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OK, I am sure I will be opening myself to humiliation and all, but I have to be honest and say that this build is not going to rock the porn thread or the world of retro love. I am just trying to build a bike that rides nice – I want to get some road rides in and work toward besting the DD this coming year.
I did the DD last year on this bike:
Took me about 11 hours with stops, maybe nine and a half riding time – I remember working it out to 12 mph or thereabouts. Not bad, but I have to say I was not enjoying it at the 50+ mark. It was only some encouragement from some randomly met friends at the halfway house and a stiff whisky from the flask I had brought which saw me through that patch. But by the end I was loving it, sun coming up and all that.
I decided I would get a road bike and do some training this time. First port of call was the office ride to work scheme, which means Evans unfortunately. Went to the local store only to be told the list of three 700 poundish bikes that I wanted was not available until January. This year’s models all sold, next year’s not in the shop yet. My broth has a bike shop in CPH and says it is the same for him.
Against said brother’s advice I thought I would buy second had – his exact words were “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, don’t do it!”. I did, and that is why I find myself here.