February is usually the month from Hell weather wise but has been very mild and we’ve only had three days around 35c where you would have expected a few 40’s by now.  Somewhat of a change from the Armageddon of last February.

This has helped us get out with the bikes more often and we’ve really got the bug back again after the last few weeks of enjoyable riding.  I was reading where bone domes can deteriorate over the years, and since we’ve had ours for 12 years, we lashed out on new helmets, and golly gosh, have they improved in design.  Dials at the back so you can tighten or loosen to size and far more comfortable than the oldies. 

Our seats are originals and not that comfortable but we use gel seat covers and padded cycling shorts which help one’s numb bum and other vitals.  We lashed out on new, quality seats and I forgot to use my gel seat cover and shorts over the the 50k (sorry, 49.9k) bike ride the other day and had no saddle soreness whatsoever.  Now we have purchased clip-on bike shoes and pedals and yet to try them out but people swear by their efficiency so they will get a testing shortly.

We’re members of Bicycle Victoria and have signed up to be counters in Super Tuesday next Tuesday 2 March.  This is being conducted over most of Oz where volunteers are being used to count bike usage to assist BV and Councils with the data necessary for planning and allocation of resources.  We are allocated locations to count bikes over two hours from 7am till 9am and Geelong was included this year for the first time. 

When we logged on to check locations, we noticed two locations in Ocean Grove and one was available so MP grabbed it.  Her location is the path between OG and Barwon Heads along the Spit which seems unusual but we were told it was specifically requested by the Geelong Council.  I suspect MP is not going to be too stressed with this location and the betting is whether she actually gets anyone to count.  I have a great position along the Barwon River in Geelong where two tracks merge just a couple of hundred metres from that photo in my last blog post.

All the counting points are either four or three way intersections and we both have three way ones where you have to count bikes in and out of the intersection.  Each road is given a number so a bike may go from 1 to 3 and you tick off that one on your sheet.  I feel like Bitzer with his clipboard in Shaun the Sheep!

Now what I want to do is arrange for a big group of cyclists to ride along to MP’s spot and all diverge in different directions at the same time and that should make her head spin.

Anyhow, it’s an easy way to earn a nice tee shirt and 50 bucks each to one’s favourite organisation.

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