New bike

Buying a new bike is a bit like buying a wedding dress - you go in for an off-the-shoulder, frothy net skirt affair and come out with a rigid forked mountain bike.

Once in the shop, suspension hybrids were out the window as they are quite heavy and the components not all that great within my budget.

Which in a way is a good thing as I now have change to purchase the many over-priced visas needed for the Big Honeymoon.

So, I am the childishly-proud owner of a shiny new Ridgeback Cyclone - watch out Londoners, I'm gonna kick up a storm, but probably not rip your roofs off.