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"blah" wrote in message ps.com... On Apr 1, 8:54 am, flyingdutch flyingdutch.2oc...@no- mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote: flyingdutch Wrote: Aye! crap. 3 punctures up Doncaster Hill, (i 'only' carry 2 tubes) so just gots home and finished brekky. finally found the cause of my woes. It looks like a bit of filing or summit, cleverly hidden in rear tyre Solo ride today. Nobody at the start so I left at about 7.35 I had a similar experience to Dutch.....was running a few minutes behind time and on my way to Doncaster when I ran over something sharp on Manningham Rd just past the nursery.......flatted both tyres and as I only had one spare by the time I had changed one tube and repaired the other there was no way I was going to make it in time. Thought about riding direct to Smith's Gully but as the road was wet and I dreaded the idea of getting another flat to repair (only had one glueless patch left) I decided to come back home.....went back to bed and slept until 1100h (tribe left early to go to in-laws for a few days) then watched the cycling on SBS. Mowed the lawn and had lunch then at about 1430h decided to go out on the mtb. Rode all the singletrack I could from Viewbank to Fairfield then turned around and rode it all the way back to the hill climb course in Templestowe - did two intervals up the hill then went around the corner and had coffee and cheesecake at the Nursery near the baseball diamond. I had $10 which was lucky as it was $9.10 for a flat white and a berry cheesecake!!! - the cheesecake was really nice but I still think it was a bit steep!!! Rode back to Viewbank along the singletrack and not long ago had pasta for dinner. It was perfect weather for riding and I am disappointed that I didn't make the BR this morning.....hopefully next time!!! Gags |
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On 2007-04-01, Gags (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: to come back home.....went back to bed and slept until 1100h (tribe left early to go to in-laws for a few days) then watched the cycling on SBS. Grrrr. Another clock in the house I forgot to put over to non-DST. I was out on the Tour de Warrumbungles. 80km, not terribly much climbing, but enough to hurt. Not a race, but I made sure I split up the bunch early. Some tracky from Dubbo kept on taking the points at the top of every hill though -- I wasn't treating the ride seriously enough. 'Twas because I spent too much time on the front driving -- spent my legs before the big hills (I'm told 14% of the tip of Blackburn's hill). -- TimC No, the best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating system. -- Bill Gates |
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