Spotted...

A big arse doing a wobbly track stand on some road in Islington this morning. I noticed it was on the back end of a Cliveo.

Then we saw Darius and chatted about Muddy Hell and Fancy Dress as we three rolled toward the city.

Ho bloody ho. I came to the temporary lights just as they were changing and had to wait an inordinate length of time at them. As I stood like a statue on my pedals, a driver started to make comments about my skillz. Suddenly a northern voice piped in from behind and lo and behold , it was TwoTents himself. I managed to hold the trackstand despite his barracking and had a pleasant (if slow because the double canvas monster is tapering before his race at the weekend) ride down with him. It was good to meet Darius as we got to the bottom of New North Road.

See you both on Saturday. I gather that there will be plenty of guy ropes to admire.