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Right then, I thought i better get this blog started as its only 2 days till we make the 6 hour train journey down to the end of the land, known more commonly as Lands End, then the day after (Sunday) we start riding.
Tonight is all about packing and prepping the bike and I think I am just about done! Bike is looking good, riding really smoothly and the GPS is fitted.
It did however strike me that maybe I should have gone for a bit more colour in my accessories! There is quite a lot of black and I found myself drawing similarities to the bat bike, i am not talking about the cool new Christian Bale number either, more of this type of thing:
http://www.offexploring.com/jamiebelloz/albums/before/11128293
But maybe thats not all bad, batman is pretty cool and i think Warb would make a great Robin: scrawny and ultimately a bit useless.
As for packing thats sorted, clothes are washed, tool checklist is complete and everything seems to fit in the panniers, result!
One thing I haven't yet got that has been generating a bit of discussion between the 4 riders over the last couple of days is chamois cream. Now, I have heard of this stuff but have never really been 100% sure of what it does. So I decided to ask the group for advice. I wasn't quite ready for the response I got from Mr Titley as below:
"It makes your padded bit in your shorts not rub a hole In you ass. Makes your legs slide and your balls slippy"
Well if nothing else it was concise and to the point, i now understand and it sounds like i should probably invest.
Ok, thats it, first blog done, although mentioning a few of the guys who are riding above has made me realise that many of you might not know all of us personally, so…… tomorrow night I'll post a brief intro the the team! Watch this space.
Ta, Jamie
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Jason Good work Bell! Chamois cream sounds amazing. I'm now thinking of buying some just for general daily use. A review of how you get on would be most helpful.
jamiebelloz No problem Jay, keep your eye on the blog over the next couple of weeks, who knows, might even get a dedicated review blog.