Rode home from the Nairn national years ago on our bmx’s. About 18 miles to the house from the track.
The guy I rode/raced with.. we’d have moments like this quite often. They sort of go like this:
Me ‘oh, we’ve missed the train back home’
Him ‘We’ll we could just ride home’
Me ‘ Right’
Him ‘Right’
Me ‘RIGHT!’
Him ‘ RIGHTTT!’
Me ‘RIGHHHHHT!!’
Both of us quoting Chris Moeller ‘letsss doo itttt!’
I think we both cramped out in the thighs as we approached home. It’s about 18 mile. I also remember we used to do road rides on bmx. Once we were about 14 miles from home and one of us punctured so we stopped off at a house getting built in the hills south of Loch Ness to ask the joiner for a shot of his adjustable. We made a tandem out of both bmx bikes and took turns at the front for the ride home. Hard going! twisted dropouts galore too.