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@manuka
wow. epic. my first DD . so i was single speed all the way.. i'm glad i flipped from fixed for the occasion, but wow, it was still hard slog to say the least.
i left pub on the green at 8 with some people i half knew from years back, but soon after, they sped off on their geards. i was a little worried in the back of my head about being on my own. however, it wasn't long before i was relishing the mediative solo pedaling.
i chatted to lots of fine cyclists here and there.
i can't really think of any lows.. there were some dodgy points. examples; was behind a lady who clipped an invisible curb and took a nasty fall on one of the very dark downhills. me and another managed to swerve and miss, then stopped to help. she came out of it with a badly gashed knee. us three stayed together from that point on. then we were affected by the nightmare that was tacksville. well i somehow managed to avoid them but the lady who came off before, pulled out two from her tube.
i must thank those two hugely.. they kept me going at a good pace and waited for me to catch up at any junction/change in direction until about 110, when i let them go on and i really slowed down.
thank you thank you thank you.. for being my compass, waiting for me, pepping me up with malt loaf at 80 miles and topping me up with jelly babies at 100 and all the good chat in between.
one of my my funniest moments was being too weak click out of my pedals at 90 miles and falling into a hedge only to crack up laughing.
next time: more light. less luggage. forum bus home.
thank you to everyone for making it wonderful.