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amey
The weekend ride that I was a little frantically sorting this bike out for went really well.
100 mile fixed ride from London to Deal for the 9th edition of john.ma3k’s Deal With It ran by the Fixed Beers guys the past few years.
It was such a good ride, great group of people, just 9 of us in total all in similar enough shape and with reliable enough equipment that we could keep the pace steady and enjoy the empty night roads to then sit down and enjoy the really lovely sunrise at Reculver, which then soon turned to bright morning sunshine as our backdrop for some rolling up n down roads along to Deal.
Didn’t get many photos of the bike but it worked great. Was really spot on timing getting a fixed bike with drops, hoods, and both brakes in the pipeline right at the same time the ride was scheduled. I was a tad nervous going into as I wasn’t sure where my fixed legs were at, having not only that front brake but also the rear was just little extra help/reassurance I needed.
I put bags on for bits, put the Hulsroy cages that will be going in on the Kepler, it weighed a lot, but I could still just about churned it up some hills on a forgiving 48x19 setup. I’m glad I gave into the impulse buy, would really love to do more rides like this.