Thanks to Maria for taking the boys to Adventure Planet while I had a good bash at the new bike, testing it out on the Crow Road above Lennoxtown and through the Campsies. It was a misty day but mostly dry, and very comfortable. I've mapped it here: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/509081
The bike will need some tweaking at the shop because the smallest front sprocket doesn't work with the second largest on the back, possibly an indexing issue. It's too new for me to start fiddling with it myself, and that's really only a serious hill-climbing gear so it can wait. 1 and 3 on the back were fine, it was just 2 which was unhappy.
The GPS was proving invaluable, especially the elevation view which would warn me of climbs ahead so I wouldn't waste my energy on a straight stretch. This was also my first experience of the Tak Ma Doon road, and the surprise ford at one point - fortunately I didn't get my feet wet but I did walk across, I just don't know this bike well enough yet.
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