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| Jon Wrapped Up Against The Cold! |
The lovely warm spell was well and truly over as we stood waiting for the 7:35 start in a cold easterly wind. Despite the imperfect weather we had a solid turnout of seven riders including a rare appearance from Barney, his partner Susan and son Cameron. As usual I allowed myself to get dropped down Battery Hill but soon managed to catch up with the others along the sea defences. The nature reserve is now completely free of pebbles except for the right angled turn where some care is needed. Feeling stronger than normal I got my second fastest Strava time on the long drag to Broadoak. With Barney's guidance young Cameron rode really well up this never ending stretch catching me up on the steeper sections only losing me on my gravity assisted downhill sections. I was surprised to see Mark at Broad Oak as I hadn't noticed that he had tagged on at Rye to ride up with Malcolm on the front. It was too cold for much chat and we set off down the hill. Some complete t**t in a fast car shot past us at a great speed leaving only a couple of feet between the riders and total catastrophe, trying not to think about it, we rode on , only letting off a few expletives once we reached the top of Doleham Hill. Dodging all the Stonestile potholes has become something of a pastime before we made it to the climb itself. I made a concious effort to remain seated for longer than normal and found the hill relatively easily with Simon commenting that he couldn't remember me cycling up there so quickly before (although Starva says otherwise). I put this down to my Mavic Asium rear wheel which is so much stiffer than my old 36 spoke hand built 105 plus my wonderful new carbon specialised shoes.
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| Rare Appearance From Barney And Family! |
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