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exteroceptive
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Thought I should actually ride this bike for a decent few hours before going to get fitted on it, as it’s been a good few months since it’s been outside properly.
Having fully stripped and cleaned the bike, resetting the lever position, re-taping the bars, installing some fancy bottle cages and a matching seatpost for the full instagram matching finishing kit experience, I set out for a short ride.
Joining the #nojunkmiles2023 movement, and daylight hours being what they are, I hopped on the train at Ldn Bridge and got off at Redhill, where I then cycled to Guildford on a route I made from connecting Komoot highlights. Route was good! Definitely needs a few tweaks to get rid of a few silly hike-a-bike moments, but it uses more off-road and more interesting bits than the official Cycling UK North Downs Way route, although there is some overlap of course.
The 46k and 800m of elevation was a good way to test both me dodgy knee and the bike out before going to Velophysio on the 31st. All I’ve been doing cycling wise lately is topping 20kms riding fixies round the city, so was a bit apprehensive that the knee was gonna be good. The bikes feeling pretty great, I just can’t for the life of me get the levers to ‘feel’ level but that’s minor. And my knee was all good which has lifted my spirits a bit.
Good afternoon all round.