Bradley Wiggins, (who has a time of 17.58 for a 10 mile TT) A Ten Mile time trial can taken anything between 17.57 minutes (over 33mph) and 40 minutes. The current fastest time for a ten mile time trial is: Michael Hutchinson – 17.57 – Course: V718 – 24/07/2010 A good target for a [...]
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Review of Racing Season
Despite a late start due to knee injury, 2011 was been a very good season with 20 wins out of 31 races. New PB’s personal bests: 10 miles 20.09 to 20.07 – only minor improvement. I didn’t ride any really fast 10s when my form (and position) were great. 25 miles 52.47 to 49.33 – [...]
Time Saved From Weight Loss on Bike
A look at how much time and effort we can save by losing weight from either ourselves or our bike. We all know that saving weight helps us to get up hills, but how much will we save, if we can shave off 1Kg from our bike (or lose 10KG off our tummy) ? As [...]
The Rake Hill Climb
The Rake hill climb is a short and steep ‘classic’ British hill climb through the Lancashire town of Ramsbottom. It has featured in the Tour of Britain and has been the location for two national championships (1999, 2005) and will be venue for 2012 National Hill Climb Championship. A wide variety of riders have attempted [...]
Different Perspectives on the Race
Thanks for all comments re: nat hill climb 2011. I like Neil’s comment about beating some good time triallists on a road bike. I don’t think there are too many people who can say they beat Michael Hutchinson on his time trial bike, when they were just riding a road bike. BTW: It’s good to [...]
National Hill Climb Championships 2011
The 2011 National Hill Climb Championships was held on Long Hill between Whaley Bridge and Buxton. – 4.44 miles long, 3.2% gradient. After a bit of rain in the morning it was unseasonably warm and sunny. The good weather attracted quite a lot of spectators to line the route up the climb. There was [...]
Best Cycling Descents
Apart from riding up hills, the next best thing in cycling is descending. I would say the ideal descent has the following qualities: Fast Scenic Long Unimpeded by slow moving cars and caravans Avoid need for excessive braking Smooth road surface Wide road with painted line. Off the top of my head the first descent [...]
National Hill Climb Champs Preview
This Sunday is the National Hill Climb championships at Long Hill, Whaley Bridge promoted by Buxton CC. It will be the end of the season and the climax of the hill climb season. I’ve had my best year on the hill climbs. I’ve won 10 races out of the 10 I’ve entered. Yet, to use [...]
Nick O Pendle Hill Climb
The Nick O Pendle hill climb is a testing climb from the village of Sabden Village up to the moors of Nick O Pendle. The climb averages approx 10%, but at the start there are a few sections of 16%. It has been used several times for the National hill Climb Championship, including 1988 when [...]
Burrington Combe Hill Climb
Burrington Combe was one of my first hill climbs I did. In 2004, I did 7.12. Then in 2005, I did a 7.05 with a roaring tailwind. That was the year Danny Axford set a new course record of 7.02. Length 2.2 miles Height Gain 100m – 268m (168) It is a good hill climb,which [...]
