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The original was posted on /r/randonneuring by /u/mr_phil73 on 2025-01-14 07:05:23+00:00.

Foolishly my first ride of the season was a very hilly 300. Still happy with the just over 15 hours it took on my heavy but comfortable steed. I certainly enjoyed my 33x42 low gear. One of the riders gave me a hard time about full mudguards although I think I had the last laugh when we rode through quite a lot of manure on the road left from a farmer moving a large herd of cows. Plastic is fantastic but steel is real and for me Donkey (my steel kona sutra rando bike) is a safe and comfortable mount to ride.