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Patter
Guest
Decided to take the bike out this afternoon and ride off around the lanes for
a while. Cleaned the mud off first, grumbled at the growing rust patches (BB,
downtube, assorted nuts) and got the tyres up to pressure - 45psi with a
compact handpump then up to 60 (its an MTB, max rated to 65psi) with a
footpump I normally use on the car.
Cycled round town a bit, was going to take the old railway path out from Darlo
to MSG but the council are digging that up for a road, so I crossed town and
went the other way up to Walworth, most of the way to Piercebridge then back
down Coniscliffe road.
Pedals spinning freely, tyres purring on the road, metal singing, a complete
symphony of man & machine.
Overall distance & time: no idea, but I was in top gear a lot & out over an
hour. Now if I could just move the panniers a few inches backwards ...
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Stephen Patterson :: [email protected] :: http://patter.mine.nu/
GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: [email protected]
"Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?"
a while. Cleaned the mud off first, grumbled at the growing rust patches (BB,
downtube, assorted nuts) and got the tyres up to pressure - 45psi with a
compact handpump then up to 60 (its an MTB, max rated to 65psi) with a
footpump I normally use on the car.
Cycled round town a bit, was going to take the old railway path out from Darlo
to MSG but the council are digging that up for a road, so I crossed town and
went the other way up to Walworth, most of the way to Piercebridge then back
down Coniscliffe road.
Pedals spinning freely, tyres purring on the road, metal singing, a complete
symphony of man & machine.
Overall distance & time: no idea, but I was in top gear a lot & out over an
hour. Now if I could just move the panniers a few inches backwards ...
--
Stephen Patterson :: [email protected] :: http://patter.mine.nu/
GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: [email protected]
"Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?"