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@andyp i refuse to believe this, it makes my world view easier
@Tijs adds to the supple ride quality allowing it to flex
today i took a ride to the edge of london, not usually a destination spot one would map for but I had some motivation due to the lovely @jimalex . they dmed me a couple of weeks ago saying they had bought some pedals for their lovely crust build and decided against flats, that if I wanted to come collect them and make a donation somewhere, i could have them.
honestly i was a bit like "damn..", it was very kind and i do love pedals.
it took a couple of weeks to organise as they seem to be a very busy person, or at least, unlike me, don't dedicate their whole lives to writing verbose posts in a build thread. When we finally found a mutual date I was informed they were isolating due to having been out the country for work and they'd leave them by their gate.
It wasn't a very inspired route I took, i plotted gravel bike ride on komoot between our two addresses and got to it, it was nice to retrace some roads i had taken a couple of years ago when i first got into riding as well as some new ones.
when i finally arrived at their street i was having some trouble finding their address, and their elderly neighbour, suspicious of this person hanging out looking at their phone, frantically sucking on a water bottle asked if they could help. to their credit and curiosity they could, i was informed i'd cycled past it and i should head back a little, there it was!
i left some stickers, put the pedals in my stem bag and folded the box into my interior vest pocket and set off home.
The ride was all down hill and tail wind out, other than a few lumps around thorpe and virginia water it was a blast and fast, coming back however my gearing just about coped. I was shocked when i made it up cheapside hill, if anything, the short sharp climb was better for the legs than the endless 1-3% drags around it.
it ended up being the longest ride in a while; im feeling it now in conjunction with my fall yesterday. but it was good to do none the less, the pomp is a great bike! made all the nicer by @jimalex
here is a video of them spinning
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