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    Keith Willoughby
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    Thanks to the kindness of Ian McNeill @ wheelsgoround I'm back on the
    road with a nice free-hub wheel. So far, so good! It's amazing how much
    I've relapsed in two months off the road, though. I've been huffing on a
    slope that I didn't have problems with at all last time out.

    Thanks also to those who gave advice on glassess mirrors. I went for the
    Take-a-Look in the end, from psmc @ ukonline.co.uk . Great service,
    arrived 48 hours after I ordered, 13.25 UKP inc. P&P with a CTC
    discount. The mirror is the dog's danglies. Took me 10 minutes to get
    used to, and I need to squint my left eye to focus properly, but it's an
    absolute delight to be able to see behind me at all times, without
    having to turn round. It's very adjustable, too - pitch and yaw.

    --
    Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
    We all blamed the committee, but no-one there blamed Dai

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  2. Simonb
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    Keith Willoughby said:

    Thanks to the kindness of Ian McNeill @ wheelsgoround I'm back on the
    road with a nice free-hub wheel. So far, so good! It's amazing how
    much I've relapsed in two months off the road, though. I've been
    huffing on a slope that I didn't have problems with at all last time
    out.

    Two months because of a broken hub?

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  3. Keith Willoughby
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    Simonb said:
    Keith Willoughby said:

    Thanks to the kindness of Ian McNeill @ wheelsgoround I'm back on the
    road with a nice free-hub wheel. So far, so good! It's amazing how
    much I've relapsed in two months off the road, though. I've been
    huffing on a slope that I didn't have problems with at all last time
    out.

    Two months because of a broken hub?

    Well, not exactly. There was a couple of weeks of procrastination, a
    couple of weeks of dithering, a couple of weeks of pondering, a week of
    waiting, and a week having stuff to do and of it pissing down and not
    fancying it. It all adds up. 🙂

    --
    Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
    "We sang Cwm Rhondda and Delilah,
    Damn, they sounded both the same"

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  4. Dave Kahn
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    Keith Willoughby said:

    Simonb wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Two months because of a broken hub?

    Well, not exactly. There was a couple of weeks of procrastination, a
    couple of weeks of dithering, a couple of weeks of pondering, a week of
    waiting, and a week having stuff to do and of it pissing down and not
    fancying it. It all adds up. 🙂

    That's appalling. Go and do 20 miles immediately, sir.

    --
    Dave...

    Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain

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  5. wheelsgoround
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    "Keith Willoughby" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I've been huffing on a
    slope that I didn't have problems with at all last time out.

    I deliberately over-tightened the hub bearing to give you more of a workout
    :-)

    Ian

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  6. Keith Willoughby
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    Dave Kahn said:
    Keith Willoughby said:

    Simonb wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Two months because of a broken hub?

    Well, not exactly. There was a couple of weeks of procrastination, a
    couple of weeks of dithering, a couple of weeks of pondering, a week of
    waiting, and a week having stuff to do and of it pissing down and not
    fancying it. It all adds up. 🙂

    That's appalling. Go and do 20 miles immediately, sir.

    I did 16.3 🙂

    It would have been more, but I decided to take the road route above the
    A470 from Abercynon to Pontygwaith, and I'd completely failed to realise
    quite how much above it was. I was expecting it to be steep, but not
    nearly as long. By the time I got to the top, I didn't fancy going on
    any further. I'll certainly be going up there again, though. The view
    up past Merthyr to the Brecon Beacons was stunning, and for the first
    time, I felt like one of those guys they always photograph in the bike
    magazines, on the open road with no trees/walls/hedges on the sides of
    the road.

    I double yesterday's praise for the Take-a-Look mirror, btw. I'm so much
    more relaxed being overtaken now, which means I feel more comfortable in
    the primary position, which means that the cars give me even more room
    than they did before.

    Mind you, coming back through Abercynon, I rolled to a halt at a red
    light, and the car behind me went straight on through the red.

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    Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
    "Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich"
    - Peter Ustinov

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