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Old 06-01-07 | 08:49 AM
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Bikes: 2018 Ghost Square Trekking B2.8 e-bike; 2015 MEC Cote gravel/touring bike; 1985 Boyes-Rosser tourer, now outfitted as Winter Trundle-bike

Originally Posted by JR97
Today I did the 15 miles in 60 min. on a loaded up full suspension dept. store mountain bike.
I am officially the biggest wimp evar. I have 9 miles and it takes me 60 min... I was using the mountain bike as an excuse but now I can't do that anymore... sigh.

Today was lovely - first time I've gone the full distance with Sir Lancelot (1984 Raleigh). I think I'm getting the hang of the friction shifting, and wow is that bike ever lighter than my Norco Pinnacle! I was taking it easy and still took a couple of minutes off my time.

The only problem was that evidently I didn't tighten the seat nut enough after adjusting the tilt last night. I had to ride the last mile and a half kind of perching on the seat and trying not to get tipped off backwards! Off to beg a wrench and some Loc-tite from the maintenance guys...
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