front derailleur, because road ones are the wrong curve for the smaller mountain bike curves. And that meant I had to change my gear levers, because road shifters don't pull enough cable to operate mountain bike derailleurs. I got some nice bar end shifters, but they wouldn't fit my chopped down handlebars, so I had to replace my handlebars too. I went for some Nitto moustache bars, and while I was at it I got some cheap brake levers too.

Oh, and I added a rack. And changed the pedals to toe-clips so I can wear normal shoes.

So yeah, it's changed a bit. I've been riding in along the coast on the undercliff walk. The weather has got good - hot, not too windy - which is great timing, and the view is spectacular. The bike still needs a little fine tuning, but it feels sweet.

I still can't get up the hills, but I'll get there.