Four of us set off from Brackla, this morning, at a brisk pace in cold, damp conditions! Out today were Haydn, Terry, Greg and myself. We headed out with a loop of the coast road, then headed down New Inn Road and on to Porthcawl, the four of us sharing the work and keeping the pace up until Terry punctured on Water St. Tyre went with a bang and turned out to be damaged, Haydn fashioning a 'tyre boot' from a gel wrapper. Terry decided to make his way back home (assume you made it safely Terry).
Three of us cracked on at a pace for a coffee stop at Cresci's cafe in Skewen, excellent old fashioned cafe and good value! Especially as Haydn paid.
Pace was up to 20mph ave by the time we reached Bonymaen, where unfortunately I managed to snap a gear cable, rear mech stuck in the small cog meant an interesting ride home.
Unfortunately things got worse when my cassette worked loose as we were going along Fabian Way and seized up! Couldn't get a cassette tool in Halfords so had to limp home, stopping to hand tighten it every few miles. Big thanks to Haydn and Greg for hanging around for me and putting in extra miles going to Halfords.
