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And, the weather could not have been much better! Too bad I was not able to put two and two together quickly enough when I saw you… I did the 70km. I presume you did the 70km as well? The route is absolutely fantastic. Since I was on my single-speed bike, I had to walk up several climbs, but it was good fun.
There were quite a few Brits, so I wondered if any of them are on here. I spotted several Americans, a Czech couple, and lots of Germans…
Do you remember the gravel stretch right after the ice cream break? For a little while, I was riding with a chap called Carsten from Düsseldorf, riding a beautiful baby blue number from Aachen whose maker’s name escapes me, who rode l’Eroica last year (75km) and will be going this year as well (probably 135km). He told me that much of the l’Eroica route is like that gravel stretch. I was gunning through that stretch, slithering like a snake through water, secretly wondering when I will have a spill. Going around a bend on that kind of surface can be very tricky! I hope the gravel in Chiantishire is a lot finer and shallower. Either way, I am going to install a fat front tyre for l’Eroica.
I have not been to Wallonia yet. I had been nursing a tendinitis in my right knee for a few weeks, and this weekend was the first weekend that I did much distance. The cause was simple enough (saddle too low), so I’m now getting back into the rhythm. I rode from Antwerp to Oudenaarde on Saturday to have a look at the bike jumble at CRVV, but because of the lousy weather I arrived looking like I just came back from a cyclocross jaunt… My rain jacket proved its mettle, so that was good news!