The outfit's fueled up, ballasted with a couple of chunks of paving slab and a bag of compost (couldn't be arsed to go and buy a bag of sand) so all I need to do now is throw some kit in it and I'm off to the Platyfest. It seems to handle a bit better with some weight in the chair so I might be tempted to give it some serious abuse on a couple of back roads but the fact that I need new front brake pads will probably act as a deterrent when I get going. I knew I should have ordered some pads because I poured brake fluid over them several times when I was trying to bleed the brakes but somehow never got time to do it...
