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  • 9 classic ways to ruin a ride
  • stwhannah
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    When rides go wrong. We reflect on the things that can drain the fun from a ride.

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    9 classic ways to ruin a ride

    Posted 8 years ago
    Squirrel
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    Nope, never experienced any of those things. Don’t know what you’re on about really. Wait……you’re Northerners aren’t you? Tsk………

    Posted 8 years ago
    pmurden
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    You’re right Squirrel but then again we’re not rich soft southerners who take our bike to the shop for easy tasks, watching them work on it while sitting there shlurpping on a silly named cold coffee. Touche I do believe.

    Posted 8 years ago
    shortcut
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    Yes – all of those. Aside for the gears but it has been ruined by other peoples gears.

    It matters not whether you are southern or northern.

    Posted 8 years ago
    andy4d
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    Yep, itchy head is a killer

    Posted 8 years ago
    FOG
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    That is exactly where my Commencal snapped, fortunately on a very mundane bridleway.

    Posted 8 years ago
    gazzab1955
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    @Hannah Dobson
    5 years on and not much has changed except that you can now add ……….
    Battery anxiety
    Motor failure
    Covid
    Solo (socially distanced) rides
    Friends with e-bikes who want to carry on as soon as you, on your normally aspirated bike, get to the top of the climb
    Broken parts that you know won’t be available when you do finally get home and have interwebby access
    Climate change means more bugs, especially Ticks!

    Posted 3 years ago
    stwhannah
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    @Scott_Biles that’s a good list of additions!

    Also:
    getting stuck in one gear when your battery runs out
    getting stuck with a fixed seatpost when you battery runs out
    getting lost when your battery runs out

    …there’s a theme here!

    Posted 3 years ago
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