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@Wrongcog
Winning At Failing.
Win - Had to drive last night so woke up less hung over than most.
Win - Decided to go for the first ride of the year from HQ at my parent's place in Suffolk near Diss.
Win - Had a bit of a lie in first.
Win - Had brought my Tricross SS with me "just in case".
Win - Decided to flip my hub so that I could give a good go at a fixed ride away from the mirthful gaze of London's famous London.
Fail - Got about a mile, did a skid, lockring slipped and I was pedaling nowhere fast.
Win - Had brought my spanner with me.
Fail - had to do the rest of my ride single speed.
Fail - Headed into the wind and realised I'm a gear reliant wuss.
Win - Ignored my strife and plodded out a very modest 12mph pushing on into the wind, knowing that I'd be blown home.
Win - Saw a beautiful Doe who charged along next to me for a while in a field before leaping majestically across the road in front of me.
Fail - Reached for my bidon after about 4 miles and I'd left it on the coffee table at my folk's place. More HTFUpping led to that brilliant conversation we have with ourselves on mornings like this where we say "do I turn back yet, knowing I'll be frazzled sooner than later?" and then ignoring the doubt and riding on.
Win - Most of the ride was through countryside like this:
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Fail - About 13 miles in I got close enough to Bury St Edmunds and its sugar factory that the air was filled with sickly stink - which mung!
Win - Found a garage and bought some water. Turned back for home with the wind at my back and started to drag my average speed up by spinning along at a healthy pace. Passed a chap on a lovely King of Mercia. He looked happy. It was such a beautiful bright morning.
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k578/Wrongcog/9C62AF3A-9F5F-4CC8-AB3A-FF548F1D03AF-2648-0000047CECEE62F6.jpg
Win - Back to HQ and my niece and wife had built a healthy imaginary farm in the front room. I had an astonishingly cold tummy - which was weird - I've never noticed that after a ride before.
Fail - immediate chill blains.
Win - Adnams and Roast beef!