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Roy Gardiner
T de F Winner
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
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Location: London and Essex
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Never mind about winning races - I don't think I've ever won any points legitimately!  |
I sprinted my lungs out once and just heaved my front wheel in front of a bunch frantically diving into the ditches, switching onto the grass, braking hard, all in order to avoid that 1 point that 10th in a blank licence race gets.
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Matt Clinton
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Posts: 7868
Location: rarely logging in.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Do time trials count? I once beat a load of coffin dodgers in a 5 mile TT, my finest hour (unless you count being called a fatboy by Sean Yates). |
If it took you an hour, how long did it take everyone else? |
Not training today? |
No yet, no.
The day does not consist of the few hours revolving around your lunch.
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DNAse
E, Gold
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 2414
Location: Oxfordshire
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Not timetrials - only proper races (requiring skill and tactics  ) on the road or track |
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Stuart
Moderator
Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 16263
Location: Thorne
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I won every race that I entered after 19 |
 Me too, given that this is just for Senior racing.
My number of races entered is 'zero', what's yours? |
errr...19 
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Pacey
E, Gold
Joined: 05 Nov 2002
Posts: 2790
Location: The mega hilly bit of Cornwall
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Matt Clinton wrote: |
| Pacey wrote: |
| Matt Clinton wrote: |
| Pacey wrote: |
| Do time trials count? I once beat a load of coffin dodgers in a 5 mile TT, my finest hour (unless you count being called a fatboy by Sean Yates). |
If it took you an hour, how long did it take everyone else? |
Not training today? |
No yet, no.
The day does not consist of the few hours revolving around your lunch. |
Really?
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KJ
T de F Winner
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 26400
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Won a points race at an Open Track Meeting in my second or third season..but I was 40 when I started racing on the track
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kieran
E, Silver
Joined: 01 May 2005
Posts: 972
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Won a points race at an Open Track Meeting in my second or third season..but I was 40 when I started racing on the track |
and how long have you been racing track for? |
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KJ
T de F Winner
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 26400
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| kieran wrote: |
| KJ wrote: |
| Won a points race at an Open Track Meeting in my second or third season..but I was 40 when I started racing on the track |
and how long have you been racing track for? |
How long in total? I rode for 7 years until Scunthorpe track was out of commission for a while. I haven't raced for a few years
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Jesse
Div 1 Pro
Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Posts: 7096
Location: In the Quattro
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I came 3rd in my first track race and 1st in my 2nd, won a very small handful since then including like KJ a points race  but now after discovering MTBing it's all going downhill. Quite literally folks 
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david123
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007
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cant say at the moment,how long before this thread closes down
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KJ
T de F Winner
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 26400
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mattr
World Champ
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Posts: 12647
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| How long will it take for you to learn to ride a bike? |
Or make a useful contribution......... might take even longer |
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sid scoop
Cat 2 Groupie
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Posts: 72
Location: The Mean Streets of Doncaster
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Won my first senior race in 1979 a 3/J, on a bike with a 57 single ring  It was a 2up sprint as well!
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Lee
World Champ
Joined: 12 Jul 2002
Posts: 12612
Location: Hertfordshire
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| De Rosa wrote: |
Never mind about winning races - I don't think I've ever won any points legitimately!  If I get much worse I'll have to join the Shirley Road Club But I'm too young of course. |
LOL, me and u both. I got points several years ago at Viccy Park but I'd actually packed....
Beyond that a couple of 1st junior prizes many moons ago, and I won 1st handicap in a 25 in 2004.
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