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Stopped right at the start to help with p*tures - one bloke suffering valve fail, his friend holding his bike up while he pumps, and as i pass i realise there are loud hissing sounds coming from both their bikes... His friend has a pin-badge stuck in his back tyre. A 531 pin badge. We swap one inner and patch the other, but just as we get the second up to pressure another valve fails (sharp edges on rim?), so they bail and i sprint for Wandsworth bridge expecting to get ahead of the pack, but run into another group who tell me we are still behind. Finally rejoin the action at Battersea park.
So i missed a few bridges, and then missed the millennium too, but it was an awesome ride at a good pace. I felt i still had a few bridges left in me at the end, but it turned out i needed them to get me home. Cheers to dropout, morgan, damo and someone else for excellent company on the ride back - made the miles fly by.