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@smiff
i rode in today on conti ultra gatorskins at 6am this morn and all the main roads from crystal palace to marylebone i travelled along were fine. as everyone is saying its the side roads you need to be careful of.
getting home yesterday was a different matter. had got a slow puncture from the rock salt in the morning so when i came to ride home the back tyre was flat. thought i could pump it up to get me home but had already pumped it up twice by victoria, so i did a pitstop at evans there and swapped tubes (thanks to the guys there). had to walk the last 2 miles home as there was zero grip.
was going to buy some grippier tyres from evans but didn't as they didn't have what i wanted. might invest in some schwalbe marathon pluses...