25th april
Hello, sorry it’s been so long since the last post but i’ve beenexceptionally busy of late. I have stripped my old bike and sent the frame away to be straightened. meanwhile the engine from that bike is being serviced. So im a bike light at the minute. I was at Eastbourne saturday just gone which didnt go too well at all. I popped a clutch spring out in my first ride and knocked my steel shoe off somehow. After that i didnt have a replacement spring and never managed to get into contention.
But i went home saturday night got up at 8am and cleaned the bike and loaded up ready to go to Sittingbourne. What a difference, i got a new clutch spring and was ready.
My first ride i made the gate and seemed to be pulling away on the outside in the first bend but Trevor seemed to get drive down low and passed me going down the back straight. I tucked in behind him and when he dropped it on the 3rd lap the race was awarded with me in second. My second race i was off gate 4 again. I found a new rut which i set myself up in. The tapes shot up and i blasted round the outside into the lead. I led for 2 and a half laps but Keith Yorke passed me on the outside through the narrowest of gaps. I stayed in second and picked up another 2 points. Overall a good day.
I’ll be cleaning th ebike and travelling to wimbledon on weds weather permitting of course.