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I've entered a 25. Never done one before, Ive been competing in confined 10's and got a license which will allow me to enter open events.
A 23.09 10tt is as fast as I can manage the now. I know I wont be able to maintain the same output for 25 miles that I can for 10 so how should I approach it? It's an undulating course.
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I've entered a 25. Never done one before, Ive been competing in confined 10's and got a license which will allow me to enter open events.
A 23.09 10tt is as fast as I can manage the now. I know I wont be able to maintain the same output for 25 miles that I can for 10 so how should I approach it? It's an undulating course.Same principal, don't burn all your matches in the first 10min, ride slower than you would a 10. Keep your output even. Know your next one will be faster :)
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I've entered a 25
Wow, how the season flies by - we're already approaching the one week in the year when there is enough day length to run a 25 in Scotland :-)
Some people go just as fast at 25 as they do at 10, some are much faster at the shorter distance. At some point, then, you're going to have to attack a 25 the way you do a 10 to see which kind of person you are.
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Any one fancy a ride out this tuesday ? You will, I am afraid , have to meet me in Ilford, which is where I work. We would then ride up to Hog Hill via Gants Hill , Fulwell Cross and than Barking side.
This is not a course for a fixed gear .
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Bexley CC 10TT Wednesday night in 25:48 @ average 23.2mph and with max 44mph at 180 rpm on 84" gear I had a higher top speed than some on gears :)
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Hounslow & District Wheelers 100 – 29th May 2011.
Next weekend the Ron Brown Memorial 100 returns to its normal place in the calendar as the first long distance time trial of the season.
It’s sometimes said that modern time trialling is all about short distances, but this year’s Hounslow race has attracted an excellent field of one hundred riders headed by the 2008-9 BBAR Nik Bowdler (Team Pedal Revolution). Other leading names with qualifying times inside 4 hours include: Adam Topham (High Wycombe CC), Steve Berry (San Fairy Ann CC), John Dowling (Hemel Hempstead CC), Phil Ember (Kingston Wheelers) and Jeff Loveman (Fareham Wheelers).
Although the Anfield 100 (to be held the next day) has a longer tradition the Hounslow event can now fairly be called a classic, having been run by the club since 1956. However its history goes back much further than this since the 100 was previously run by the legendary Calleva RC, who originally started it as a *club *event in the 1930’s. It has twice been honoured as the National Championship at the distance, and on the last occasion in 1997 Kevin Dawson recorded the record time (for the Hounslow event ) of 3.29.03.
The course is the H 100/88 which uses the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, with the HQ at Lower Froyle. First man is off at 8am.
I'm in.
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25.38 for a 10TT on gears
25.15 on 85 inch fixed one week later on the same course/similar conditions.
fixed it is then!!Where & what course do you ride MarkyP?
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Wow, how the season flies by - we're already approaching the one week in the year when there is enough day length to run a 25 in Scotland :-)
Some people go just as fast at 25 as they do at 10, some are much faster at the shorter distance. At some point, then, you're going to have to attack a 25 the way you do a 10 to see which kind of person you are.
I can confirm I'm not the kind of person who relishes the challenges of a 25 TT.
It ran in the foulest of condition's. Single figure temperatures a fucking howling gale, and it pissed down for good measure. I thought x wind gusts were going to take me off, not a night for a full disc.
It was downhill all the way out. I made it to the turn at just under 30 minutes, it all when horribly wrong on the way back. The inclines were torture, my hopes of a good time in my first competitive 25 went out the window. I was pedalling squares by the end.The clock stopped for me at 1.03 44
A benchmark has been set, a realistic goal on a faster course/night 1.01 odd
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Below is my press release for the 100. Forum readers may be interested in the fixed gear competition, which I did not mention in the report.
The fixed gear prize was won by John Beer (Kingston Phoenix RC). He told me that he had chosen not to use his normal TT bike (which has gears) because he thought the position would be too uncomfortable for a hundred, so he opted for his normal ‘ride around’ bike with an 85” single freewheel. He described the machine as ‘nothing special’ and the only alteration to it was the clip on bars. This might sound like a crazy decision to most TT’ers, but John, a 60 year old comeback rider, did a very respectable 4.42.26 which was an improvement of just over 22 minutes on his qualifying time.
