New Bikes ROCK!

Took the new Dialled Bikes Love/Hate Singlespeed out for its first ride and despite a couple of wee issues (rubbing disc brake and having to tweak the chain tension with the EBB) it ROCKED!

It climbs nicely, stiff enough to be efficient but not so stiff it beats the snot out of you. Heading downhill the Surly forks are very direct but the big front tyre takes the sting out. It likes the singletrack too.

the position is spot on for my ape like upper body and arms, but I did go up a size from my geared bike from the same manufacturer, Dialled Bikes.
This meant that I could run a shortish stem whilst having a bit more stretch to get the power down whilst throwing my weight around on the climbs

I'm very very happy with it really.

To make the grin even bigger we had dusty condition on our ride last night, in September, in Leicestershire. A rare treat indeed.

The new bike will get its second proper ride (I don't think of commuting as proper riding for some reason) at the Viking Challenge this weekend, which'll probably be a clag fest. But at least the cakes will be good.