For some years now, Team Grumpy has used the early season 2-up '25' event organised by Port Talbot Wheelers to gauge our form coming out of the off-season. For family reasons, Robert was unable to ride the '25', but the same club was organising a 13 mile event later in March, with a 2-up section. So we decided to enter that event instead.
Team Grumpy's races in Wales follow a stereotyped pattern: On Friday evening we eat curry (this time we visited a local restaurant rather than a takeaway), on Saturday we eat hi-carb dinner, we race on Sunday morning, then have a really good lunch after that.
This event was held on the R13/S course, which is effectively a nice sporting course comprising the second half of the course usually used for the '25'.
As a 2-up team, we rode pretty well, with neat changeovers. Our speed was probably compromised by this being an early season event.
In the end we posted the fastest 2-up time, though it has to be noted that there were only four teams that started (I believe one rider in the fifth was ill and unable to ride).
Still, a good start to the season. On the downside, I had a recurrence of the blipbox problem where one of the ports stopped working. I eventually had this repaired by the Turbo Trainer Doctor in Aylesbury.
Results
| Position | Machine | Img | First Name | Last Name | Gender | Category | Club | Time | Avg. Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TT Bike |  |
Gerard | Oram | Male | Vet | Bynea Cycling Club | 00:33:58 | 22.964 Mph | |
| 1 | TT Bike | |
Robert | Saunders | Male | Vet | North Bucks RC | 00:33:58 | 22.964 Mph | |
| 2 | TT Bike | |
Martin | Edwards | Male | Vet | Port Talbot Whs CC | 00:35:12 | 22.159 Mph | |
| 2 | TT Bike | |
Stephanie | Waring | Female | Vet | Tenby Aces CC | 00:35:12 | 22.159 Mph | |
| 3 | TT Bike | |
David | Poole | Male | Vet | Tenby Aces CC | 00:40:12 | 19.403 Mph | |
| 3 | TT Bike | |
Claire | Thomas | Female | Vet | Tenby Aces CC | 00:40:12 | 19.403 Mph | |
| 4 | TT Bike |  |
Jonathan | Williams | Male | Vet | Towy Riders Cycle Club | 00:41:13 | 18.924 Mph | |
| 4 | TT Bike | |
William | Butler-Jenkins | Male | Vet | Towy Riders Cycle Club | 00:41:13 | 18.924 Mph | |
| DNS(A) | TT Bike | |
Michael | Portlock | Male | Vet | Merthyr CC | |||
| DNS(A) | TT Bike | |
Gareth | Jehu | Male | Vet | Merthyr CC |