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Somewhere about 1/3 of the way out I saw someone do a full front somersault off their bike. No idea what happened as they were only in a group of 3 or so. I guess touched wheels or something. They didn't seem that bothered by it.
I'd give them a 9 for it.
There was a section in the first 20 miles or so that had speed humps and lots of people were changing position to go through the gaps between them without looking. Felt quite sketchy and there was an ambulance with a stretcher out seeing to someone. Other than that I thought the riding was pretty good. There were a few fast groups who passed a bit too close and cut in a bit too quickly for my liking, especially since it always seemed to be as I was approaching a slower rider which meant I had to slow and got boxed in.
Unnecessary when you have a whole 2-lane road to play with. Whenever I wanted to play with flapjacks I'd just pull completely across to the right hand side and pootle along out of everyone's way.