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I'll try to be there to join for the river part. Don't wait for me if i don't show up by 630am. A bit knackerd from today and have some engagement to go to tonight
Avoiding the heat of the afternoon??? Where's the fun in that?Nice ride today. thanks @Mlac Peek . Unfortunately for me I heard a ping rounding a corner after Monomiyama and then noticed that I had no sound coming from my rear hub on free wheel. It was still driving so I figured the spring had broken and only one of the pawls was engaging. Not exactly the way you want to have your bike out in the hills in this heat. we stopped at the conbini and listening carefully you could hear one was still engaging. So we decided to stay away from the steepest hills and headed for Sadamine. I stayed in the saddle and tried to keep things easy and consistent in the peddling.
Anyway made it to the top then down and all the way home, there were a few clunks here and there but got home. On close inspection the small spring that engages all the pawls had snapped and luckily the snap was on the other side of the first pawl so it stayed working.
I figured my wheel would be out of use for the next week or two as I'm sure that was an order only part, but then i remembered that @Chrisisism had been kind enough to give me another wheelset when i got the bike, so I opened the other wheels freehub up and found that parts were interchangeable so back in action!!
All the good shit was waiting for me when I got home. Watermelon in the fridge, kiddie pool primed and ready for action! So straight into the swimmers and into the pool with the watermelon!! Awesome!
It was an old school ride for Mr Peek and myself who used to this regularly a few years back. Leave at 5:30 home by 12 with 160km done and avoiding most of the savage heat. Thanks mate! Top fun as always!
Avoiding the heat of the afternoon??? Where's the fun in that?
Climbing up odarumi toge yesterday, I went through two water bottles within about 8km.
It was an old school ride for Mr Peek and myself who used to this regularly a few years back. Leave at 5:30 home by 12 with 160km done and avoiding most of the savage heat. Thanks mate! Top fun as always!
I climbed Shiraishi too on Saturday, which was cooler than Sun. But having gone pretty late, ended up climbing the thing at the hottest time of the day - around 3 pm. There was no one on a bicycle, except for two geezers pushing their bikes on foot. Got almost hit by a car that was speeding completely on my side of the road on the climb. He could obviously see me but for some reason kept going at me until about 2 meters, when he moved slightly. Almost got off the road. Same thing again descending down Sadamine, when a big bike decided it's fun to speed through corners completely in the opposite lane. Missed me by a meter again, and another cyclist descending right behind me. Wish I had my camera with me, these people need to be reported and dealt with.