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From: North Queensferry Scotland and London (and France)
Bikes: Custom (Colin Laing) 531c fast tourer/audax, 1964 Flying Scot Continental, 1995 Cinelli Supercorsa, Holdsworth Mistral single speed, Dahon Speed 6 (folder), Micmo Sirocco and a few more
rainy this a.m and with a sea har so I didn't wear my cycling specs. I got a fly in my eye and shortly afterwards, got what I thought was a big drop of water on my head through one of the helmet vents.
When it started to buzz, I ripped my helmet off!! (a wasp!)
When I sat up on the bike as I was removing my helmet, I thought I had felt the back tyre move a bit.
Yup, a puncture.
It took me 20 mins to change the tube, mainly because the puncture was caused by a small piece of wire I could see and feel but couldn't grab! Eventually pushed it through back out the tyre.
thankfully i had rubber gloves in my toolkit as, although I cleaned the bike at the weekend, it is again filthy.
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plus je vois les hommes, plus j'admire les chiens
1985 Sandy Gilchrist-Colin Laing built 531c Audax/fast tourer.
1964 Flying Scot Continental (531)
1995 Cinelli Supercorsa (Columbus SLX)
1980s Holdsworth Mistral fixed (531)
2005 Dahon Speed 6 (folder)
(YES I LIKE STEEL)
2008 Viking Saratoga tandem
2008 Micmo Sirocco Hybrid (aluminium!)
2012 BTwin Rockrider 8.1