Hill Climbs

At least you’ve had some good days 😉

Ha that’s a bummer!

Had to go cyclocross to get around a few indecisive cars on Mill Hill.

They’ve fixed the sketchy pothole bit after a fast decent so that was fun - took that corner bum clenchingly fast.

I can’t imagine how annoying it’d be to drive ~2hrs do a recce warm etc only for a car to totally ruin your run.

I got very lucky a Leith a moment or two later and I’d have had to stop.

Anyone had any shockers?

Mitre results are up 24th of 51 starters on Bostal for me

You enter Farnham @GoatandTricycle?

Good work Kelvin. 8th in both for me, as expected. Gonna take it much easier training wise this week, see how ESCA and Farnham go.

Tejvan is going alright for an old man eh?

Nope, seems a bit far given I’ve not really been performing. Might be me done for this year.
Rode 50km this morning realised how much I’d been missing just riding as a release from life haha

Well done

Fair play chief, a few “semi-open” ones have been mentioned to me if you change you mind, one this weekend near Dorking and another post nationals down near me, have to dig the links out

Dorking one might interest me depending...

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/day/2020/10/17?eid=NGs0YWV2Z2kyaG1vNjZmamlsOWlodHF0cTQgbzkzc3ViY3VvYnF2M2h0Y3U3bTBiYjl0Y2NAZw&ctz=Europe/London&pli=1&sf=true

480 riders for the National! Should be good. Wonder how may DNSs there will be from bits of Wales and the North.

Looks like a good climb for you Ross.

So they've run it as an open in the past @Kelvin? I've not noticed it on CTT before - looks ideal and not too far, could even get a train to Guildford and ride there.

Yeah it does look quite appealing.
Pretty early start too which might bode well for a pass.

Are you going to race it?

I would have but I have got an entry to 25 mile TT on the Sunday which I can ride to the start and wouldn’t be able get a pass for both, plus my hand is still pretty swollen and painful.

Seems alright on the turbo but it was the vibration/road noise that was causing problems, so prob shouldn’t be committing to more until that’s sorted.

I think it's usually a club rather than open, they were going to run it as an open this year but changed their mind, not sure the full back story

Hopefully they do it as an open in 2021 - it’s great to see new events popping up within driving distance of London.

As a relative noob what's the big difference in appeal between a club and an open?

Results from Opens can be used for Nationals entry. For fixed distance TTs club results can't be used for entries into Opens.

For fixed distance TTs club results can be used for entries into Opens.

ftfy (except National Championships)

So it's a bit more of a prestige thing and nationals qualification in fixed distances,

this year looks like everyone who entered HC nationals got in but assume thats the pretty unusual?

LVCC on Mott St - 1st Nov now apparently, if they can get ctt to agree.

What’s the reason for the change?

Unknown - @cjr is a member of LVCC, he let me know