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Bike:Humuhumunukunukapua’a
Distance: 20 miles

Just a quick, mostly road blast around on my new purchase, a Kona Humuhumunukunukapua’a. It’s very nice. A bit heavy for a singlespeed but not terribly so. All I did was stick some pedals on it, fix the back brake, raise the seat and oil the chain and out I went. Circa 1996. It rides pretty well, and fast considering the big fat tyres and weight. Slighly under geared for road use mind but probably over geared for proper offroad climbs, we’ll see.
I came back via Borsdane woods which I thought would end in tears. The tyres are not mud tyres by any stretch of the imagination, my light battery was starting to go weak, my glasses were caked in mud and I fully anticipated the borsdane gang to be sheltering under the railway bridge at the end. Happily it all went well with no incidents and just a smiley face from me.

Not sure whether to commute on it (if ever do start commuting again), or stick some proper tyres on it and take it offroad.

Proper pictures to follow but here’s one for the time being.