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    Nov 10, 2021 6 minutes

    ★ STAR LETTER ★

    STAY FROSTY OUT THERE

    Hello, a little story for you. I am a 65-year-old mtb rider. I ride a Specialized Enduro Comp 29er which I have owned for 7.5 years. It was one of the first 29ers to be made. On Saturday morning, 18 September, I set off from my home in Chorley as usual, went into Brinscall, then through the woods over to White Coppice, then onto Rivington, and then onto Adlington, and onto Leeds & Liverpool canal at Adlington – about 15 miles in total.

    While heading back home on the canal I got about half a mile from home coming up to the top lock at Wheelton and spotted some lads at the top of the slope. Didn’t think anything about it, but as I got up to them one rammed his bike into the side of me, knocking me into the hedge. He said, “get

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