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| Slawomir G |
Only one more chaingang to go before our evening club time trial series begins at Broad Oak! - see earlier post for details. What a treat to ride on dry roads for a change - so brought best bike - changing the racing wheels for some strong training wheels meant I arrived just in time for the depart. Turnout was 16 - 19 ish, missing some regulars, but nice to see Dan H back on the road after a winter of training on foot for a 1:31 in Hastings half marathon - next up the Bexhill duathlon.
Quite a swift run out - our own fixed Ivan J back on form and doing much of the leading with John C and the rest of us doing some bits too. In an ideal world we'd all rotate short turns however into teeth of a Westerly wind pace changes became quite sharp at front and less smooth than ideal for team riding, many of us just hanging on to the strongest riders. I'm sure everyone knows by now that it's good etiquette to do your turn, unless your really hanging. Coming from nowhere in last yards without doing a turn is considered bad etiquette - unless your name is Cavendish. Howard S was on the pace and often at the front on his first chaingang - half a mile from the stop Paul H-H went forth so I got in his wheel past the nose of the bunch and then gave it the big ring - had to change up a gear to hold off John C with Howard hot on his wheel, felt it after - but spirits were high, warm chat and laughter filled the air.
Trevor D is back from a ride out to Roubaix where he not only watched Cancellara win the classic race in the velodrome, but rode his bike on the famous track as well. New signing Svawek G's clicking bottom bracket reminded us of the ticking crocodile that hunts down Captain Hook in Peter Pan. Way back was more of the same, Stu H hit a bad pothole but skilfully held his line and stayed upright. Some of us enjoyed a pint or three - OK one was water - at the anchor after.
All speed to Malc, Simon N and all our clubmates preparing to ride the ESCA 25 TT this Sunday.
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