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| New carbon For Diego! |
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| The Welcome Return Of Josef And Simon N! |
Our first Friday night ride after the clocks had gone forward, brought out a record number of cyclists . The only time we have had more than this was last year on the Friday night special to say farewell to the 'Bewl Water Boys'. Diego had brought along a brand new carbon Raleigh instead of his dependable alloy , this was to be its first ride, but even the short ride up to the lodge had shown how much better it was at absorbing the bumps. For the first time this season Simon N and
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| Nick Shows Off His Strength! |
Josef were there.Also we had a Friday night virgin in the familiar form of Nick S who was brought out by the lovely sunny evening.This gave us a total of thirteen riders, so different to just a few cold wet weeks ago when there were just one or two riders like myself or the ever dependable Simon G keeping the flame alive.
I made the mistake of being one of the first riders down Battery Hill and mentally winced every time a rider whizzed past me, trying not to think of the repercussions of a tyre blow out or fork failure. At least the large pothole had been really well fixed with a large patch. The nature reserve looked like it had been swept as there seemed to be less pebbles than usual and before long we were at the bottom of the long drag up to Broad Oak. With so many of us we split into two roughly even groups. No one seemed to be in much of a rush and for most of the drag I had the novelty of riders around me . On the fast decent at Brede, Nick's pump jumped off the frame and despite going back to get it, he had to give up trying to find it. Nick was a bit apprehensive about climbing Stonestile in the dark and we were the last ones to begin the ascent with Nick easily beating me to the top. A very enjoyable night for everyone, Nick really enjoyed it and after a few post ride beers declared that he would come more often.
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