Contact points. There are three on a bike: your hands, your feet & your ass. The first has been completed.

Pedal wise I’ve opted for some old fashioned platform types. Again a few people have asked why no clip-ins or at least toe-clips. Simple really, I’m a bit of a flip-flop man, not a performance man. If you’re going to wear soft soled shoes of any kind, you need platforms otherwise your feet are going to get sore pretty quick. I’ve got the MKS-GR9s:

That leaves just your ass. Again, being a man of comfort rather than performance, I have no desire to ride on a razor blade. Brooks make wonderful saddles. The B17 is their classic and having ridden one a few times there wasn’t really much deliberation. I’ve mounted that onto a Velo Orange Grand Cru seat post. It has a long setback specifically designed for these type of Brook saddles. I do like Velo Orange, in case you haven’t noticed:

That’s it. I’m fitting lights on which don’t really warrant a blog post and then I’m buying a new D-Lock. Not sure about whether to mount the lock or carry it in a bag. I’ll do the latter for now and see how I go. Final post on this project when I can get the bike out to the park in the sun and take a shiny shiny closing picture.