Paul Tunnel and Rob Royle-Evatt also had valid excuses for their times of 29:51 and 30:25 (Paul was riding 72" fixed, and Rob's race bike was broken so he was riding an old bike and had a mechanical).
Andrew Green was 3 seconds slower than me. Don't know what his excuse was.

No excuses needed for Keith Lea who came 4th in 23:31. Chapeau!