Club Ride 28/10- Even Ivan Power Has LimitsI

Ivan On His Ancient MTB

With many club members out on the Kent reliability trial there were just four of us out on the club run: myself, Ivan, Dan and Steve B. Weather was perfect for a late Autumn ride with low temperatures but plenty of sunshine and best of all almost no wind. Ivan had to use his old and very heavy mtb with road tyres. He has not had chance yet to replace the rear wheel on his fixie since the rim split (due to brake wear) last week. At first this did not seem to hamper him as we set off on the very hilly 1066 ride, with Ivan often setting the pace at the front. This is one of Ivan's favourite routes and is the one he chose to do two week ago when he led the club run. However after 30 miles, as we headed south up the steep hills passing through Beckley woods, his legs went and he had more and more trouble keeping up. Once we got to Brede he decided to abandon the route and to head for home on the main road while we completed the last very hilly ten miles in a big loop that took in Sedlescombe, Westfield and Three Oaks.
40 miles
Ascent 1,200m
Av speed 14.1