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| John Vidler's First Chaingang |
After standing on the pedals riding in to very strong gusty winds at walking pace along the sea front (what's new about you being so slow I hear ....) returning home from lunch I was not looking forward to this week's chain gang outward leg. Miraculously the wind died down and the sky cleared for a high and bright first quarter moon for the ride. Dan H (big Dan H, not Dan H of Comic - Cycling Weekly - coaching articles fame, who has been on one gang so far this winter) was off the mark first but soon Ivan was towing everyone out to Pevensey. Later on Ivan was complaining that his elbow is getting sore from repeatedly flicking it to encourage others to come through and do a turn on the front. Perhaps we ought to have whip round and get one of those bands of flashing LEDs for him to put round his elbow since everyone seems to be having trouble seeing his signal in the dark? Although several of the fast guys who do turns and can stretch and break the leading sub-gang were missing this week.
Meanwhile the tail end gang were working well with John V on his Wednesday debut sharing most the work with Duncan. John has been out with Dan H 3 and his Battle based riding mates, making his TT debut a few weeks back on Battery Hill having come from a running background.
All 15 riders kept together on the way back until the stronger riders broke clear on Spooky Hill. With a bit of a tail wind Malcolm, Dan H, Barny and Paul F did some turns on the front without Ivan having to strain his elbow too much. Any claim Ivan may make against the club for causing elbow RSI will be strongly contested, even if he starts wearing elbow LEDs and others are still reluctant to do their fair share of the pace setting. Has anyone come across any sports science studies on cyclist's elbow RSI and can get a copy for Ivan?
Chris Parker
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