Friday, May 09, 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Cycling time Trial Podcast
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| Michael Hutchinson |
Monday, May 05, 2014
Isle of Wight Randonnee
May Bank Holiday, so off to the Isle of Wight, as usual, to ride the Randonnee. This year's ride was the best for a long time in terms of weather, and attracted a record number of entrants - over 2000. The route was clockwise, as is now standard, to avoid bike jams at the Chain Ferry. However, this year it didn't matter, as the Chain Ferry was out of service. The fall-back route along the River Medina was well signposted and marshalled by the IoW Wayfarers.
A very enjoyable ride, and not all that easy. We did just over 69 miles at a rolling average of 12.3mph.
Mark
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Womens Tour of Britain on ITV4 from 9pm this Wednesday
Womens Tour of Britain on ITV4 at 9pm each night from this Wednesday
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Evening 10 #1 Report
Despite the warnings from Frank about the possibility of post-apocalypse type weather adorning the A24 for this first evening 10, it turned out that it didn't materialise and actually, for April, the weather was excellent. A bit of a headwind on the outward leg but relatively warm and no rain; it was definatley as good as it was going to get for this time of year.
This turned out to be a really full field, baring in mind that we were not sharing the event with the Wheelers, and therefore it was excellent to see 20 starters. Even better was the fact that we had 5 female riders, with new members Sam Pickup and Jenni Chapman taking the start in their first tt and Ann Bath returning after a tt absence of 3 years. This is really encouraging and hopefully we will see the ladies battling it out for the honours this season.
Marcus was back for his first event of the season. Apparently he hadn't done much over the winter but after his result last night I am not sure that I believe him! With Russell Williams and Simon Trehearn both on the start list it was going to be interesting to see if Russell could keep his nose in front of Simon in this event, with another cluster of riders, myself, John Beer, David Watt and Simon Waller, all potentially within a few seconds of each other.
And so it proved. Marcus was off the front with a low 23! A great ride so early in the season. He must have had that motor in his Scott frame cranked right up! ;-) Russell was still on top form, pipping Simon by 10 seconds for second place and the next three riders were all within 5 seconds of each other! I think all these riders could be pushing each other all season long and it could be anyone's guess as to the destination of the trophies at the end of the season.
The women's event saw Florence Hallett take the win, with Ann Bath in second and Jenni Chapman taking a third place in her first ever time trial. I am sure that we will see both Jenni and Sam bringing their times down as the season progresses and with Jake absent from this one, it has allowed some of these ladies the chance to close the gap on her lead at the moment.
In the handicap event, Rick Opie took the win, despite shipping his chain, with Simon Tottle in second and Grant Pyke third.
A special mention to James and David for putting out and retrieving the event warning signs and good luck to David who will be racing a half ironman triathlon next weekend. As usual, this wouldn't happen without Frank on the stopwatches and Brian doing the handicapping. Thank you all.
This turned out to be a really full field, baring in mind that we were not sharing the event with the Wheelers, and therefore it was excellent to see 20 starters. Even better was the fact that we had 5 female riders, with new members Sam Pickup and Jenni Chapman taking the start in their first tt and Ann Bath returning after a tt absence of 3 years. This is really encouraging and hopefully we will see the ladies battling it out for the honours this season.
Marcus was back for his first event of the season. Apparently he hadn't done much over the winter but after his result last night I am not sure that I believe him! With Russell Williams and Simon Trehearn both on the start list it was going to be interesting to see if Russell could keep his nose in front of Simon in this event, with another cluster of riders, myself, John Beer, David Watt and Simon Waller, all potentially within a few seconds of each other.
And so it proved. Marcus was off the front with a low 23! A great ride so early in the season. He must have had that motor in his Scott frame cranked right up! ;-) Russell was still on top form, pipping Simon by 10 seconds for second place and the next three riders were all within 5 seconds of each other! I think all these riders could be pushing each other all season long and it could be anyone's guess as to the destination of the trophies at the end of the season.
