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| A proper bike, at last |
I had planned to get up early this morning and do a long ride but the sound of rain beating against the windows robbed me of all motivation. I rolled over and turned off the alarm clock for a relative lie in.
When I did get up, I decided that whilst I couldn't face the road bike in this horrible weather I was prepared to take out the mountain bike. It's not been ridden since Christmas and I could resist no longer - any excuse.
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| Mud, and more mud |
So I blew off the dust, oiled the chain, and took it on one of my favorite trundles around the North Downs. The route takes in three particularly beastly ascents of the North Downs ridge - just to make sure the blood gets flowing. It would also be fair to say that today's trip featured mainly mud, making it a bit challenging (that is to say I fell off twice). I also got a double puncture that meant I had to start patching inner tubes - not easy to keep the glue dry in the mud and rain. Despite this I had fun trying to stay on - a bit of light relief to the serious business of the road bike.
The route and Garmin Connect stats are
here
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