I hope noone realised (daft roadie moment content)

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I joined a friend for part of their lejog trip today as I live relatively locally - the leg was okehampton to cheddar. All well and good we complete our 85 odd mile journey into cheddar, where I left them at their accomodation to ride up the gorge and home.

I should add that last time I rode up the gorge it was the first time I had ridden my road bike and I was virtually falling off sideways I was going so slowly.

First section.. blimey. this is just as tough as I remember it. Must be the extra weight of touring kit on the back.. Second section.. bloody hell! ok stop.. it must just be that ive not eaten enough.. stopped and had a quick break and some food. Final part of the steep section and im off and pushing the bike. I stop for a chat with a couple of climbers... get on the bike... and discover that the shifter had just been being a bit stubborn and I actually had an extra 7 gears to play with.

Funnily enough the rest of the hill wasnt a problem from there!

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Fluffsri said:

I did a daft roadie thing the other day. The chain had come off the lower jockey wheel, god knows how but anyway I tried to nudge it back on with my toe. 15mph to a stop pretty sharpish with toe lodged in the back wheel. Wont be doing that again and very glad no one was behind me so sort of got away with it.

Yeowch. did your shoes / toes survive the incident?