Sunday Morning Ride

So spring's really here and the sun was out in all her glory this morning, so instead of just sleeping in I decided to take the bike out for a ride around the Mangere Bridge waterfront.

Starting from [1] and heading out to [2], over to [3], all the way back along to [4], and back to [1] to complete the circuit. It's a short course, 5.69km ( according to the ride computer ) in around 18 minutes. I tell ya thou, even if I get alot fitter from riding, I don't think I'll ride for much further in one sitting untill my arse stops hurting as much as it did after even this short ride; maybe I need a better saddle for the bike.

As you can see, I still have the original fat gripping tires that are more suited to mountain biking, rather than road riding which I'm using the bike for, I should really look at getting some more "road riding" tires - my current flatmate offered some of his old road tires, but I'm the kinda guy who likes to get things new if possible. The question is - do I just need tires, or tires and rims, and weather theres any benefit in either; i.e. thinner rims on thinner road tyres, as opposed to fatter road tires on my existing rims.

Any bikers out there with suggestions?

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