Recently I rode a fixed gear to Ostende in Belgium and I almost blew my knees out. Despite the story having a happy return journey, I decided it was time to build something a bit more practical..

Recently I rode a fixed gear to Ostende in Belgium and I almost blew my knees out. Despite the story having a happy return journey, I decided it was time to build something a bit more practical..
One of the biggest selling points of moving here was the ease of accessing the European mainland, and at the end of August I had a couple of days off to explore by bike.
About 2 hrs at a slow pace.
The East End of London has tons of walking routes in and around the various canals and the Thames. I did a little post about one of them here, but this time I wanted to see a bit more in a day and the best way to do that was to get my old bike out.