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Leith Hill – Kingston Wheelers CC

By on September 29, 2012 in hill climbs, tejvan

  I ended up doing the last four hill climbs on a time trial bike, so it was nice to get a proper ‘good old fashioned’ 4 minute hill. I could put my time trial bike in the loft, and get my hill climb bike ready. I stripped it down my road bike as much […]

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Sidetracked from the Rake

By on September 28, 2012 in cycling, tejvan

The intention for this month was to focus entirely on preparation for the Rake. Sprint intervals, eyeballs out, practising on steep 25% gradients. But, I got a bit sidetracked last week by the idea of trying to break the Guinness World Record for maximum climbing distance in 24 hours.  – which is  20,000 metres in […]

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Cat & Fiddle Hill Climb

By on September 24, 2012 in hill climbs, tejvan

The Cat & Fiddle is one of the longest hill climbs in England. It’s not the longest continuous climb because there are a few brief sections of downhill. But, from the start to finish, it is 6.6 miles (or just over 10 Km.) It climbs east out of Macclesfield toward Buxton and the Derbyshire border. […]

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Snap Hill Climb

By on September 16, 2012 in hill climbs, tejvan

Saturday was a double hill climb near Aldbourne, Snap Hill, organised by Swindon R.C. It was a small but select field. Quite a mix of riders from a few old timers to some young road racers looking for a qualifying time for the National Championships at the Rake later in the year. The first hill […]

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Cold, Hamstrings and Hill Climbs

By on September 10, 2012 in cycling, hill climbs, tejvan

This Sunday was my fourth hill climb at Long Hill, Whaley Bridge an event promoted by Buxton CC. Since the excitement last weekend of setting a course record up Snake pass and cycling up Holme moss both ways, I hadn’t touched a bike since Last Sunday. The day after racing, I came down with a […]

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A Wrong Turn and a 50.5 Mile TT

By on July 16, 2012 in tejvan, timetrials

This weekend was two races. A 10 mile TT and on Sunday a 50 mile TT. Last week, I had a great fun in the Yorkshire hills, seeking out any category 3 or 4 hills to race up and then enjoy scenery from the top. I was enjoying touring around the Yorkshire Dales so much, […]

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Chest Pains and a Heart Scare

By on July 5, 2012 in tejvan

After a hilly ride on Monday, Tuesday was going to be either a day off or gentle recovery ride, it ended up being a bit more than I bargained for. Early in morning, I felt some disconcerting chest pains (and back pains.) I shrugged it off and went into Bradford for a cup of tea. […]

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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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