Day 4 \ There was a sign....

Almost inevitably the tyre is still flat but the positive spin is that it's only flat on the bottom....boom boom. What with it being a rather odd size and the, at times random, opening hours of italian shops as yet no tyres have been turned in anger, not even in mild confusion. Added to that i have come down with some sort of hayfever/cold/flu type bug yesterday and have been struggling, so even if the tyres were as hard as supermans pants, nothing of significance would be happening.

For as long as i have liked bikes and machines and stuff, i have wanted a Bianchi, stupidly i rode past a bike shop last night after training and spotted this lovely, but it was lovelier with white tyres. It must be a sign.

it was a sign

Good news as there is a Bike Expo in Padova this weekend so perhaps could find some valuable contacts for the expedition, which is what it is. Plus and let's have 3 hips for this, the ascent in the big loop is ONLY 1400m, not 1800m. Piece of piss then, maybe i could use mums shopper with the Sturmey Archer 3speed!!!!!