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A few shots of the prep for the Retro Ronde ride at the weekend. Please excuse my poor grammer and lack of usual good humour and bonhomie, I'm flagging a bit after tackling some big rides for me!
Handlebar tape - luckily I only wanted to do half of the bars, as I only bought one roll. I didn't realise that would only do one full bar! I just cut it in half and got it as far round as I could.
No, I didn't dampen it. I will try that next time though.
SA trigger and bell went back on exactly where they were before. The trigger works well there, but I did skin my thumb on it when I had to do an emergency stop in town when someone tried to T bone me. Bell is awkward, as you can't rest your hands on top of the levers with it there. I prefer it on the stem, like I've done on the Jim Guard.
Bluemel Olympics picked up from the first Eroica Britannia for £15. (Rain is forecast for the weekend ... ) The Olympics have really weird stay attachments and I'm not sure how they are supposed to work. I've just cut down some stays and shoved them in. (And no, that didn't work well.)
I'll post some photos from the trip next ...