I’m riding a lot slower these days.People who know me well will be rolling around on the floor laughing when they read that. All my life I’ve always been the slowest rider in any group I’ve been part of, and to say I’m going slower now will hardly seem possible. You think I’m joking?
I remember
• My first Finke Desert Race. When I rolled into the fuel stop the crew had packed up and were having a quiet beer. I’d taken so long to get there they’d assumed I’d crashed out;
• A Thumper Nats where the mechanic went missing during the race. He later said I was riding so slow he wanted to throw rocks at me, got bored and wandered back to the pit; and “He later said I was riding so slow he wanted to throw rocks at me.”