newcastlecycling

I managed to deck it on the way home. Damn railway tracks just past the roundabout.

Boostie,

Those tracks, especially the first set as you come home, are nasty.  I have not been brought down by them - yet, touching wood (which is quite different to a woodie, I am told by Felix) - but they seem to be especially free of friction.  The next big thing in cycling after now passe' ceramic bearings might be "Kooragang Rail bearings"...

It is funny (not hahh hahh funny, but quirky funny) that the two sets of rails on the actual course are a non-event, and the same rail lines heading out to racing are also a non-event, but coming home the some rail lines seem slippery.  Perhaps it is the angle, the bumps around the rail, and the buildup of crud combine to make them a satans brew for cyclists.

How did you go in The Fling?  I did the inaugral Fling as part of a team (Matthew Smith and Rich Woodall) and I think we came second or third.  It was a good event, and nice to be woken at 6am by a Scottich piper.

Dr Rob was also riding in the Fling - did you see him?