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vernon
Guest
The omens were good, I'd serviced my bike and discovered why I was pedalled
out at 25mph - my rear derailleur wasn't servicing the smallest sprocket.
My tyres were inflated to their proper pressure - they were 15 psi shy of
the recommended pressure. The route I'd chosen for the permanent was:
Sherburn-In-Elmet
York
Pocklington
Howden
Selby
Sherburn-in-Elmet.
The route was flat and I'd got half way round in two hours. I was convinced
that I'd get a sub-five hour ride under my belt. It was not to be - the
second half of the ride was exposed to a persistant wind which was not quite
as draining as the other week but nevertheless extended the ride to just
over five and a half hours for the 110km ridden. The ride was uneventful,
nutrition was sorted with bananas, flap jack and chocolate rolls and just as
I was fretting about the lack of dead badgers, I spotted one two miles
outside of Howden on the way to Selby.
That's my Brevet 500 earned now for the Brevet 1000.....
Vernon
back in Leeds
out at 25mph - my rear derailleur wasn't servicing the smallest sprocket.
My tyres were inflated to their proper pressure - they were 15 psi shy of
the recommended pressure. The route I'd chosen for the permanent was:
Sherburn-In-Elmet
York
Pocklington
Howden
Selby
Sherburn-in-Elmet.
The route was flat and I'd got half way round in two hours. I was convinced
that I'd get a sub-five hour ride under my belt. It was not to be - the
second half of the ride was exposed to a persistant wind which was not quite
as draining as the other week but nevertheless extended the ride to just
over five and a half hours for the 110km ridden. The ride was uneventful,
nutrition was sorted with bananas, flap jack and chocolate rolls and just as
I was fretting about the lack of dead badgers, I spotted one two miles
outside of Howden on the way to Selby.
That's my Brevet 500 earned now for the Brevet 1000.....
Vernon
back in Leeds