Preparation also leads to paranoia. Last year I more or less decided to ride the South Downs Way with three weeks notice. All I did by way of preparation was to ride flat out to the Lewes A27 crossing a few times and gave up biscuits, beer and crisps. This year I have had twelve…
Category: Punctures
Tour of the Hills – The changing face of Britain
I rode the Tour of the Hills yesterday. It was my first Audax. An Audax is, if you like, a thinking man’s sportive. Basically it’s a ride where you have to find your own way round. The organiser will post the route often with detailed instructions and then you pass various check points and get…
Punctures and luck…
Touch wood and all that…. The fact is I don’t get many punctures, road or off road. Apart from a pinch puncture blip when I first started riding a 29er I’ve hardly punctured. Is it the quality of equipment, riding style or luck? I don’t know. I like to think that it is the former…
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