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@Lewis62
Had a gentle bimble out today from Berkhamsted via Wendover. We are - ahem - tapering for l'Eroica, so nothing too strenous.
The best bit was some fun with a local club rider who went past us but couldn't drop us on the flattish, fast section through Aston Clinton. First, my mate Chris had a go and then I blitzed him as well, both of us on pre-1987 steel.
Later, we were in the local pub on the canal back in Berko and I saw him returning to the flats opposite. I shouted across the water and invited him in for a pint. Several London Prides later and we are friends in beer. Seems he got dropped by the local club ride (nobody' s supposed to get dropped on a Sunday ride, apparently) and was feeling pretty sorry for himself when a bunch of fat, old knackers blasted past him on supermarket trollies.