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Well apart from the weather it all went well the weekend out of 33 entries I had 27 starters, two riders quit with mechanical problems to the bikes and one exhausted early on after being ill the week before.
At the stop back in Otford at 380km another thirteen decided to pack and not go back out in to the torrential rain and thunder storm Sunday morning.
That left eleven riders to finish, two of them were on fixed Tom Deakins on 73" gear and my friend Mike Friday on 72" fixed.
I had worked out the climbing to approx 4800m but two riders with gps came back with figures nearer 6400m of climbing so I will have to double check that, one rider said he thought the Brian Chapman was easier because the hills were more gentle and longer as opposed to relentless short sharp up and down bits.
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