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OPINION
Red Bull Timelaps... solo?
Thu, Sep 19, 2019 15:40
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Red Bull Timelaps 17.jpgAh, hubris. My old friend.
I've entered Red Bull Timelaps. I'm doing it solo. Here's me and Liam talking about the probable outcome of that...
Anyway, my plan was to roll round and just try and keep going, and then finish somewhere in mid-table anonymity. This plan has been scuppered a bit since I learned that Red Bull in their infinite wisdom have only actually allowed 15 people to enter solo, so there's a better shout than usual of rolling in dead last. Ah well.
I am upping my game over the next five weeks though. I'm going to put the miles in and I'm going to make the best job of it that I can. I'll keep you posted.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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