13 started today, under grey sky but mild conditions. Unfortunately the drizzle this morning made the choice of lanes, at the start of the ride, look like a poor decision. Out via Treoes, Citty to Watery Lane then Peterstone, Pentrebane, (where I had my first puncture running tubeless tyres) Unfortunately it was a split in the side wall and 'pitstop' failed to seal it. No trouble putting a tube in, so that was a relief. Mal, Mark,Lee and karl were on a tight schedule so headed back from here.
Steven, Mike, Richard, Will, Terry, Tony, Roy Nick and I continued on through North cardiff to the climb up to Rudry, couple of steep pitches made this interesting and I was certainly m issing the compact chainset.
Descended to Caerphilly for coffee stop. Pace kicked in with the injection of caffeine and we kept a good pace home with good turns on the front from Nick, Mike, Terry, Richard and Tony. The final sprint to signs on the bypass was lead out early by Mr Chairman but the move wasn't decisive as Mr Captain had read it, got on his wheel then made a move to pass him on the line. A photo-finish was called as Mr Chairman threw his bike at the line................
Stats:-
82.3km
Ave 26kmph
651m elevation
