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Old 02-Jun-2005, 15:47
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I'm hoping for a tailwind, set spinnaker and away......

it tends to be a cross wind at castle coombe....down the start finish straight i was almost getting me knee down trying to counter balance the wind strenght.....

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Old 02-Jun-2005, 15:49
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This is going to be well scary, I can't wait!
Cadwell was just a sunday afty rideout by comparison

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Old 02-Jun-2005, 15:52
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This is going to be well scary, I can't wait!
Cadwell was just a sunday afty rideout by comparison


with your weight to power ration nick you are gonna have to seriously weight the bike down to keep control at speed over all those bumpy sections and with the cross wind to boot you may well be given it " mary poppins "



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Old 02-Jun-2005, 22:46
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[with your weight to power ration nick you are gonna have to seriously weight the bike down to keep control at speed over all those bumpy sections and with the cross wind to boot you may well be given it " mary poppins "



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With my wind shadow being the length of the main straight you'll have no problem with side winds, give us a cheery wave as you lap me Mary
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