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Rode in the Gran Fondo Luciano Sportive yesterday - was going really well until 55k in something fell between my back wheel and frame on a fast descent, jamming it... managed to control my skid for about 10 meters before the tyre blew and I narrowly avoided spikey hedge death. Poor tyre:
Was disappointed to find that the organisers didn't have a single spare tyre (not even an old crap one) or any tools at all in the sag wagon. Had to wait and hour to be picked up by a van driver who tried to lay my bike down on it's drive-side, unsecured in the back of his Transit before I intervened. He then got lost, so it took another hour and a half to get back to the start, by which time all my friends had finished.
Massive disappointment and bad news for my Etape training - missed out on all the big climbs and generally felt in limbo after. Tired from getting up early but full of energy food without expending it. Yuk.
Only plus is that I suffered my mechanical 100 yards from a nice pub, so managed a cheeky half - though that made me feel guilty. Oh and climbing Box Hill in the mist and sun at 8.30am was beautiful yesterday, so silent and ethereal.