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Proof that comparison is the thief of joy. I was prepared to dislike my Stayer last week when I had a sleek new slim-tubed fixie to ride around, but this week riding it around my local mixed-surface routes reminded me how great it is. Wafty, relaxed, smooth, not overtly fast but able to just flow along.
An old back and knee injury flared up unexpectedly today, which meant cancelling a 200km audax in favour of just riding around a favourite local route. I feel like that’s what this bike is good for. I couldn’t have ridden the fixie today, and my back wouldn’t tolerate any extreme off-roading, so I needed to waft around.
Also made it to my local Lebanese food truck for a falafel and khubz (flatbread). Worth remembering they’re also being bombed by Israel there. A lovely country, and a big contributor to what we know to be ‘Middle Eastern’ cuisine (about as homogenous as any other local accumulation of nations tbh)
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