Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Although there is no single gear news in this report I am posting it because I feel there may be some interest in the reference to place to place records, a subject which I think has never been mentioned in the column.
This is an aspect of time trialling which has always attracted me, although sadly I have never attempted a record myself and it's certainly too late for me now. However it looks as though I may at last be able to have an involvement - as a reporter.

Hounslow & District Wheelers.
**Autumn 25 **(23rd September 2012)

Last Sunday Nic Stagg maintained his firm grip on the Hounslow’s club 25’s, recording the fast time of 57 minutes 25 seconds for a comfortable win.

Paul Holdsworth was in the silver medal position with a creditable 58.50, while Lawrence Wintergold took third place with 1.2.01. These are all good times on the slow West of Windsor course, particularly since they were done in bad weather conditions with heavy rain and a strong, cold easterly wind which caused the slowest quarter of the field to fail to average twenty miles per hour. It should be said that however slow those riders were, at least they showed grit and determination to finish.

Over the past three seasons Nic has won almost every club 25 that he has ridden, the exceptions being Midsummer 2011 where Paul Holdsworth came out on top, and Autumn 2010 and 2011 which were both won by our second claim member Wouter Sybrandy who rides as a pro for the Sigma Sport team. Sadly Wouter was absent from this year’s event because he was badly injured in a crash on the final stage of the Tour of Britain last week. The most recent report we have is that he is in a ‘stable condition’ in hospital. Our thoughts go out to him.

A mention should be made of third placed Loz Wintergold who is the new club Best All Rounder Champion and who had ridden 40 miles to the start from his home in Sussex. A report of his BAR season has been delayed by a slow official result for the 12 hour event, but this should appear next week.

  Although Loz can turn in fast tens and twenty fives, he has enjoyed a more distinguished career at the longer distances. He has shown great form this year, for example by taking third place in the Kent CA Twelve Hour event, in spite of serious mechanical problems. Perhaps his form was better than he himself expected, because now, with the normal racing season at an end, he has decided to turn his attention to place to place records. His first target, really just a practice for later attempts at regional and national records, will be the Hounslow’s club record for Hounslow to Worthing and back. This has stood to the credit of J. Howes since time immemorial in a time of 5 hours 43 minutes 1 second, and although the large number of traffic lights which have sprung up since Mr. Howes epoch will doubtless cause some problems, this record should be a relatively easy *hors d’oeuvre*.

**Result Autumn 25 for 2012 **(top eight )

1. Nic Stagg 57.48
   
2. Paul Holdsworth 58.50
   
3. Loz Wintergold 1. 02.01
   
4. Mark Lorenzi 1. 04.02
   
5. Rob Gilmour 1. 04.04
   
6. Brent Skinner 1. 06.40
   
7. Andrew Caldwell 1. 09.14
   
8. Jill Bartlett 1. 10.00.
   
   

1st on handicap: Mark Lorenzi, 1st on Vets’ Standard Paul Holdsworth, 1st Lady Jill Bartlett.