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  • Aborted Riding - 61.00 miles [3]
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  • (TOC) 13063.72 miles
  • (TA) 13097.42 miles

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  • Offroad Riding - 10602.84 miles [300]
  • Turbo Trainer - 130.20 miles [8]
  • Running - 114.56 miles [24]
  • Aborted Riding - 37.20 miles [2]
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  • (TR) 114.56 miles
  • (TA) 10884.8 miles

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  • Road Riding - 3599.80 miles [70]
  • Turbo Trainer - 50.90 miles [3]
  • (TOC) 11965.73 miles
  • (TA) 12016.63 miles

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40 for 50

09 Mar 2008 at 14:01 Filed Under:

Today marked my fiftieth ride of the year, marked with a hard work 41.8miles.

So what broke, I hear you ask? Well, Massive pinchflat to rim into rocks, front wheel seems more wobbly now, then .3miles after fixing the flat the tyre unseated and WANG, I the the bike away into more rocks. Fitting 26" tube around a 29er rim always carries the chance of messing up, despite checking.

Legs, they broke, I was 'chewing bar' for the last 5 miles.

The chainring and chain were making a nice sawing sound, but magically didn't unship at all - WOO!

Windy and wet again - people everywhere.

I still can't decide if 29ers are better than 26ers or not. I could do with less pinch flat though, but that's more down to the wind preventing me from gliding over the miles of stones.

41.8mls (12.2avg) | Dry, V Windy, 6°c, V Muddy.

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