{"id":607,"date":"2025-07-16T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nigelcreaser.com\/?p=607"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:42:41","slug":"commuting-to-the-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nigelcreaser.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/commuting-to-the-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuting to the doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I had a trip to the quacks for some blood tests, so thought over lunch I would cycle into town rather than drive, work from a coffee shop and library forthe after noon to way up my cycle commuting set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way I stopped at the Shropshire Cycle Hub is Oswestry and add some more tooling to my bike, now just need some cheap panniers to see how I get on with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a bit of a flatish back tire so popped to Poundland and saw a pump for a quid, lesson learned, buy cheap buy twice. I could have blown more air in with my mouth so ended up using the compressed air cannister for the first time. 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