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"We got to see the Harris monster in action. Saw you trying to bridge to the break early on. The pace seemed very high in the first few laps. A guy said at the end it was 26mph av at that point. Then you were marshalling the peloton, but a lot of…"

"You forgot my name, Michael. But if you don't need me?"

"5th place, great stuff. Let us know how these elite races are going."

"Elevation is the biggest variable on garmin/strava. It depends on the satellite signal bounce as you pass through. It's often off. But after you've done a couple of thousand feet it still gives a good guide to how many feet you've…"

"It's on a Friday night this year!"

"I was hoping to see you model the jacket, Steve."

"I note our own hill climb winner came in 9th. Thomas Ballhatchet     "

"Fantastic effort, Steve. Really well done!   There is a video of the day here with a few flashes of known faces....also Sean Yates took part.   http://vimeo.com/51403604"

"Yes it was very sad news. I remember us all doing the Catford hill climb together this time last year.   I'm sorry the news only just got to you. http://www.gsavanti.co.uk/forum/topics/rip-rob-robbins"

"Nice ride today, though I did doubt if we'd ever make it to Hartfield at some points. A bit pacier on the way back, we went a different way up crocket hill. I thought I'd got to the top, sat up and had something to eat, only…"

"We got back at the green by 1:20, which includes the extra 10 miles of mainly climbing and the stop at Box cafe, so not a lot in it. You should have toed us!"

"Good ride.   Steven Joseph had is strung out a bit on the way down. (One way trip!)   I gave it some welly going up Box Hill, but I note Andrew Gleeson has the club record by 3 seconds. Fair play! (Damn those…"

"Yeah I guess it's a slow burn type thing."

"Catford seem to find away of inviting the odd pro down to boost interest and line the road. Mayby something for the future...."

"The Bigfoot folks turned out in big numbers last year and produced the top times. Hope they will sign.   "