The slow way round
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NBD
I may have acquired a new bike. Well, new to me anyway, it’s probably at least ten years old but in remarkable condition. It’s also bloody awesome. Like, really bloody awesome. It’s a steel framed, rim braked cross bike, it has limited tyre clearance and short (compared to today’s bikes) chain stays, leading to snappy…
Contrasts
Christ it’s stunning, Christ it’s bleak. That pretty much sums up the rides to and from work one day in October. I decided to take the scenic route, so dragged the freshly re-gravelised (I hate that word but it seemed fit for purpose) Peregrine out the night before and gave it the once over. Set…
Road Bikes are OK
I’ve never really been a proponent of the skinny tyred road bike. I’ve owned a few in the past, ranging from classically styled skinny steel to feather light carbon framed, carbon wheeled, but none of them have lasted very long. There was nothing fundamentally wrong with them, it’s more that at the time they didn’t…
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The slow way round 