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Isle of Man Cycling Circuit
Clive George wrote:
"Michael Baldwin" wrote in message ... ps - have you ever taken in the IoM TT race? Have ridden bits of the course, but only a little. Seen the bales. Have seen the George Formby film set there. Have quite enough people killing themselves on motorbikes where I live, let alone on the IoM... (there was a case where a plod had to watch over the body for several hours while Yorkshire and Lancashire plod discussed whose problem it was, since he did it on the boundary). While we are on the subject, Andy Wilkinson beat Chris Boardman's time on the TT circuit by over 5 minutes with the assist of riding a fully faired Windcheetah "Speedy" trike [1]. There were apparently some issues with fade of the drum brakes, making for rather exciting descents. [1] http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/images/gto/speedy.jpg. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the precipitate. |
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