SCCU Good Friday Meeting

Maybe if he was on a tiny little gear and I had a few ciders before hand.

Sorry, Jim, PEDs are not allowed.

got this in diary for jolly day will look out for you trackies I know.

Managed to wangle the day off work for this.

I am excite

Entry list is published.
Jody Cundy is racing again this year, and Robert Forstemann will be there with his thighs.

My daughter and I will be there, for thighs, motorbikes, pickled eggs, jumble, chatting to daddy's strange cycling friends etc

BBC weather report for next week:

Tuesday - Dry
Wednesday - Dry
Thursday - Dry
Friday - Rain
Saturday - Dry

FFS etc and so on.

I really hope Michael Fish has got it wrong again.

it'll just be a repeat of the last two years then
hopefully we'll get some racing before the rain falls
although with the new anti slip track maybe they won't stop for rain and just plough on through

It didn't rain last year or the year before. Which is very unusual tbf.

hmmm r u sure
i'm thought last years was called off just after lunch due to persistant rain ?
admittedly at my age all the years begin to merge together

now where are my werthers ?

I'm pretty sure, I was racing all day. Though now you have me doubting myself. The year before was the unofficial one after the main event moved to Manchester because they couldn't rely on the weather and it turned out glorious.

This thread is descending into RPM levels of pessimism...

The new track can be ridden pretty much straight after a downpour.

I've been hanging around him too long...

@ tricky
sorry to make you doubt yourself .. if anyone iis not remembering properly it's certainly me !

if it does rain you are all invited over to mine .. i'm in straford. we could re group there and gatecrash the olympic velodrome
i've got plenty of beers in the fridge... i think ;-)

this thread is descending into rpm levels of pessimism realism.

ftfy

I'm pretty sure, I was racing all day. Though now you have me doubting myself. The year before was the unofficial one after the main event moved to Manchester because they couldn't rely on the weather and it turned out glorious.

2012 full programme
2011 in Manchester
2010 rained off (after a farcical qualifying in gale force winds and rain)
2009 wet, windy and cold, reduced program eventually rained off
2008 windy and cold but full prog IIRC
2007 glorious sunshine

2008 windy and cold but full prog IIRC

I guess it's going to be like 2008

if it does rain you are all invited over to mine .. i'm in straford. we could re group there and gatecrash the olympic velodrome
i've got plenty of beers in the fridge... i think ;-)

Post your address, just in case like.

its doing my coconut in, more cancellations tommorrow for stuff organised weeks ago

wet track/ dry track thread>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I guess it's going to be like 2008

I reckon it's going to be exactly like 2013

http://road.cc/content/news/79164-tennant-and-förstermann-among-stars-herne-hill-good-friday-meeting

"Leif Lampater, Andy Tennant and Germany’s Robert Förstemann, plus Paralympic stars Jody Cundy and Jon-Allan Butterworth...
Also 3 womens specific events"

Looking good!
Could be one of the best GFs since 2007

( when Brantley Wiggston famously won the mixed doubles by 17 lengths and a nose. #comeontim)

http://road.cc/content/news/79164-tennant-and-förstermann-among-stars-herne-hill-good-friday-meeting

"Leif Lampater, Andy Tennant and Germany’s Robert Förstemann, plus Paralympic stars Jody Cundy and Jon-Allan Butterworth...
Also 3 womens specific events"

Looking good!
**Could be one of the best GFs since 2007
**
( when Brantley Wiggston famously won the mixed doubles by 17 lengths and a nose. #comeontim)

I cannot imagine it being that good, I will not be there. On the bright side, long term weather forecast is indicating a balmy 8 C and low risk of rain. But there is plenty of time for that to change!

Well seeing as it's snowing now, that reduces the odds of it doing so in a week's time.

thats some sort of optimism right there^

i got my rider pass in the post today, can't wait, just praying for the weather to be good, my estimation remains thats its going to be windy and fairly cold

thats some sort of optimism right there^

Maybe it is. Having just seen a predictive weather website?