Isle of Man Medio Fondo 2024

Bike cam footage of the Isle of Man Medio Fondo, held on July 28th 2024, with commentary (to explain my awful bike handling, just in case it's not obvious).
I won the 60-64 age category from twenty-eight finishers, finishing over two minutes clear of the next rider, and was second overall across the line from over two hundred riders - Cameron Hounsell, a young Manx rider, was first to finish, helped considerably by his overwhelming superiority when descending!
If you want a recording of (almost - I missed the first ten minutes) a complete recording of the ride, this is unedited(and nearly two hours long....) - • Isle of Man Medio Fond...

[@thewoolyknitter]

Good ride. I was the rider in the high-vis top with you in the front group, although struggling to hang on by the time it got to the Curraghs, it felt like such a hard pace. Then punctured there anyway which probably saved me! Chapeau

[@simondaw]

Bad luck, especially re the puncture. I think the balance the course has - mix of flat, rolling, real climbs and descents, is great. I think they're right to include the Curraghs, but riding through there is a bit of a lottery - quite a few people came to grief there. I did a training ride through there a couple of weeks before with a local group, and one of the riders blew a hole in his tyre and I lost a £50 front light that ejected from the bracket after I hit a hole.

[@Piddel]

Crazy. Good work and congrats.

[@simondaw]

Ha, ha! The Curraghs are (usually...) the crazy bit.