I’ll get to 100 km on the Giant Escape 2 this week - not bad for a shopping bike, but I am hoping we can get my road bike running after last week’s mishap for tomorrow’s longer ride.

 

If I was to rate my bikes in order of “happiness of ride” it would go

1) Fuji Absolute 1.4 shopping bike (misplaced through drunken mishap

2) Avanti Giro AR2 road / cyclocross bike

3) Mondraker mountain bike - my first bike here, far too small for me, but otherwise great

4) Giant Escape 2 - current shopping bike

5) Folding bike - no complaints, it is great for what it is, but it’s my 4th choice ride, other than our annual 20-20-20 ride

The guys at Giant replaced the two spokes under warranty when I brought it in for service.

They couldn’t find a problem with the clicking bottom bracket - maybe it’s one of the RM10 pedals that’s at fault, and I’m glad to have the bike back, although it was nice cycling my road bike into the office - it is significantly sparkier up the hills.