{"id":310,"date":"2010-07-08T01:56:51","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T00:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paul-ferguson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2013-10-27T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T15:32:06","slug":"ride-swanage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paullferguson.com\/ride-swanage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride Swanage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I decided to make my little weekend visit to meet friends in Swanage into my first mini tour, and what a joy it was.<\/div>\n
Day one:<\/span> <\/em>Set out in good time from Brighton aiming for Hamble, just short of Southampton. A fine sunny day to take my mind of the 50+ lb of kit over the back wheel. Following the Southcoast Trail<\/em> the going was easy going until I forgot that you cannot hop such a laden bike, resulting in a broken spoke. Damn It! Not good for only 2 hours in. Finding the local Bogner bike shop a replacement and a few\u00a0spare spokes\u00a0were found and I carried on a little wiser. Reached Hamble in great time, pitched the tent and spent an hour replacing what was now two broken spokes and\u00a0slackening\u00a0off the rest of the wheels spokes by half a turn. This reduces the stiffness and allows the wheel to flex\u00a0against the bumps, feeling a little more jelly like to ride but less likely to result in a broken wheel. Finished the evening with some local ciders in the pub, sunset n all.<\/div>\n
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