A nice sunny day with a stiff breeze from the east.Around 27 degrees C when I rode out in the late afternoon. I had the Moots YBB back with a new nipple in the back wheel and the front wheel where the play had been adjusted. I felt good and maintained a good pace throughout the ride. I rode the Meerdael Bloso routes, in the opposite direction. Starting out with the Red , then hopping on the more intense Blue and finishing off with the Green. The pace was high. Too high for another nipple in my back wheel. I noticed it was out of tru whilst riding and when I arrived home I was abhorred to find out that another nipple had been broken off. I was not the same as last week but it is disturbing that this happens so fast after the other one. Maybe I need to have them all replaced, to be on the safe side.

Despite this I had a great ride. The trails were great, dried out after yesterdays' mild rainfall at the end of the day. With an average temperature of 23 degrees C it wasn't too warm to ride in long trousers and sleeves either.

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 56.5K and 575 heightmeters (Garmin) in 2h36mins

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