Malcom Borg on Sunday raced in the Mud Sweat and Gears 1st round at Tunstall Forest near Ipswich. For those who have never ridden there the trials are flat and fast but very bumpy. The sun was out and having eaten  I was fuelled up and ready to go for the 2 0 clock start  but not before helping one rider set up his gears after his bike fell of his roof rack on the way to the race. We all lined up and listened to the obligatories from the head marshal and then it started. Given I ride a single speed nearly everyone flew past me down the fire road and for the next 2hrs6mins I cranked away until I had completed 5 laps or 25 miles. In the Masters category I was the fastest single speed rider but came 15^th out of 15 as there is no single speed category but it was a good ride and next time I'll put a taller ratio on.

A well organised race