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The Kingston Wheelers HC today was really good fun to watch. I've always found the KW's to be a friendly bunch and today was no exception, the roars from the crowd on the final corner could be heard from the bottom of the hill and everyone looked to be having a good time. Even the riders!
Leith Hill is a bitch of a hill for a hill climb, unless you've had a lot of practice doing this at full effort it's really difficult to judge and a lot of riders got it wrong.
A few fixed riders out there today, including Peter Tadros in second place, who rode a 38x17 gear. I trained for this climb in a slightly higher 48x20 and found it a smidgen too big.
The winning time was 3m40s, 4s faster than last years and the course record.