So for October half term Tom and I headed to Beirut for 4 days and then left ourselves 2 days in Dubai to do some resource downloading and shopping. In particular - bike shopping!
Lebanon was great, Beirut was a mix of old and new. We preferred the old, but it was a great city to walk around and we even managed a few runs along the sea front. Dubai was of less interest to us. We found it restrictive that you couldn't really walk anywhere and the malls were loud and expensive. Tom compared the Emirates mall to a large Bull Ring in Birmingham.
However we headed to Wolfi's bike shop in Dubai where I got measured and fitted using a German fitting technique called Radlabour. I ended up going for a Scott Speedster with Shimano 105 setup. Nothing top of the range or fancy but will hopefully be nice to ride and get me through the Ironman. Looking forward to getting it out on the roads of Asmara.
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