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Competing in the IoM TT is every bikers dream; it's like climbing Everest is to a mountaineer.

We are fully aware of the risks, and we embrace them.

For the uninitiated, here is what the TT looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RZ5wU-Fg0

Yikes!!! Who keeps critters like squirrels, dogs, etc. off the course? I've ridden a lot of fast long twisty visibility impaired descents on a bicycle, up to about 55mph (not 136mph), and have had plenty of opportunities to evade obstacles, moving or not. Been involuntarily airborne a few times. To be sure I enjoy it as one of the most enjoyable activities of my life, but... that video is orders of magnitude more terrifying.

136mph...average, over 37 miles.

I am most impressed by the mental endurance to concentrate that hard for that long.

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