Yesterday, I finally took my new bike for a longer ride. Instead of 30 km like the last time, this time I chose another way about 36 km the other way along the river. And instead of getting on the train back home, I went both directions with pure muscle power.

Regarding muscle power, I noticed how much power I lost during the last few years. The last 15 km of the total 72 km were really hard, and I was short before giving up and taking a bus home. It seems like I move too less with my office being in the other room. When I was still in school and university, it seems like I did much more sport and also moved a lot more in my daily life.

But now, that I got the new bike, I should make use of it and do more trips to improve my conditions again. Living in the low mountain range should also help as there are slopes everywhere.

On this trip, my bike did a good job. Just the pannier bags fell off twice, before I noticed I could fasten them in a way they wouldn’t fall off on tiny bumps.