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Yeah but you could also get a still day that has the wind pick up or you might finish an event going off early and the later riders don't get a ride because of an accident or something (I'm thinking of when Wilko was going to set the fastest BBAR and all his 100s were ended early because of stuff like planes being towed, crashes, etc).
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frank9755
I've not dared peer in to that particular TTF argument but I'd never really thought about later being faster until I did a 50 on the P885 (I think) course on the A3 last year.
It's two laps, and I only had enough power in my legs for one as I'd done the Newbury 12-hour 2 weeks before and then E2/100 the previous weekend (basically I did them in the wrong order). I was off early that day, maybe 6:20. From a power point of view, I died at the start of the second lap. But the traffic picked up, and I ended up doing that lap being quicker, despite being 20-25 watts down from the first lap.