Club 10s – 2 – up/Tandems – 10th June 2015

Clunk.. $%”&%*(£…

Despite the warm evening, there were fewer out than last week. Clearly most are saving themselves for the counting Guardian Cup rounds. Although this was a designated 2up/Tandems event, some chose to ride it as a 2 up, some as solo (we’re fairly flexible like that!).

I chose to ride a 2up with Jim, but as Jim warned before the ride, ‘I’m having a mechanical with my gears’, I dismissed this as the usual pre-ride excuses that we all make just in case we get a rubbish time. Not so in this case. Jim  wanted to start off in the lead position, and as soon as we’d started and Jim attempted to switch up a gear, a loud ‘Clunk’ could be heard, followed by some short expletives from Jim. This carried on for the first 2.5 miles, and then for the next 2.5 miles – Clunk.. $%”&%*(£…Clunk.. $%”&%*(£…Clunk.. $%”&%*(£…, till I came past for another stint on the front and Jim gracefully dropped back, (after suggesting that I should just carry on if mechanical issues became worse). After slowing to make sure that he wasn’t going to cathc me again, I proceeded as a solo ride, as did Jim. His mechanicals and swearing(!) were clearly a problem, as he was over a minute slower than his stonking Guardian Cup ride the week before.

Anyhow, results are below for solo’s and 2-ups (no tandems were there tonight!).

A week off from the club 10s next week, as the Warrington RC 4-up 25 mile TT is on the 18th June.

The next round of the Guardian Cup is on the 24th June. Same time, same place.