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Tim Hall
Guest
I'm not getting as much cycling these days as I'd like, and have to really make the time to get out.
So this afternoon I managed to set off on my fixer, just as it was getting dark and the rain was
starting. No plan in mind, just go out for an hour or so. The rain started coming down harder after
the first few kilometres. It was then I realised I'd forgotten to put my neoprene overshoes on.
Bum. Never mind, a slight tail wind made the riding easy. Zip up past Gatwick on the A23 and then
peeled off onto some lanes. Raining even harder, ******* motorists who don't dip their lights, it
_still_ felt good. Feet by now were absolutely soaking and my waterproof turned out not to be. By
now I'm back in town and had a close call at a roundabout as a dozy motorist didn't see me. Then I
go round a corner and something feels wrong - at first I thought the back end had stepped out so I
carried on. Then I realised the front tyre was flat. Bum. Only 1k from home so I walked it rather
than fix it.
Back home, wet, happy.
I like cycling.
Tim
So this afternoon I managed to set off on my fixer, just as it was getting dark and the rain was
starting. No plan in mind, just go out for an hour or so. The rain started coming down harder after
the first few kilometres. It was then I realised I'd forgotten to put my neoprene overshoes on.
Bum. Never mind, a slight tail wind made the riding easy. Zip up past Gatwick on the A23 and then
peeled off onto some lanes. Raining even harder, ******* motorists who don't dip their lights, it
_still_ felt good. Feet by now were absolutely soaking and my waterproof turned out not to be. By
now I'm back in town and had a close call at a roundabout as a dozy motorist didn't see me. Then I
go round a corner and something feels wrong - at first I thought the back end had stepped out so I
carried on. Then I realised the front tyre was flat. Bum. Only 1k from home so I walked it rather
than fix it.
Back home, wet, happy.
I like cycling.
Tim