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Last weekend, mates due to come get me at 1230, go for a quick spin and be back for a late lunch.
Mates running late, 1pm rolls by, then 130, finally got underway at about 2pm.
I still hadn't eaten lunch.
No bother I thought, just doing 20 odd miles, I'll be fine.
How wrong I was.
With about 7 or 8 miles to go I started feeling really empty, by the time we got to 5 miles to go I couldn't feel my face lower arms or anything from the waist down. Wobbling all over the shop in the lowest gear on the flat, eventually I just couldn't push the pedals round, had to lie down at the side of the road and my mate's gf came and picked me up in the car! The shame!
I should really have taken something with me because the route doesn't even go near any shops. Lesson learnt!
Next day, got the bike out to give it a clean and could hardly turn the rear wheel, there was a hefty buckle in the wheel and it was rubbing the brake really badly. I dunno if I was more knackered than I thought I was earlier on in the ride and hadn't felt the resistance from the brake or what.