First outing for me this year in the excellently organised East Surrey Hardriders TT. I've rebuilt the TT bike over winter with new gearing and new bars so today would be the first proper test of set up.
A tough course this with lots of drags and rolls and the nasty Hurst Hill to climb back up in to Rusper.
I struggled to get in to a rhythm today with all the gradient changes, not helped by discovering I need to do a bit of tweaking to the new set up as one of aero bar extensions needs a slight rotation to sit completely even with the other. This resulted in almost continual hand shuffling to try and get comfy. Saddle height may need to move a fraction too.
Overall not a bad race though and nice to be racing again. Thanks to PVT for the shout near the top of the nasty hill.
Dominic 1.19.34
Me 1.20.32
Matt Day 1.24.48
Lucy 1.27.16
Mo DNS
Lucy must have won the most snot on the road prize as she had a stinking cold, maybe I wasn't such a wimp for not racing in the cold rain last week now .
Steve Berry broke the course record and put half a minute in to Pete Tadros to win in a stunning 1.05.57. Detta Guerinni won the women's event in a course record 1.17.58, a fast lady and one to watch.