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^^^ Dartford by moonlight, the stuff of poets! :) Gerrofff moi laaarrrhhhnd!!!
I broke with tradition this weekend. Instead of pushing my bike up hills I found that by moving the pedals in a steady rotary fashion I could get up inclines. Radical I know but thats the sorta fella I am. I rode out to Teapot Island from Dirtfud. I found another rider's route on RwGPS and tweaked it to suit me en-route. It was mostly great, I didn't like cycling along 7 mile lane though, speedy lorries and cars zooming past on a single lane country road made me feel vulnerable and it was a surprisingly rough surface too in places. Quite a few other cyclists going that way too I noticed. Folk from 2 different clubs whilst I was there woofing down a Baked Spud, Reading and Dulwich I think. I went this a-way...
...and set my PB for climbing up Hills on one ride, whahey! 689M, thats the elevation, not the length of my legs BTW.
8/10 Would ride it again but try and work out some way of not doing 7 Mile Lane.
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