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Clifton CC 13 Mile Time Trial 2012

By on July 9, 2012 in timetrials

Saturday was an absorbing day in the Tour de France. Team Sky were excellent, and Chris Froome was marvelous in snatching a well-deserved stage victory on one of the steepest finishes in the tour. Bradley Wiggins now looks comfortable in yellow, and must be the hot  favourite to win. Anything can happen in the next […]

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Wrynose Pass

By on July 1, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs

Last Friday, I traveled to Lake District to ride up some of the major Lake District hill climbs. After Kirkstone Pass, Red Hill Climb, and Langdale pass, I ended up at the bottom of Wrynose Pass, with this sufficiently ominous looking sign. Wrynose pass from Ambleside to the West is a long challenging climb, but […]

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Greenhow Hill and Nidderdale

By on June 29, 2012 in hill climbs

With no races at the weekend, I was free to cycle around the Yorkshire Dales without any concern of being fresh for the weekend. This generally means finding some hilly routes in the most scenic parts of the country. It’s good to be able to cycle around with no specific targets – for no better […]

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Hinckley CRC 25 Mile TT + Newbury 10

By on June 24, 2012 in tejvan, timetrials

This weekend was two races. Saturday was a 10 mile TT run by Newbury RC on the H10/17. This is my local course, being just 11 miles from Oxford. For a change it meant I could ride out to the course, rather than having to drive there. In the ‘old days’ of course very few […]

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Chris Hart 10 Mile TT

By on June 17, 2012 in tejvan, timetrials

Sunday 17th June was the Chris Hart Memorial 10 mile TT on the H10/2 course (Knowl Hill on the A4). Chris Hart was a very enthusiastic and skilled district secretary for London West from 2007 until his untimely recent death from prostate cancer. I’d known Chris Hart since I began cycling with the Oxonain CC […]

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F11/10 – 10 Mile Time Trial

By on June 16, 2012 in cycling, tejvan, timetrials

Saturday was a 10 mile time trial promoted by Hemel Hempstead CC on a relatively new 10 mile course (F11-10) using the A41 Aston Clifton bypass. The course is quite close to Oxford so I entered. I set a pb of 20.00 Course record: Steve Irwin 18.39 May 2013 The course turned out to be […]

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Reading CC 50 Mile TT

By on June 10, 2012 in cycling, tejvan, timetrials

With tabloid newspapers talking of Britain being swamped in a mini tropical storm, I was surprised to wake up this morning to a dry, perfectly still day. A little on the cool side for my liking, but hardly a drop of wind and only a drop of rain. That’s how it goes sometime. People kept […]

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National Championship 25 Mile TT 2012

By on June 10, 2012 in timetrials

The National 25 mile TT championship is the blue ribband event of British time trialling. It has been won by many of the greats over the years. This year was a close race between Sky Pro (Alex Dowsett) who won (TT stage in Tour of Britain 2011) and Michael Hutchinson. Hutchinson pipped him by 7 […]

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30 Mile Time Trial

By on June 5, 2012 in timetrials

Last Saturday was a 30 mile time trial on the A31 at Bentley. Bentley is a sleepy little village which was getting ready for the Jubilee celebrations in a typical English village kind of way. I’m not sure what they make of so many cyclists descending on their village every weekend. But, I guess we […]

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Newbury RC 10 Mile TT – First Race Since April

By on May 27, 2012 in tejvan, timetrials

Saturday afternoon was the Newbury RC 10 mile Time trial. The last race I did was back in April, that was a 33 very hilly time trial run amidst snow drifts, rain and cold (see: Buxton Mountain TT). Saturday couldn’t have been more different. 25 degrees, a bit windy, but very warm in the sun. Rather […]

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Buxton Mountain Time Trial

By on April 8, 2012 in cycling, tejvan, timetrials

The Buxton Mountain time trial is a hard 33 mile time trial with over 1,100 metres of climbing. It is based on an 11 mile circuit starting in Longnor, climbing up to to Axe Edge before long descent back into Longor. After riding the Circuit of Dales last Sunday, it didn’t do much hard training […]

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