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Just smashed out 40k+ of city riding and gravel out in Wanstead flats
Absolutely stellar day out, with some pals,
Some fast roads out on the jubilee way, some crust tier single track and a good bunch of “Vietnam gravel” (gravel in which your eyes glaze over as you hike a bike, covered in mud and climb over obstacles on a narrow bush lined path, the opposite to gcn gravel)
The bike was perfectly suited for this, even with the current quirks.
Riding with people again was such a joy, egging one another on to do a particularly sketchy bit, chit chat over a kombucha, the inevitable bonk support on the way home. The whole package
Two stand out events were:
The Wanstead flats snack shop, really excellent, can get loads of gf and vegan food there in the middle of this park, and there are benches to sit on, all this surrounded by lovely gravel
I got left hooked by a car, was on the big road leading to tower bridge and me and another cyclist stopped at the lights, they go green, car just drives into us and give a dull stare and a shrug. Deranged person. Luckily me and the cyclist were fine
Just a smashing day out really , also got my first ride Dr Pepper in 18 months, it was so good
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