Strictly speaking he did not qualify for the prize, since he had not quite beaten my 2006 time, but since he had a much worse day than I did, I felt it would be absurdly mean to quibble over a minute or so.There was only one other single gear rider and he opted for 83” fixed. I will not report his exact time, but I will say that he achieved a substantial vets’ plus. He was not the sort of person who would be asked for ID when buying wine in a supermarket, and he had a very smart machine which was completely ‘old school’ (that is – no aerodynamic aids, no clip on bars) except for the brand new carbon frame.
Hounslow & District Wheelers 100 (29th May 2011)
Adam Topham (High Wycombe) riding only his third ever 100, discovered unrealised potential at the longer distances by beating former British Best All Rounder Nik Bowdler (Team Pedal Revolution). Topham recorded 3 hours 38 minutes 46 seconds to Bowdler’s 3.41.38. It was not an easy day: among the early starters seventeen of those who finished were out in the strong and blustery south west wind for over five hours and no one should imagine that Nik Bowdler did not do a good ride. He was leading at 50 miles with 1.48.02 to Topham’s 1.48.51, and when he went over the finishing line in a time that beat his own course record by a minute and forty five seconds he must have had hopes of victory, but it was not to be. Back at the HQ the winner said: “Previously, when attempting this distance my power output has dropped in the last 25 miles – today it was constant. All the same, it still hurt.” He added that his “three hour turbo sessions have proved their worth.” His strategy had been to go hard into the wind and ease off a little on the tailwind sections. With a trajectory like this, perhaps these are the words of a future BBAR champion. The National Vets’ Mixed Tandem record fell in this event with Paul Holdsworth and Jill Bartlett (Hounslow & District) recording 3. 56. 40. Paul was pleased and a bit surprised that they had got under four hours in that wind and Jill, when asked how she managed to look so fresh replied “well, it didn’t seem to take very long – if I’d been on my own I’d probably still be out there!”Result:
- Adam Topham (High Wycombe CC) 3.38.46
- Nik Bowdler (Team Pedal Revolution) 3.41.38
- Steve Berry (San Fairy Ann CC) 3.48.20
- Geoff Loveman (Fareham Wheelers) 3.56.06
- Matt Malloy (Finsbury Park CC) 3 .59.31
- Jon Lewis (Charlotteville CC) 4. 02.29
- Stefan Harrison (Team Echelon Rotor) 4. 03.03
- Graeme Stirzaker (A3CRG) 4. 03.21
- Steve Irwin (Kingston Wheelers) 4.08.35
- Jim Lay (Kingston Wheelers) 4.08.54.
Pictures should follow.
- Adam Topham (High Wycombe CC) 3.38.46
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Hounslow & District Wheelers 100 – 29th May 2011.
Next weekend the Ron Brown Memorial 100 returns to its normal place in the calendar as the first long distance time trial of the season.
It’s sometimes said that modern time trialling is all about short distances, but this year’s Hounslow race has attracted an excellent field of one hundred riders headed by the 2008-9 BBAR Nik Bowdler (Team Pedal Revolution). Other leading names with qualifying times inside 4 hours include: Adam Topham (High Wycombe CC), Steve Berry (San Fairy Ann CC), John Dowling (Hemel Hempstead CC), Phil Ember (Kingston Wheelers) and Jeff Loveman (Fareham Wheelers).
Although the Anfield 100 (to be held the next day) has a longer tradition the Hounslow event can now fairly be called a classic, having been run by the club since 1956. However its history goes back much further than this since the 100 was previously run by the legendary Calleva RC, who originally started it as a *club *event in the 1930’s. It has twice been honoured as the National Championship at the distance, and on the last occasion in 1997 Kevin Dawson recorded the record time (for the Hounslow event ) of 3.29.03.
The course is the H 100/88 which uses the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, with the HQ at Lower Froyle. First man is off at 8am.