View from top of Westclose Hill. Saturday was was a hill climb in the Mendips, Somerset. Quite an interesting climb. Over a mile long, the gradient gets steeper as you near the top. The bottom is fairly shallow with a small section of downhill. Towards the top there are a couple of sections at 16%. [...]
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Thoughts on Hill Climbs
Some more thoughts on hill climbs and photos from some of the classic hills of UK. Any Tips for Riding Hill Climbs? Well, don’t think about why you are doing this, you may not have a good answer. Especially important not to think about why you’re doing it in the middle of a climb. When [...]
Otley CC Hill Climb 2011
The 2011 edition of the Otley CC hill climb was run under unseasonally warm temperatures. The hill climb season usually means wind, rain and cold (2 years ago, the first climb had to be shortened after 50mph winds). But, despite being October, it felt like it could have been the south of France. I [...]
It’s All Uphill from Here
Saturday was my last time trial of the year. 21.17 on a hilly 10 mile course on H10/3a. It wasn’t a bad time. I was just 3 seconds behind winner and 2 seconds behind second place. Sean Yates (ex tour de france riders) was also riding with his son. I think something happened to [...]
Hill Climbs
Hill Climb Agony (photo by Bernard Thompson) See also: How to Ride a hill climb Tips for cycling up hills National Hill Climb Championships Hill Climbs are a uniquely painful and challenging cycle race. The ideal is simple – ride up a hill as fast as you can. It’s just you, your bike and your [...]
Breaking the 1 Hour Barrier 25miles / 40Km
Alf Engers – set a competition record of 49 minutes 24 seconds for 25 mile TT (before tribars) Readers Question how can you cycle fast under 1hour in 40km? There was a time when breaking the hour for 25 miles / 40Km was a very prestigious target for time triallists. The first person to break [...]
British Time Trial Championships 2011
Sun 3rd September was the British time trial championships. It was won by Alex Dowsett Team Sky in 58.26(30mph) I finished 10th in 1.04.4? (27.2mph) – 6 minutes behind. The women’s race was won by Wendy Houvenaghel (Bike Chain Ricci) 45-38. It was raining quite hard during the masters event. My warm up consisted mainly [...]
A 25 Mile PB and a 10
Saturday was my second 25 mile TT of the year, the Charlotteville CC 25 on the H25/8 in Bentley. For a change weather conditions were very good, low wind, warm. Traffic was moderate. Not too busy but a few passing cars. Given recent times, I had a hope to set a new PB. At the [...]
A Tale of Two Time Trials
Cadel Evans in Time trial, photo by By nattsang (CC 2.0) Last Saturday there were two quite different time trials. One was 42km under the glare of the international media, 50% of the Australian and Luxembourgean public glued to their tvs, spectators lining the entire course, and millions of Euros involved in the outcome of [...]
Wind Tunnel Testing
A position before testing. Last week I visited the Mercedes GP wind tunnel testing site in Brackley, Northampton. The wind tunnel is hired by drag2zero who offer a service to test people in time trial position for wind drag. It involves putting the bike on a turbo and riding at a speed of around 30mph [...]
