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Be careful of the "local" kids on the side of the road putting their hands out to greet or asking for sweets or chocolate. Six of us were riding "long Slent" this am and one of the ladies fell behind 50 meters.One of the kids grabbed her handlebar and she had a nasty fall .She had to be collected by car.

Warning to all Assos fans/owners. I bought three pairs of Assos F1S13 bibs two weeks before last years Epic.Only used two pairs for the event.Post event used 1 pair for weekend MTB races which were few and far between in CT.Did the odd Saturday training ride in them.Used only the one pair.In less than a year of only one day a week use ,not even 40 weeknds it has deteriorated to a dull grey and has become see through to the point of not being able to wear them.WE Cycles return them to the "distributor" who alleges that I must have a high "acid" level causing the shorts to deteriorate to such an extent and must have left them unwashed for some time.I religiously followed the washing instructions ,bag ,hang dry (indoors ) etc. So "buyer beware" before you go out and pay 3x more for a pair of Assos than any other brand ,check your acidity levels.At age 53 I would have to be crippled with acidity for the bibs to have deteriorated to such an extent!!I have Sanitin's ,Panda's ,Castelli's and numerous Anatomic's that are 6-8 years old showing hardly any wear.

Are you riding road or mtb ? If mtb there is a group leaving at 5 am every Sat morning from the BP garage in Kenridge. there is also an mtb group leaving every thurs evening from Willie Engelbercht's shop at 7:30 or 8pm.