by Toks » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:19 am
[quote="Sylv"]Doesn't just happen in the 15s - half of the 19s got dropped before Reigate never to see the others again (until 1km from Charlwood where karma sent them a puncture)
Stop making stuff up Sylv, nothing of the sort happened
That puncture was more like 4K to go for us...anyway first club run of the year for me.
It was good to see lots of familiar faces and meet quite a few new ones. The regular TG guys were otherwise engaged in race prep mode so i joined a sprightly bunch of 19's. Our gold and black ribbon on wheels surged up the drag and by the time we reached the M23/A23 split the computer registered a 20mph average.
Group leader Rob clearly had important business to attend to and even as I took a tentative stint on the front going down the drag he surged past at a smidgen over 30mph. The three lumps were dispatched at no-nonsense tempo and my brief attempt back on the front to bring some sanity to the proceedings was quickly dismissed and Rob, Andy and I think Darren (please correct me if thats wrong, sorry) surged passed.
Sod my oxygen debt, to quote Phil Liggot "are ya comming or not". Shhit! before you could say 'wait for me' it was a four man train heading toward Reigate. A long pause at the lights but still not another 19 insight.
Oh well, Game on baby! We began a four man TT off into the surrey lanes. To make things a bit interesting Rob steered us to the Rusper Race Circuit and maintained race pace all around the circuit. There was a brief hiatus as Andy got distanced on the most significant climb (never do a big turn before a climb
). Once Andy was back on - training mode continued. Myself and Rob were up for the Dual Carriage way but the other too baulked at the idea so we were all cafe bound until I got that trampoline sensation in my back wheel.
Off came the Continental 4000 culprit and 10 minutes later we were away (during our enforced break a bunch of riff Raff no hoping so called official 19's whizzed by, Cheers Sylv) Lots of digs from yours truly and Rob all the way to the cafe lead to an average of 22.5mph. A big blowout from that very same same back wheel and another puncture change.
The return to CSS was a fairly sedate affair at least for the first 20 minutes and then once again Rob decided he needed to get his money's worth for Saturday afternoon. Steve the Shadow, and a few other also joined the party. The pace was brisk but not insane so it was great to talk TT stuff with George while we reined in the group for the majority of our cruise up Mersham drag. It couldn't last of course, Steve kicked hard at the top and that literally kicked started the speed fest all the way back down the A23. A fantastic club run with a the mighty ACC. Cheers everyone
[quote="Amy"]Yeah, well, still not riding as well as I'd like. Getting back up to where I was, how many years' ago now? seems to be a very slow and frustrating process.