Endura Stealth Jacket

Hammerhead got funded and met the stretch goal!

I visited Edinburgh recently for a film festival and got to catch up with David from Laid Back Bikes as well as pay a visit to the local bike shops.

Riding in the rain and Hammerhead

So I've bitten the bullet and funded Hammerhead. They're pretty close to their goal with 10 days to go at the time of writing. One thing to be aware of is the $20 shipping charge outside of the US, which it would have been nice if they'd mentioned on the front page!

Here's hoping it succeeds so I can have a play with it.

Today's ride was a miserable wet mess. My aging Gore-Tex paclite is now basically dead and gone, as is my hat made of the same material and my gloves lines with it. Last Christmas my big trip was a complete washout from start to finish, I thought that my waterproofs at least lasted a couple of hours in those conditions, but they seem to have deteriorated in the meantime.

So I'm after a new jacket, hat, gloves and longs this year. I think I'm going to plump for the 'nuclear option' for jackets, the Rapha Hardshell (I can now smell smoke, wallet probably just burst into flames) and a set of Endura Stealth waterproof longs. My Berghaus trousers are still waterproof I think, but they have a wide ankle that will let water in on the recumbent and also get caught on the derailleur stem.

Going to be an expensive winter!

Longer Christmas Prep Ride: Return of the Recumbent - with added turn-by-turn

After a week of shame, I returned to Lincolnshire to fetch my bike:


I tried a different route enabled by the BikeHub app on my phone which does route planning and offers turn-by-turn navigation. This had mixed results. Most of the time it really helped navigating little villages and unnamed links on a route with far too many turns to memorise (well, for me).