2023 Subscriptions Gummers Posted March 25, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Brilliant spring sunshine for the Masters Vets RR today. Shorts and short sleeves and very little wind to speak of. Below constitutes the race report: Up down up down up down up down up down up crash up down up down up crash finish Before crash 1 good effort by Gregg O who stayed off til lap 5. I went down with 10 other guys in bizarre no sense out of blue crash. Colin okay. My chain came off in crash and got on wrong side of pedal. Took ages to sort. Finished race with solo effort over 13 miles. Nasty crash at sprint finish. Colin okay. One rider Alistair Pell KO'd but regained consciousness and taken to crosshouse. That'll be the race season started then. Andy James, Paul C, P McDonald and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted March 25, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Glad you're both OK and no serious casualties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted March 25, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Well done - good to hear you are both OK. Sounds like a nightmare with the crashing I moan about the riding on the track from time to time but IME overall the standard is significantly better than in road races and i think the accreditation process is a big part of that. Although you would expect the standard in a vets race to be better than normal, maybe just one of those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McPhee Posted March 25, 2017 Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Unusually benign pace without the young guns to liven things up at the front today. Was almost tempted into going for a break until crash no 1 which I just managed to avoid. Had to make a big effort to regain contact with the bunch after 1/4 of a lap. Luckily upon exiting the last turn I took an inside line to try to move up to the front and that was when crash no 2 went off in right and in front. The bunch was tightly packed at this point and think it was a touch of wheels which set things in motion.! Saw a back wheel on the deck and just managed to slow enough to avoid it finishing mid bunch. Never mind the weather made up for it and good training. James, George and PaulL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted March 25, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 Great effort guys glad I only do the safe track races these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions ginty001 Posted March 27, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Great effort lads, glad youse escaped unhurt, more importantly hope no damage to the bikes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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