So the first ride with Andy and Rob was not with Andy?

A guest apperance from an old friend, who came to stay for a week, who I have known since nursery school. Ian brought his bike with him and we did several low key outings, just local they became known as 'the tour'.

The experiences and references we have in common from growing up together is what we mostly chuntered on about, kind of reminding our selves of stuff that happened to us, and its not often someone shares your memories and understands them so readily. Easy to make each other laugh with memories from school. I think we probably would have bored other people rigid, so it was best Andy's road bike is still unrepaired and out of action.

His health is poor now and we kept it steady on his single speed. But if you had been with us pottering around the lanes you would have heard his story about when he beat the famous Belgian cyclist, Patric Sercu an olympic gold medal winner, and holder of the record for the most wins in 6 day track races, 88 wins, twice world sprint champion and he also won the green jersey in the tour de france in 1974.

My mate Ian totally mullered him in a one on one 400 meter handicap sprint, part of a points race at Herne Hill. It is all true, but what he might have left right till the end of his story, when you were really impresed was a detail on the length of the handicap...................

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200 meters!