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@PeteJChurchill
First post baby ride out yesterday for some quality SFAB. Out on a loop I've bodged together round Mill Hill, Arkley, Little Heath and Cuffley way.
The Crust held up admirably. The RHs rolled beautiful, although the second we got back onto tarmac my friend was quite keen not to ride behind me as it was like 'being behind a muck spreader'.
One excellent incident of team work required to conquer a collapsed foot bridge and Wash Lane was closed, which meant a trip round the back of South Mimms, but all in all a lovely ride and really glad to get back out there.
Edit: couple of minor amends to make to the bike - going to swap the stem for a longer one. The reach is different to my Midnight Special, and I can get away with it, plus it'll help with slightly twitchy steering at times. I want to fit a Nitto UI-25, but no one seems to have them in stock except supposedly a slightly dodgy looking Amazon seller, who did ship one to me, but curiously it's not arrived after about 3 weeks, so a refund has been obtained. Will look for other similar nice silver options soon.
I have also got hold of a Sinewave Beacon 2 from the lovely Keep Pedalling in Manchester (huge shout out for the lovely service and speedy postage), so am going to fit that soon.
Otherwise, there isn't really anything I'd change. It's a ton of fun.
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