British Bike Night

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I had a run up the frog and toad to Sellindge to have a look at the very first British Bike Night at the social club. For some reason it moved from Charing after quite a few years.

Suzi ran perfectly and I was tempted to exceed the 3500 rpm running in limit just a little to 4000 rpm and she seemed to be happy with that.

The British bikes were parked on the gravel and us foreigners had to make do with the grass.  No different to Charing except it is mostly level. There was a huge turnout of both types.


British Bike Night 2021 - Sellindge

This brought the day's mileage to 55 or so!


Photos from the event are in this album.

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