2011-06-11 Smithfield Nocturne

she said also that she had a 'little' crash!

look mum no shorts

pleased you're ok lady.

This apparently is my skid face ^

Congrats again Jim. Good to put some other names to faces EEI and Nelaii.

Was great to be a small part of such a great event. Getting to compete for minimum effort and loads of glory! Happy with 3rd place. Can't even imagine the level of fitness needed to actually race, seriously impressive.

On a down side i saw a really nasty crash at the top end in the race after the skids up at the top end by the crossing, paramedics and everything the guy seriously tanked it into the railings and didn't get up. Does anyone know if he was ok?

looking forward to next year

Mad jealous to have missed this :(

I'm pretty sure he did get up, I think we saw him walk with the medics to the finish. Unfortunately it looked as if his face had taken the brunt of the impact :|

Well done on the skidding.

He carried too much speed into the corner and hit the railings. Road rash on his arm and face, bloody nose. Looks like he really winded himself more than anything cos he refused a ride in the ambulance and walked down to the finish to cheers from the crowd.

Top event! It was quite cool as a fairly average cyclist to be cheered on by several thousand people (though I won my little skermish for 9th? by wheel-hanging all race then going for a 500m sprint). Any photos of number 2 in pennies gratefully received.

Nice skid by Jim :)

He carried too much speed into the corner and hit the railings. Road rash on his arm and face, bloody nose. Looks like he really winded himself more than anything cos he refused a ride in the ambulance and walked down to the finish to cheers from the crowd.

oh good glad he's mostly ok he was on the floor for quite a while i didn't wait around to see what happened though.

He most definitely also fractured his cheek. Looked like an egg was coming out of his head when he got up and walked past. But he was semi smiling. Tough dude.

Top event! [...] Any photos of number 2 in pennies gratefully received.

Nice skid by Jim :)

what was no 2 wearing?

what was no 2 wearing?

THe sponsors black top with blue stripe and a Casco Attack helmet. Burgandy coloured penny.

Edit: Like above! Nice photo PP - even looks as though I wasn't going to beaten to the line in the first race sprint :)

THe sponsors black top with blue stripe and a Casco Attack helmet. Burgandy coloured penny.

Edit: Like above! Nice photo PP - even looks as though I wasn't going to beaten to the line in the first race sprint :)

And here, too, I think:

apart from riding in to a curb then a bus i managed to get home safely... bit of a sore knuckle this morning.

I rode into a curb later too, a bit around a keep left bollard... grazed knee for me, I was giggling in the middle of the road for a bit then thought that might be dangerous

What a fucking great day. 'spect to everyone who took part. I've put a gallery up here:
http://tinyurl.com/6hf5ks3
which covers folding bike race to women's criterium. Was too far round the track to get back for the skid compo though, a failure I regret...

Addendum: if anyone is in these pix and wants a hi res, lemme know....

Some great pics on here from yesterday.
Thanks to Digger for the cow bell, I can tell you now some 3 year olds are going to have big smiles ontheir faces ......for about 5 minutes.
It was the day of the scars. James that looked like a serious leg, keep riding. Chris, good to see you up and about and if you ever need that Osteopath just ask ;) And Joe Smiff who understands that beer helps heel wounds and makes scars less visible.
loved the pennies.
Scarlett what happened? some serious dudes in that fold up race but we cheered you on...once we knew which one was you.

cracking day. huge respect to everyone that competed. good times with the spectators (bit of endurance stamina event itself with explosive bursts). and the alleycat - thanks claira.

tell you what, cycling is fucking good innit.

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Little mobile phone vid of the penny racing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBn8Pj7W4Qc

Little mobile phone vid of the penny racing...

YouTube - ‪Penny Racing‬‏

Nice one. This race was genius.

good work nick vf.

^has this guy joined the forum yet anyone know? he came on the last forum marathon ride, he hadn't heard of lfgss, but he enjoyed the ride and the craic and we told him he should join. yesterday he was getting so much noise from our section and i'd like to think the other clusters of forum around the course

^as he walked past us when things were winding down for the evening I shook his hand and he laughed and said 'never again'.

Photos from the Ladies Criterium, Skid and the Penny races - http://www.flickr.com/photos/68173120@N00/sets/72157626822136417/