>Certainly the 2lb I've dropped from my bike must be noticeable in the hills - pity that is slightly overshadowed by the 5kg I've added round my waist over the Christmas break! We then hit Rimu and the unhealthy omens continued with me finding my bike would not shift from the granny gear I would used to fail to journey around the gate onto the center ring with out double-shifting wtf! As we rode up the highway my bike was making a nasty creaking sound, not a great thing for the Star Mechanic to have
>Due to some beer-related Al/tree interfacing Wayne and that i have been making good time on the others when on a hard left-hand hairpin my poor abused tyre decided it had actually had enough - with a closing spray of milky man juice and a loud BANG!