Anyway, yesterday. I was well tired before we even started riding as I got up at 6am to do some photography work for my brothers work. After I finished I went and met Trent in town to wait for Nic to finish work. Trent fixed my puncture the night before so I was actually able to ride my bike.
We left town a bit later than planned as Nic finished work late. We rode along the bus track. We hadn't gone far (about 2km) when we had to stop because Nic's chain came off his bike. It was quickly fixed and then we headed off again. It wasn't too dark until we were near the first bus interchange out of the city. Neither Nic or I have lights on our bikes, I have reflectors but they are no good in the dark. Nic and I were heading down a hill and then slightly up hill. Nic was in front of me and all I saw was Nic hit something. How he didn't fall off the bike I have no idea. It was the funniest thing I have seen in ages though.
The rest of the ride went fairly uneventful. The gears on my bike stuffed up a bit and would jump out of gear as I went up hills which made it a bit difficult to ride up hills. I ended up having to walk up hills because of it. Annoying but hopefully it will be fixed before my next ride.
I am impressed that after 13yrs of not riding and then only 3 rides I rode 20km in 2hrs. I think we would have ridden quicker had we been riding during light or had lights on the bikes. Something to think of next time.
The stairs Nic rode up
Distance travelled today: 20.11km
Distance travelled so far: 404.35km
Distance left to travel: 25,353.40km
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