Spotted...

^^It was okay - I've got a deeply ingrained program for riding it fixed, so the whole geared experiment is weird. I took it easy and did a 2.20, but am not fit enough for repeats at the moment.

dogsballs and illy both found the Bec a lot easier - caspar agrees with me that the Bec is more psychologically challenging (i.e. boring, and easy enough to allow your mind to start playing games).

There was a bloke down there (with his son?) who won the veterans a few years ago. He's a below-the-knee amputee. Major fucking chapeau to him.

Pretty nuts that hill. First gear all the way for me!