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The only fellas in the unit with G1098 watches - still, they need to know when it's egg banjo time.
I used to see a virtue in turning up with poor kit (begged borrowed or stolen) and toughing it out on the basis that it will make you a better person, but I'm getting old and I just can't get it back...
There was a mountain bike world championship at Newham Valley near Plymouth in the early 90's and a few lads from our unit thought they'd have a crack at it (I doubt it was in the men's elite category) but needed helmets, the obvious short notice alternative being the Mk1 kevlar 'battle bowler'. None fared well but it would have been different story had there been a persistent sniper taking head shots in the area ;-)