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ben finch
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not scottish. somewhere in ecuador on a bike. he / him šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ
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ayyy noo!

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i rode through panamĆ” to get there. donā€™t do that. thatā€™s a hellish, desperately unsafe ride

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costa ricaā€™s one hell of a ride. would highly recommend it

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nah, donā€™t worry about that! just realised youā€™re off the other site too

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itā€™s not being ridden though, all good!

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do it!

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i planned a straight shot out and back but forgot to remove the hardest climb i know of here. glad i did it anyway

a strava map of todayā€™s ride from cuenca to azogues. it shows that it was 72.9km long with 867 m of climbing and took just over three hours
the town of azogues can be seen in the distance, nestled in the andes mountains
a red road bike leans against a statue of a guy who must be important to the church in cojitambo. the church is behind, as are some huge cliffs
me smiling in my red kit and sunglasses, and black helmet. thereā€™s a few houses and mountains behind me
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congrats to the guy who sat on my wheel the whole way home, a new pr for us both! thankfully he came in one second behind me (weā€™re now strava friends and had a good chat)

a red road bike leans against a curb. thereā€™s a coffee in the foreground. the church of cojitambo and steep cliffs are in the background
the hardest climb in cuenca that i know of. a road stretches towards a huge rocky outcrop
the main square of cojitambo. the name of the town is in big letters, then some shops, and behind those are huge cliffs
a screenshot from strava showing me beating christian by one second
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that first picā€™s prague?

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iā€™ve a merida cx bike, and sheā€™s very fast and handles really well with road tires on. got a road drivetrain too but throw some knobbly tires on and sheā€™s good to climb volcanoes

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ben finch
@benfinch.bsky.social
not scottish. somewhere in ecuador on a bike. he / him šŸ‡®šŸ‡Ŗ
232 followers268 following392 posts