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the ride home at midnight last night from clerkenwell to morden was easily the most physically taxing ride I think I've ever done, including my 30th birthday ride to brighton on an epic hangover and no sleep.
i left the pub at midnight and bearing in mind it took me 45 minutes to ride in that morning in traffic, the ride home took me 1h 15m and the roads were pretty much clear.
the wind was hitting me head on for almost the entire ride and was pushing me backwards so much even going down balham hill i had to get out of the saddle to try and build some momentum up. it was like someone had changed my gearing to something ridiculous.
didn't record the ride but i wish i had, i reckon my avg speed was between 8 and 9mph and there were only a handful of lights that i hit.
fucking. wind.