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Chass's Story
He got This article out of the Cold
Coast News Paper and changed it completely.
The head line was , Lindsay fast becoming a threat.
LINDSAY
FAST BECOMING A
PEST
Brisbane cyclist, John Lindsay, gave me the
following exclusive. He said that he had ridden an unbelievable race, as the day
before, he had been suffering from pleurisy/flu/plague. But believing he could
win, he made it to the start.
Thinking as he does, he decided to upset
people at the start by telling them that he was the dark horse in the field as
only recently he had beaten Terry Peters, Hank Vogles and Robbie McKewan. He
added that it would have been O’Grady, too, but he left for overseas when he
heard John was entering the race.
I started to ask John about the race but
before I could, a blast of very hot air gushed towards me, followed by this
astounding tale of unbelievable skill and courage, and all this while his head
was pushing out from under his helmet.
He actually missed the start by 25 minutes as
he was telling a herd of cows how he was going to destroy the field. Amazingly,
he caught the bunch after only 5 kms, riding in his favourite gearing of 73x5.
He went past at 75kph having knocked over 15 riders with the wind force.
He said that he kept going feeling very angry
at them for not waiting at the start But the thought of meeting them over the
next 20 years and reliving his victor inspired him further. Apparently, they
don’t have much to talk about! John went on to assure me that this was only half
the story.
John said that with about 5 kms to go, he had an attack of
the guilts, so he decided to knock on a few doors of the local residents and
tell them how far in front he was.John was pleased to accept a lunch invite from
one old couple.
John thought, why not, as he had about 1 hour to spare, with
only 5kms to go.
He though that some of the guys would
appreciate his sportsmanship. Feeling very full of the steak and four hot pies
lunch, he waved good-bye to the old couple, who he said never said a word. This
correspondent found that a complaint had been maid by the elderly couple. They
were suffering from cronic pain in the ears. John went on to say that with only
4 kms to go, no-one way helping him. One cyclist is reported to have said later,
"we didn't want to hear of his cycling exploits!"
This is how John describes the thrilling last 1 km. "I’m
felling better now, imagine how I would have gone if I felt this way at the
start.
They were catching up now. I looked down at my speedo- BLOODY
HELL- I WAS ONLY DOING 65KPH! I hoped that I hadn’t given them a shot at me!
Then wouldn’t you know it- with 400 metres to go- I got 2
punctures! Christ, I thought, this might have blown it!But I quickly changed one
tyre, left the other and went after them.
With 50 metres to go, I caught up with them, and I knew I had
it in the bag! I eased up to make it look good and still
won by 50 metres. I had so much momentum going I decided to cycle on to
Murwillumbah and order a few papers as I knew it would be in the local and
overseas papers. My only disappointment was finding out the $30 prize money was
not $3000 as deserved. I suppose this will make winning another handicap race
very hard, now that everyone will hear of this win. They
will if I have anything to do with it!"
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