No of punctures - 0
No of crashes by me - 1
No of thorns removed from bare hands after crash - about 30
% of legs covered with dramatic looking blood after crash - 50%(approx!)
No of interviews with cyclosport.tv on 30% ramp on Hardknott - 1
% of Hardknott ridden before losing concentration, steering off road - 95%
Speed down Hardknott and Wrynose in and after hailstorm - creeping
No of items of Rapha of clothing ripped - 2
No of considerate car drivers - lots
No of irate car drivers - 1
No of bottles of wime consumed that evening to ease pain from lacerations and over-exertion - 1
And my time.........
Oh, well, yes, ummm........... 8.00.47
Missed 1st class time by 47 seconds. Doh
And here's a nice picture of Jebby and James Dobbin showing how to do it properly:
Pic: Allan Nelson, Flickr
More to come...........................
Well done!
ReplyDeleteI often find photographs of hills tend to have an annoying tendancy to come out looking pretty flat. That hill certainly doesn't look flat though!
CHAPEAU!!
ReplyDeleteBelgian Beers are on me!
Dunc
I got exactly the same time!
ReplyDeletedidn't crash though...
Good effort. Where and how did you come off? I saw an ambulance heading up to Honister - I'm guessing that might have been a bigger spill, though.
ReplyDeleteForgot to add: nightmare on missing the 8 hour cut-off by 47 seconds!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for all your comments - I've never met most of you but hope our paths will cross at some point on a bike, somewhere out on a good ride.
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No ambulance for me thankfully - the only thing really hurt was my pride.
ReplyDeleteHope any 'proper' injuries were not too bad for those involved.
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