Reply To: Trip to Aberystwyth anyone?

[Morganite]

Great day, some steep climbs, marshals on every junction, big yellow signs with arrows everywhere.

It was all going well until the first feed station on top of the hill 35 miles in, there was a timing mat, as you can imagine the race was on between Mike to get over the timing mat before our chairmen, once over the timing mat turning left in to the feed station, now this is when it all goes wrong, our chairman is not stopping at the feed station who is on the inside and Mike who is on the outside is turning left into the feed station, by the time i got there, Mike bike had a broken spoke in his rear wheel and Andrew leg was covered in blood, mechanic at the feed station removed the broken spoke and now the back brakes are not working on Mikes bike as the wheel is buckled, also Andrew derailer is bent so that needed some attention adding to this it is pouring with rain a good 20 minutes lost here.

So off we set and Mike back wheel is holding up, 5 miles on the Chairman was gone, this left Mike, Colin and myself for the rest of the ride. Weather improved, Great day, Will do this one again

Results
Andrew Rees 07:50:53
Huw Morgan 08:07:59
Michael Field 08:08:47
Colin Davies 08:09:45