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COLUMNIST Christian Iddon

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Well, my last column was all about just how I'm going to be the most prepared I could ever be for the season ahead. As it goes, I was quite incredibly underprepared for being prepared.

I'd done the hard part. Bought the bike, got some tyres, and had it shipped to Spain, but I underestimated how hard doing a trackday ‘on your own’ actually is after always having all my bike stuff done for me.

We did have the opportunity to have a mechanic for whom

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