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Yesterday, returning along the (unofficial) cycle path alongside West London's Urban Motorway the A312 Hayes Bypass. If the DfT's Term Contractor ever trimmed the bushes and swept the delineated area this would be a dragstrip of a bike lane. There is an adjacent shared cyclepath, the other side of the bushes, but in my limited experience, it is typically littered with broken glass, and swept even less than the A312.
Steering goes 'funny' and sure enough a p*nct*re. Hmmm, feeling hard done by until I remind myself this is the first one on this bike in ........ forever.
Only 4 miles from home, so I walked the bike back along a route I cycle at least twice a week.
Funny how much more you see at footpace, rather than the normal 360 degree alert scannng for errant drivers. Grass verge to the (defunct) White Hart roundabout, up past the Dinosaur Golf and Ruislip International Airport, R Gardens and past Waitrose and uphill to home.
Invested some of todays lunchtime in replacement. Turns out this Lugano is worn through to the yellow (slightly) reinforcing layer in a number of places,
but,
a quick search of the garage soon reveals the (unused) pair of the Durano Plus that is on the rear wheel. Check rim tape, wipe every surface with a wetwipe, and all is ready for the next rides.