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My roadman discovered that although fixed wheel bikes are simple, they are not infallible - he stripped the thread on one side of his hub so that his machine freewheeled in both directions! This left him with plan B which was a 20 tooth single freewheel. He did the decent thing and very honourably pedalled down all the descents - coming down from Northchurch common to Berkhamstead his legs temporarily disappeared in a blur.
We did about 35 miles, the village of Studham near Whipsnade was our furthest point. Although this doesn't sound much, it was more effort than you might think since we were going across the 'grain' of the hills and it was all up and down.
Saturday week will be the last of these rides for the time being as I hope to be going on my club's Sunday training rides in January and since these can be hard I like to rest on Saturdays.