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Donohue is on the backburner at the moment. The weather is minging & there's little reason to believe we'll ever had a dry day between now & spring, so there's no rush.
Last weekend was the first dry weekend in ages however, & managed to get out twice. First on a freezing fifty mile roll over to Tadcaster for pizza on the Graham Weigh. So so cold. With the flat, you never need to push hard really, so didn't feel like I ever warmed up properly.
On Sunday I went out with a friend to explore some new trails in Airedale. Found a lovely set of woods above Keighley, a lane with some of the deepest puddles I've ever ridden through near Silsden, & a great long techy bit above Skipton. Shame we had to cut the ride short because my friend's rear brake calliper gave up. Relatively new setup & a similar issue to what happened to my front brake months ago. Unfortunate.
On that note, with putting my SRAM Rival HRD groupset on a frame for my girlfriend & taking it to her bike shop, they claim to have already fixed the issue with the front brake. If that's the case, I'd be very annoyed with Woodrup, whose workshop twice did not manage to resolve the issue I had. Apparently it was bled poorly with lots of air in the system. I guess a postmortem several months later might not be completely accurate though, time will tell when she starts riding it.
In other news, replaced the chain on the MASH the other day & rode it to work. Curiously, replacing the chain has unleashed the unholiest of creaks in the BB. Almost embarrassing to push down as it's seriously loud. I've known that the bottom bracket has been due a replacement for a while, & have a spare lying around, just didn't want to do it during the winter months. Wonder how replacing the chain has caused it to become so loud all of a sudden. Wasn't like the chain was overtensioned.
Anyway, left my lunch at home, so I'm going to have to ride the MASH back at lunch time to grab it. Creaky times ahead.
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