Superb ride out today with a good group. I broke a cleat on the way out to the CR so i turned back so i could change my shoes ( a black sidi pair darling).
I went out to Reigate and waited to see what groups were out, first off .... the training group
Marek, Stu, Jim,Sylv, Graham O and a few others, nah- i will sit this one out
. They seemed to have a few shimano type mechanicals that i won't mention, allen keys were flying round doing their best to "polish a turd"
Not too far behind came a crowd of friendly faces purring along with campag "precision".
I hooked in and went from 60 to 160bpm in about 100 metres
Good to see Huw again after a sojourn in Majorca, Toby was flying- till he punctured, and Alan absolutely "'aving it large"- going with every break Andrew could muster.
It was a fairly well controlled group- apart from a little half wheeling on occasions.
I finally beat Huw on a hill.... well it was going down
, Andrew had done a huge amount on the front for a long time and was getting a little tired, so in true ACC style Huw and myself left him for dead- just before the long drop down to the dual carraigeway-.
Huw just left me over the crest and off he went, knowing that my super descending skills (ok.. a major weight advantage ) would soon bring him back i just tucked in.. top speed of the day, no pedalling...77kph
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A reasonably tidy thru and off all the way to the cafe saw the shadow take the honours- as well as the p1ss as i dont think he went to the front all ride
only joking Steve.
AVG 21. sumfing, big grins.