Just been watching the Tour of Qatar on Eurosport which is as exciting as watching grass grow, only there isn't any grass just straight roads, roundabouts and sand. The commentator David Harman mentioned during one of the many periods when nothing happens that he has just bought a 1950 Flying Scot to ride in L'Eroica. He mentioned that Michele Bartoli and Rolf Sorensen have signed up to ride so it looks as if anybody planning to ride should start training right now. Ray Green, Harrow, Middlesex