5th October. Duathlon Disaster- The Otter Cleans Up.

A touch of ground frost saw the Otter rigged out in woolly hat and gloves.

The field soon strung out, I could hear a characteristic burping somewhere behind and then a bit later the sound of fleet feet coming past with the inevitable lapping on the third lap by the front runners.

The Otter was behind but still in contention that was, until after Transition one. I had the new secret weapon of the E bay wheels...

Going well and pulling a higher than normal gear, stripped down to the bare Lycra for full aerodynamics, the mountain bike mounted Otter was left virtually standing.

Passing some other riders I was already composing a blog based around Triumph! or Victory! until...

BANG!

Without warning, whilst standing up on the pedals for maximum effort uphill, the right hand pedal had managed to unscrew itself, naturally the sudden loss in balance with the other foot still attached to the left pedal resulted in a close encounter with Tarmac of the A907.

To cut it all short the thread was a bit mangled so the pedal wouldn't go back on the crank and the Otter came passed assured of another automatic win.

The only plus point was the realisation that a few miles of one legged cycling is an excellent drill for improving pedalling efficiency.