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hah, thanks for the confidence boost tester :). I was a little reserved heading down the sliproad and a bit slow getting on to four went ways RB - dropped to 14 mph waiting for a car. I couldnt handle the tailwind out, at times the revs went up to 130-140 and i couldnt stay on the aero bars - too low and short. It felt like i was trying to do the plank the whole way round which distracted me a little from what my legs were doing. I think i have a new appreciation of the difficulty - not that i underestimated it. Grey Turnocks advice was along the lines of i use a freewheel- he set a 54 something. I kind of see the E2 as everest - tourists, where as the MG event is more like K2, slightly more nutty, bit of a killer etc