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I wore my LFGSS cap for crash protection on the way down into Brighton and fishtailed it across the line so should have been easy to recognise. I would have been several hours after you though.
For the sake of accuracy and honesty, just checked the computer and my max speed was 40.2 not 40.8mph as stated above. The 4 hours 26 was also riding time not total time, which was over 5 hours due to a couple of Guinness at the top of Turners Hill.
As much as I wouldn't do it again at the time my group set off, you have to be impressed by the organisation and the fact they got 28,000+ people to the finish, most of whom would never ride that distance. That's pretty epic numbers for any road network to handle so fair play to the charity for putting so much effort in. All in all, now I'm soberish, it was still a nice day out.
Oh, and Ditchling was hardly a green monster, more of a little inconvenience on the way.