This Sunday a few members of the squad went out to complete a training cycle to Windsor, 85 miles (approx) we were estimating we would be out for just over 2 hours.
Well an eventful day unfolded. Our first event was a puncture from Alice just outside Staines. A ‘quick’ inner tube change and we were on our way again.Just as we got into Windsor the sound of another inner tube bursting pierced the air of the quaint town of cobbled roads.
Not moments after we had turned the bike over and had the wheel off, a peloton of Knights in shining lycra arrived and were fighting among themselves all so keen to help Alice the ‘damsel in distress’. All patch up and advice doled out we were ready to go, and our Knights road off into the distance….Only for us to turn the bike over and realised the wheel would no longer turn.
Our next hero of the day arrived as the proverbial ‘wise old man’, yes with a long white beard and endearing smile. He road up on his vintage bike with only what could be describe as a giant bum bag attached to the front (luckily it seemed to be brimming with tools). Temporary fix in place we were sent off with directions to town’s bike shop. Here we were welcomed, offered comfy seats to sit in, and supplied with cups of hot tea and boxes of biscuits whist we waited for Alice bike to be fitted with a new set of shiny tyres and have some much need essential maintenance completed……. We couldn’t believe our luck! SIX hours later we arrived back in Molesey… tired, slightly wind burnt but having enjoyed a day out in the nice weather. The moral of our story…………. Check your bike before you set off out on a long cycle…...(Well done to Lucy and Karen LOL).
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