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Things looked sunny enough when I set off with the Litespeed for a 2-hour ride. On my left I already saw dark clouds looming though. They were approaching fast and before long I was under them and felt drops of rain coming down. I was following the Dylelandroute over Heverlee and Egenhoven when I skimmed the outskirts of some very nasty looking rainclouds. The winds were fierce but somehow I got lucky and the clouds went besides me. When I turned towards Leefdaal the ground was wet though and the sun breaking through even made the clouds look darker - blue nearing purple at some places . Nice contrast with the green of the fields and Meerdael Forest in the distance, steaming when the sun evaporated the water in the valleys. My Polar was giving me some trouble by missing out on my heartbeat. I had to stop and completely undress (only the top part, don't worry ) in order to retighten the chest-belt before the thing started receiving the signal. I think the chestbelt must be replaced, I have had that Polar for quite a few years now - 5 or 6 I think - and doing 600 hours + / year that comes to an impressive amount of usage.
Will first replace the chest transmitter battery and see what gives. If that doesn't do the trick, I will replace the chestbelt.
I incorporated some extra climbs into the ride to check out my leg muscles and they felt good. The 1.9 Ritchey Z-Max WCS Severe Condition tyres did not give me a lot of confidence on the wet forest tracks but somehow I managed to keep the rubber side down. I think I will change those tyres and put my Schwalbe Big Jims back on for the Ardennes.
Ride Stats : 38k and 380 heightmeters in 1h49mins
4224/35040
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