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I have had a chest infection which has kept me off my bike for the past month. It has reduced my enthusiasm for posting on forums and destroyed my racing programme.
One result is that I have spent nothing on entry fees or on travelling to races and so I have donated £25 to the Hounslow 100 as a prize for the best fixed wheel ride.
The event is on Sunday May 31st and is to be run on the Farnham - Alton course (A 31 road) which I would say is reasonably well suited to fixed since it does not have any major climbs and is not particularly exposed to wind.
If there is only one fixed rider (and I wouldn't think that was a particularly low response) then to qualify for the prize the rider must beat my own last effort at the distance on fixed which was 4 hours 41 min. 09 secs.
I have no doubt there are plenty of you here who could beat this rather pre-war time which I did in this event, using the same course, in 2006. As a reference point the winner on that occasion was Paul Holdsworth with 3.51.42.
If there are no fixed riders the money will go to the other prize winners.
I'll be happy to respond to any queries with further posts in this thread.