Manotea: 3peaker lost a wheel on LEL: started on a trike and finished on a 2wheel jobbe.
Phixie: In that respect, you abandoned the ride as far as the fixed challenge is concerned, though not for the general classification. (Slightly out of context but sentiment remains valid?)
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On a Poor Student 200 a few years back, my handlebar snapped. With a choice of pack or slip into Cheltenham to change steads (and still recover a car from Oxford), my option to change steads resulted in +20kms, 2 points and a story for Arrivee.
Back in 2006 I started the New Forest 1000 on Trike. As the route had 3 loops from a Common S/F Control, I packed a spare solo. My thinking behind this was if I went out of time on Trike, I could switch to Solo and catch up. In the event, I finished on Trike with 15mins to spare having suffered several pun**ures and having stripped my Solo wheels of Tubes.
Then on last year’s LEL, and going for various big Trophies on Trike, I had rear cassette loosening before Doncaster. I staggered into Thorne and miraculously Danial W (eternal thanks) loaned me his Solo for the Northern 800km loop. Duly completed, we managed a Tie-wrap repair to the Trike Cassette, which, while not perfect, enabled a working gearbox for the flatter southern route home. So, 14 points and I claimed 6 for Trike. Tut tut…..aesthetics came into play as I claimed those 6 points towards a new Trike Record, previously at 102 and I was claiming 109. The aesthetics Committee sat and discredited my 6 points claim for the Record, reducing my points to 103. Had I not kept plugging for Trikie points till the last day of the season (literally), my disappointment would have been a huge blow for a year of Trikie-bashing. As it was, I recorded my first (and probably only) 100+ season and on Trike to boot. A few Solo rides and the credit of all LEL points as solo enabled me to take the Vets Trophy with 123 points.
There is a message there. Finish the ride and then discuss?
SteveP