At the end of each season, the Northwood Wheelers hels a 'Last Chance' 25 mile time trial. The start sheets for these events are very amusingly written, with a different theme each year. The various club members are given 'interesting' aliases.

The great sundering of British cycling - the NCU, insisting on track or closed circuit racing; the RTTC with its insistence on secretive time trials on the road; and the BLRC introducing bunched racing on British roads.

In which David Saunders learns how important correct chain tension is on a fixed wheel bike, and has an 'interesting' journey home with an unrideable bike. Also featuring youthful hi-jinks in a Youth Hostel, but also how they did their best to help the stranded rider.