You are right I will not change my mind , just because two riders on here say that had a hard time because of problems they were having or because one would not have been able to achieve a second place had he started under the new system, sorry Nick you know I have respect for you and value your friendship,
But your statement says that by being allowed to start higher up the numbers because of who you were and your past achievements you were given an advantage that you should not have had, sorry and all that but it's a hard game, your point about practice being made worse does not hold water either in my book , for me every rider that ever set off down that hallowed strip of tarmac sets off wanting to do his best and have the perfect ride and the only pressure put on a rider is put on by him self, as in the race it is a time trial against the clock, the throttle works two ways and if you want to ride the ultimate Roads challenge you know you are risking your all every time you set off and that is what makes the TT. What it is, and sorry once again Nick but you more than any of us on here know that is true for you have taken part and you have lost family to the event and that was a practice session,
I think that the decisions need to be made by people calmly one step back that are not influenced by emotion, and misplaced romanticism, the romantic idea that nothing must ever change

Me change no sorry but would you have me any other way??

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