600 Tomorrow

It's now only 18 hours or so until I start that ridiculous attempt at riding 600km in two days. I'd have liked to have done more long rides in the training phase, but I think I would have said that no matter what I'd done. I'm quietly confident that I have enough base miles to sort out what I need to, and in anycase, I don't think burning out at this stage would have assisted me much.

I had another late catastrophe last night as I pulled the plug to the generator out of the chord from the E6 headlight. This resulted in an extended period of kicking things and swearing loudly, before realising that if I hurried I might be able to get another one for about $4. Rather stupidly I phoned the hardware store to see when they'd be closing instead of just leaving right away. Eventually I got into the rather short ride, and had the job of taking apart a decent headwind, good. This was an outlet for my frustrations. I eventually made it with about two minutes to spare before the shop closed (where I got about 20 adapters for the $4), before riding home and fixing it in 10 minutes flat! It's just something I need to be aware of with the E6, the adapters are easy to pull out if you're removing the light from the generator to remove the front wheel for whatever reason.

I also have my cycle-computer working again now, although I paid it little attention on my ride to work this morning. Hopefully this is the last of my mechanical problems, and things will all run smoothly tomorrow. Evidently the weather forecast for the weekend refers to rain and not much else. If it's anywhere near as cold as the rain in Invercargill was, I'll walk from here to Murwillumbah nude.