Today was the 2009 South West Road Club’s May Flyer. I vowed this
year to not try and get on the wheel of a fast group early on as that
enevitably leads to pain later in the day. I kept this up for about
30 miles which meant I was riding mostly solo but humming along
nicely when a pair of faster riders caught me and I did catch their
wheel until the halfway point. After that I was quite quickly dropped
and so that allowed me to enjoy the headwind on the return journey.

I was at least pleased that the route goes through Peaslake thus
avoiding Pitch Hill on the way home or at least it did last year.
This year it did not! Taking us up Pitch Hill and then down around
Peaslake along Lawbrook Lane which also has a sharp climb in it. All
this when you still have Coombe Bottom to face.

Not sure how long it took me, but it was a long time, much longer
than last year.
I failed to zero my bike computer before the start and I have mislaid
my GPS!

I was planning a slight detour for my 1000^th blog
entry but time has not allowed me to finish the entry before a normal
cycling entry arrived. The detour may appear later.

Source/Kaynak : http://blogs.sun.com/chrisg/entry/hard_may_flyer