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@TheBrick(Tommy)
Wake up 06:20
Leisurely breakfast
07:00 leave house ride with girlfriend to work, nice ride watching the sunrise
07:35 part ways with girl head on to London cruse gently inn as the sun fully make an apearence
07:55 Riding though New Cross, BANG, every one ducks and pulls out their pieces, but fear not it is the crappy conti side wall blowing out.
Patch side wall with peace of old inner tube, glue and tape. It no holds.
Patch side wall with peace of old inner tube, glue and tape plus a bit of plastic from my puncture repair box.
Feeling rushed because conti tyres are tight I used a tyre leaver like an idiot and punctured my new tube.
repair tube. Eventually leave New cross some time around 09:00. Progress on very slowly and carefully.
Go to condor to buy tyre get ignored by their shit customer service as they chat about the crap state of the new uk Colnago distributer. Only getting served once Kieth pops up from the work shop.
Arrive at Euston and get into office 9:50 ish.
Total distance, just shy of 18 miles. Total time 2 hr 50 min. Average speed 6.35 mph / 10.2 kmph
I hate to say / type this but Hippy is right