Doug Gray's Page

"Congratulations to Jonathan Harris for the win! That was a very quick time. And he was still baring the scars from a barbed wire fence! He's on cracking form.   Avanti scored double the points of sevenoaks so it was a good night by all. GS…"

"Epic!"

"Thanks, I see. So it's an inspections reject. Have you worked out what could have been the mistake on the body work? And would anyone bother sending it back to China if there really was a bigger problem? Still good price, I am very interested…"

"Thanks, Darren. Very good price. Does it seem like the real deal? I've heard of fake pinarello dogmas coming from china."

"Do you have a link to where you got the frame?"

"Yes, any facts and figures?"

"Yeah I think I did that last year. I remember it was wet and dangerous. Road surface wasn't great. But I think it's about the only summer series road race that's not soldout when I checked them all a few weeks…"

"It soldout a month ago. John Shurmer is the only Avanti man on the start list as far as I can see. Hope he uses the training plan to good effect.   I entered Kenardington Aug 24 in case that one sells out. I note Bill is down too."

"Ha! No, don't think I did. I am prone to it. I get it like every year. As soon as I get a painful swallow I check for white lines, and there they were! Went straight to the doctors for some penicillin to nip it in the…"

"Nice work, Johnny.   The rain had stopped but there was still a river going down Cudham lane. Through knockault it felt pretty dangerous with all those wet manhole covers you have to negotiate. Don't know how anybody could do that on a TT…"

"Sensational job, Jonathan. Your hard work pays off!"

"Well I rocked up to the cyclopark. I was a bit surprised I was the first one there of the avanti. Anyway I signed on a did a few warm up laps, knowing the leadout train would appear by the start line. As I passed people by I said "the avanti…"

"Bad luck with that pedal Chris. It just didn't want to go in despite your best efforts. Looks like a new crank needed.   Yeah it's four pounds now. Had to go back and get a fiver out of the car.      "

"Thanks, Johnny.   Well done to  Steven Joseph for getting the quickest avanti time on a very wet course."

"I've entered this one."

"We need more than two! You could just join the victoria train!"