The weather on Tuesday allowed me to start a planned 25 mile ride and I was on course to do this in under three hours when disaster struck.
At about 19 miles I felt the bike wheel sliding about and eventually stopped to see a tyre that was gradually losing air.
I decided to pump up the tyre and try to get home, but only managed about half a mile until it required pumping up again.
Three miles later and I called Sarah to pick me up as I was still three miles from home and I could potentially damage the tyre and wheel if I carried on.
Ironically I reached a new top speed while being transported home!
So my bike is out of action until Friday, but the weather and work mean I wouldn't be able to do a ride before then anyway.
Neil also add an incident over the bank holiday when his derailleur snapped, almost causing an accident.
Luckily he's ok and hopefully soon will our bikes will be ready to ride again soon.
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