RealClassic – August 2019

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h, summer.The timetoride

lots and spanner less.Unless

it rainsall day, in which case

there’s oftenthatsudden

mysterious urgetocarryout the service

the old ruin suddenly needs,and maybe

fitanewpartortwo,maybeatyre.

Maybe the chain’s slack?This is likely,

giventhe somewhatexcessivedamp of

the early summer.

Thereisalsothatmysterious guilt /

cussedness thing,wherebyIsometimes

justfeelcontraryanddecide thatthe

roads aretoo busy inCornwall and

Devoninsummer, so whynot do some

spannering andavoid the queues?The

answertothatWhyNot? is easy,too.

Because this entireyear so far has been

frustrating–seriously so–inthe oldbike

spannering department. AndasIdonot

enjoyendlesslygrousing,you’vebeen

treatedtothe oddridingreportand a