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Rode the last race of the season. An E123 at Lee Valley. Eleven on the start sheet but only six starters. Sooooo could be a guaranteed sixth and quatre points 😀 . Maybe. Anyway it was a 50 minute gritty jetwash. The Garmin elevation trace shows a steady decline in pressure. Bunch attacked itself at every opportunity, but stayed together to the last lap. Short climb over the bmx track entrance where I attacked with 500m to go. Gapped the field and gunned it, but was caught with about 75m to go. Almost. Finished fifth so might have those five points. Not how I planned them, but payback for my unfair DQ. We shall see tomorrow when BC update their rankings.
12:30 tomorrow might be possible for me. Will check the work calendar.
EDIT. Wfh in the morning and a ride to hillingdon looks like a plan!
Cool nice one! Fingers crossed- points are points are points if you ask me 🙂
Awesome, see you there!
Great news on your points TiRed- you've earned them this season!
Thanks for the session guys. The wind means there's nothing impressive in the lap data but the legs felt awesome today!!
Thanks. Mine felt broken!
Well that was a bit windy!
Good fun though, cheers for the group riding confidence boost TiRed!
crosshair genuinely kept leaving us for dead 😆
Now to use that energy properly in a race!!
P.s. TT bars ordered, 22 pounds: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N7XNGOG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
haha
That's really kind Nath thanks but TiRed had mudguards and a rucksack initially and you are in the depths of Keto flu 😆
I did feel good though and I'm trying to pin down why for future races. For the first time since..... I literally don't know when, probably well over a year... I did nothing on Sunday. A few days off the bike aafter a big week prior probably helped and the Costa Mocca/Tiffin combo just put the icing on the cake 😆
As you say, pretty irrelevant until raceday anyhow 🙂
I like tiffin!
I'm going to have to throw some dates at you, and book some not rain...!
Go for it mate! I have certain days fixed in stone that I can't do and others that will be in stone if I get asked first but beyond that, I can adjust my work to suit.
Four rounds of Abingdon announced starting in Feb. 4's, E,1,2's and 3's all with their own races.
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/168202/Abingdon-Race-Team-Winter-Crit-Series--1
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Uh oh. It's a slippery slope now 😆
Uh oh. It's a slippery slope now
82 pages and we've ended up at time trialling. Oh dear.
Haha.
Curiosity never killed the cat!
TT's are a bit more convenient for me next year, I doubt these bars even meet TT rules & regs though.
at 20 great british pounds for carbon bars I couldn't resist a try 😆
Google 3cm rule. They are fine. CTT don't follow UCI rules. Bigger pain is removing them for road racing. And you'll need a minus 40 degree stem!
Weekend off from racing. In fact I've been rough all week and barely ridden at all. Club hill climb tomorrow is local, but I can't get motivated.
I did however swap the brakes on the best bike to full shiny. So everything now matches. I also washed the fleet down.