Commute 10 tha December



Cool, sunny & on my son to be "gravel bike". Those is the nobody bike that just does shit. Rode 500k for charity,  fatbike too slow,  ride James.  Want to pool granny gear and ride up V Rd @15% grade,  pick James.  Potable easy gliding commute, James.  
I'm now thinking; drop bars,  increased chain ring size, tubeless wheels.  

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Fine this morning,  but another 30mm  toured out of the rain guage this morning.  That was just from yesterday afternoon's storm.  November must have been a record rainfall month. December is going the same way. 

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This commuting stuff is pretty good.  I get to be out on the streets and beaches and witness lovely scenery.  I also get to read for two hours each day.  Currently reading "High Adventure" by Edmund Hillary.  At this stage,  still conducting exploratory expeditions in order to find the most accessible route to Everest.  He just climbs transom peaks,  with George and three Indian sherpas, for the thrills and experience. I gather,  from comments about fear of pursuit by Chinese military,  that access via Tibet and Nepal is forbidden.  Great reading, and great lessons about exploration and making do.   


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QUIET CARRIAGES

As I sit,  being gently jostled alongside James,  reading about Hillary's High Adventures,  I idly wonder about Quiet Carriages.  Am I on one? Google advises that the rear carriage on a two carriage train,  outs the designated Quiet one. Good,  this is my preferred carriages in the mornings,  but I have been inadvertently hoping on the forward train in the afternoons.  No it any more.   
 

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