Starting at Seyssinet-Pariset on the west side of Grenoble, PeterB & myself decided to enter this as our introduction to the Alps. Although we had recced it the previous day, we still managed to get lost on our short route to the start. Still, it afforded us glimpses of Grenoble that we don't want to see again! I turned up with my routesheet & gps at the ready only to find out that the routes advertised were not on the menu. So instead of giving the 100 a go, we got the 133. The first 50kms was fairly flat. And then it wasn't.
Just seven met up at Allenbury’s for a mid-summer pootle to Bishops Stortford. Just seven! Maybe it was member involvement in so many events on the same weekend - the Tour, the London Surrey 100, the Dunwich Dynamo. Maybe it was the outrageous prices at the sophisticated Mocha Cafe, our mid-ride stop. Maybe it was the rain, which for most of the first half, was quite heavy.
The group reduced by one before le depart - a member feared the consequences en route of a vegetable high on the Scoville scale consumed the day before.
Just the three Wheelers and two private entrants tonight. A shame, as the conditions were the best of the season so far. As a consequence I believe that everyone got course PBs.
