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| Nathan F's First Friday Night Ride |
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| Happy Birthday Derek |
Joining us for the first time on a Friday night rides was Nathan Fletcher . Nathan lives at Fairlight so for him this was a very local ride. Also present was Derek who has missed the Fridays for one reason or another over the last six weeks. This was Derek's last ride where he could say that he was in his fifties as he turned sixty at midnight (happy birthday Derek). Myself, Ivan, Simon G and Malcolm made up the rest of the field. There had been warnings about fog but fortunately Battery hill was clear. I rode down the hill even slower than normal as I had put a more upright stem on my SCR but discovered it made the handling too unstable (so the more horizontal one will have to go on). Malcolm had a puncture on entering Rye, so myself and Derek went ahead while the others waited. I was hoping to get to the top before them and get a few action shots of them arriving at Broad Oak but was hopelessly optimistic as the four of them came past us like a train about half way up the long drag. I did beat Derek up to the top and just about had time to take a snap of him arriving. The approach to Stonestile was interesting with some quite thick fog and with all the light reflecting off the mist it was hard to see where the edges and pot holes were. Despite living locally Nathan had never done Stonestile before, I hope he enjoyed that little treat.
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