By IAN CERVELO
A BEAUTIFUL warm summer evening greeted the riders at the start of the Howes Creek 25km handicap race on Thursday 30 January.
The line-up was reduced to 18 riders but enjoyed the welcome appearance of a new member, Simon Mulvihill.
A light south-easterly and a few undulating rises challenged most of the starters, giving some of the lighter-framed riders an equal footing with the broad...