The women's event saw Florence Hallett take the win, with Ann Bath in second and Jenni Chapman taking a third place in her first ever time trial. I am sure that we will see both Jenni and Sam bringing their times down as the season progresses and with Jake absent from this one, it has allowed some of these ladies the chance to close the gap on her lead at the moment.
In the handicap event, Rick Opie took the win, despite shipping his chain, with Simon Tottle in second and Grant Pyke third.
A special mention to James and David for putting out and retrieving the event warning signs and good luck to David who will be racing a half ironman triathlon next weekend. As usual, this wouldn't happen without Frank on the stopwatches and Brian doing the handicapping. Thank you all.
Mallorca 2014
Looks like plenty of good weather...
some cycling,
a pool,
coffee stops,
terrific climbs,
pretty scenery... ...and Gary!
I understand that Gary won the Tolo's Bar Hilly TT in 20:06.
I'm guessing that it went up to the viewpoint.
The Mallorca trip isn't intended to be a cliquey thing - any and all members are welcome to join in, but you need to make it known in advance that you are interested. As a rule the trip is booked sometime around September, or maybe a little later - although it is possible for people to book themselves to be out there at the same time as the group if the are late to the party. Ask the existing members about it - we've been going for 30 years so many members have been at one time or another. There's potential for non-cycling spouses to enjoy an early season pool holiday as well.
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The Mallorca trip isn't intended to be a cliquey thing - any and all members are welcome to join in, but you need to make it known in advance that you are interested. As a rule the trip is booked sometime around September, or maybe a little later - although it is possible for people to book themselves to be out there at the same time as the group if the are late to the party. Ask the existing members about it - we've been going for 30 years so many members have been at one time or another. There's potential for non-cycling spouses to enjoy an early season pool holiday as well.
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Evening 10 #1 - April 30 - Result
KINGSTON PHOENIX ROAD CLUB
10 MILE CLUB TIME TRIAL G10/42
Wednesday April 30th 2014
RESULT SHEET
No Name Time Hcp/Time Plus Scr/Hcp Awards 25 Phil Ember 21-57 Kingston Wheelers 15 Marcus Edwards 23-04 23-04 +4:29 7/2 1st Fastest 21 Russell Williams 24-15 23-15 +3:05 6/2 2nd Fastest 10 Simon Trehearn 24-25 23-29 +0:56 5/2 3rd Fastest 16 Alex Kew 25-02 23-02 +0:40 4/2 11 John Beer 25-06 22-36 +5:24 3/5 17 David Watt 25-07 22-52 2/4 12 Simon Waller 26-45 24-00 2/2 18 Simon Tottle 26-53 22-23 +0:53 2nd Hcp 23 James Roberts 26-53 24-08 2/2 24 Brian Powney 27-42 23-12 +0:04 2/2 5 Adrian Feasby 28-53 24-38 2/2 19 Rick Opie 29-18 21-48 -2:11 2/7 1st Hcp 7 Florence Hallett 31-03 24-33 7/2 1st Woman 14 Ray Dare 31-17 23-17 +5:37 2/2 8 Grant Pyke 31-30 22-30 +2:36 2/6 3rd Hcp 1 Ann Bath 32-34 24-34 +0:28 6/ 9 Jenni Chapman 33-29 22-59 -5:30 5/3 PB 1st TT 3 Deborah Hurst 34-05 23-35 -4:31 4/ 13 Sam Pickup 35-57 28-42 -8:37 3/2 PB 1st TT 2 Mark McNamara DNS (Apol) 6 Gavin Hughes DNS (Apol) 22 Bob Smith DNS (Apol) 4 Amanda Pearce DNS 20 Stuart Pearce DNS
Simon Tottle gets the £3 for 2nd Hcp but as he is 2nd claim member receives no club event points
Acknowledgements:
Brian Powney for handicapping the event
James & David for placing and retrieving the event warning signs round the course
Judy Margery as number steward at the finish
Ron & Doreen Powney for taking me back to the A3 after the event.
Frank Cubis
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