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Addiscombe endeavour to put on as many events for beginners as possible. One of these events is a 10 mile time trial held one evening after work down at Dorking. This gives our new riders a chance to discover what its like to race without having to enter a proper event with loads of experts and flash harrys in it. Just as well really when you read what happened in it! A handicap system is in place to give the slower riders a mathematical head start over the whippets and seeing as we are so generous we give a gold, silver and bronze medal to the top 3 fastest riders on handicap.
Chris Colford
Phil Nash
Rob Fallon on a MTB (we like that! Whatever bike you've got come and race on it))
??? Who's this? So many new people have joined I'm starting to lose track!
Linda Good
Steve Dennis
Nick Mann
Brian Tidey
Robert Wilson
Steve Hehir
All smiles at the end; Robert Wilson, Steve Dennis & Phil Nash
Apologies to those that the camera missed.
Notes from Chris Colford 1. Robert Wilson took a wrong turn twice (hence his time). This is partly my fault (because I told him the course was straight down the A24 to the first roundabout, and then straight back). Still, how could you take TWO wrong turns on an out and back course. 2. Steve Dennis had just fitted a new pair of tri-bars, and one of them came off in his hand after about a mile. He stuffed it down his jersey, and threw it at (ie towards) Eddy Mundy at the turn. Eddy looked somewhat perplexed when he asked me afterwards whether this was my tri-bar. 3. According to Jean, one rider (Sam Kigo?) said that he had ridden round the roundabout at the turn twice. 4. Mark Cole said that his time was no faster than when he'd done the President's Ten on his mountain bike for the first time last year. £1,500 wasted on Bianchi bicycle, therefore, it would appear! 5. Brian Tidey arrived 5 minutes before the start, wearing shirt and tie, direct from Bristol. This does not, however, satisfactorily account for the blue armwarmers. Presumably they were his wife's legwarmers, and he was in such a hurry to get changed that he didn't notice. Quite eventful for an evening ten! Chris
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