Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

just reading up on the posts above, and I noticed:

@TheAdventureCapitalist

I checked the next few days’ forecast while I was eating and made the decision to ditch my mudguards. I don’t really notice them when riding but they must add so much drag and that would add up to a substantial time loss over 4,000km.

and from @frank9755

Outside, where I’d parked my bike, I spotted a discarded set of raceblades, and wondered if they were from a fellow racer who, perhaps, had got sick of rubbing!

That made me smile. Still wondering if they were one and the same...