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Jenny and I will be there (both riding this time!)
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Thanks Martin - actually they're Jenny's images, but she was also having trouble putting them up. I've done it before, but I can't quite remember how - I put them in a publicly accessible folder of my Microsoft Onedrive account, and then it gives a l…
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Thanks Daniel- unfortunately where the routing distance has changed slightly, and the cable frayed whilst I was rerouting it and had to cut the end off, the cable I was trying to reuse was too short - schoolboy error not having spare new cables... So…
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Really sorry Matt, I've had to pull out of Haverhill tomorrow - had trouble replacing my bars for the second time this week, and the internal cabling has gone awry- try as I might, it's not going to be fixed by the morning. Good luck though!
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I'm in at Haverhill and Alston - just about cobbled together a bike with intact handlebars in time... Dry run at MK bowl on Thursday, I think - bit points-hungry now, time I got my act together....
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I'm hoping to be there - maiden competition of the new golden wonder...
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Great ride Tim, it seems so unfair that the goalposts were moved this year, you smashed it! One thing worth bearing in mind if you're going to Albi anyway- I was reading the rules about the final this morning, and apparently if some of the 25% qualif…
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Interesting format, Gran Fondos, something for everyone - a full-on first to the finish race at the front, then speed-graded 'sport riders', then the whole gamut of sportive participants from charity riders to people on their first long-distance chal…
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I'm on my 2nd Ultegra Stages (2nd Gen) - kept experiencing data drop-outs and sudden battery drainings, possibly due to moisture getting into the battery case. After long direct discussions with Stages, (it felt like I was working for them on their R…
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And the results are on British Cycling now - good to see Mitchy and 2 CCA riders in the points (but gutted to have missed out myself by one place!) : Position Name Club name Rider status Category Points 1. David Mitchi…
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No - feel free to if you know how! Haven't had time to explore it in depth, just cobbled a team together before the deadline...
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Well done Simon - I take it the shoulder is recovered! We'll be at Cambridgeshire (camping as last year if anyone wants to join us), desperately trying to qualify again - Albi is a bit more realistic than Perth! I know Tim is racing it, and I think M…
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Nat, you should be racing it!!!
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Nice one Tim, very simple! Don't spose you do a how-to tutorial on stopping dripping taps...?
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Well this morning's stage was proper bonkers. A beautiful course (when ridden slowly) mainly consisting of a long winding climb, followed by a rollercoaster across agricultural areas before hitting a sweeping downhill on smooth tarmac, joining a mai…
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Day 3 of the ToM - an early departure (6.30!) to catch the ferry to Gozo. Another beasting on climbs today - fortunately only one, but still a bit of a 'character'. Was determined to stay well hidden in the wheels today, and managed to stay off the f…
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Well that was predictably brutal... A bit of a surprise on the line to find we had to do 8 laps of the course rather than the advertised 6 - the course is basically repeats of riding up and down two sides of a hill with a dead-turn at each end, not a…
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Matt, don't be fooled by appearances - they're faster than they look, some of those more 'senior' masters...
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Thanks Simon, looking forward to it now! Ah, that explains it - the provisional results showed Tom finishing in the top 20, but looks like it's been corrected now. I thought he must have given it some proper welly to get back on the bunch from a pun…
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Well done Simon, good to see you're back on the bike again - too late to get you to join us racing in Malta...? Fraid we decided not to do Chelmer - we're at Hog Hill on Saturday, but really need to pack the bikes up in advance of flying on Monday. D…
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Sorry, to be flaky, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to duck out this year - road race on Sunday, and last weekend's results show that 117+ miles two days before aren't going to help me keep with the bunch...
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Thanks for the write up Gareth- we got so lucky with the weather, i cant believe it didn't rain! Good luck next weekend!
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10 for us please Stuart - see you tomorrow night!
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Yes, I wouldn't want to have to police it - don't know where you'd start! At Lea Valley, as early as November we were being told no laps out. To be honest, always thought the chances of getting a puncture in a convenient place to then go and get my s…
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Well, saves carrying spare wheels to races, I suppose - makes it an expensive day out if you get a puncture in your first lap, though...
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I'm in!
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Thanks Mark - yes, Jenny explained - I hadn't realized this was a different scoring system than BC...
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Hi Tim, on 25th August, didn't know it at the time, but I scraped in a glorious 9th position at the Corley Cycles/Abbeygate Developments Summer Series race #17... However, BC have only given me one point, not two - any idea why? (there were definitel…
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Happy New Year Martin! I'm signed up for the 21st, but also couldn't resist signing up for this saturday (7th), just to try and reduce the christmas cheese-belt... Cheers, Dave.