This week's club time trial is the annual hardriders event, featuring two trips up the Bow Brickhill climb. If you are new to the course, please review the course description and risk assessment. Hopefully the weather will have improved by this event! Course route - includes download links for many GPS enabled computers. Note also that this course is covered twice.
All are welcome at our club time trials: make sure you turn up in time to sign on. You'll need a mechanically sound bike and a bike helmet. We recommend the use of a rear light, especially in evening events. You need to be 12 or over to ride time trials. If you are under 18 you will need permission from a parent or guardian to take part (download a permission form in pdf format and in Word format). Each of our courses has a route description and a risk assessment. Make sure you have familiarised yourself with the course!
This event is on Sunday 27th March, and starts at 9.00am. Entry is on the line at £3.00 (NBRC members), £5.00 (non-members). Maximum number of riders 40. NOTE THAT BRITISH SUMMERTIME BEGINS 1am ON SUNDAY 27TH!
The full events calendar is here.
Results
A cold and blustery morning greeted the riders who showed up for the annual NBRC Hardriders club event. There was an interesting mix of road bikes and TT bikes, possibly reflecting the confidence (or not) in muscling a TT bike up the Bow Brickhill climb not once, but twice. Some, myself included, felt the advantages elsewhere on the course merited a potentially slower ride up the hill on a TT bike.
Well done to Doug Coleman for the win. He passed me in Woburn Sands on the first lap! First NBRC rider was David Price with Tim Bailey hot on his heels. Thanks as usual to Bryan, Tony and Steph.
| Solo Event | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Pos.On | ||||||
| Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Time | Cat | Vets. Std | .+ / - | Vets Std |
| 1 | 12 | Doug Coleman | CC Luton | 25.16 | 50.25 | Sen | |||
| 2 | 13 | Richard Wood | TMG Horizon Cycling Team | 25.32 | 51.08 | Sen | |||
| 3 | 8 | Richard Golding | Equipe Velo | 26.04 | 52.17 | V47 | 53.39 | .+ 1.22 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Barry Connolly | TeamMK | 26.57 | 52.21 | Sen | |||
| 5 | 15 | James Fox | CC Luton | 26.42 | 53.12 | V40 | 52.31 | .- 0.41 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindz Barral | Equipe Velo | 27.26 | 54.48 | Sen | |||
| 7 | 2 | Matthew Wooton | TeamMK | 27.23 | 55.13 | V40 | 52.31 | .- 2.47 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | David Price | NBRC | 28.18 | 56.18 | V48 | 53.48 | .- 2.30 | 4 |
| 9 | 18 | Tim Bailey | NBRC | 28.12 | 56.29 | V49 | 53.58 | .- 2.31 | 5 |
| 10 | 7 | Tom Krause | Equipe Velo | 28.22 | 56.37 | Sen | |||
| 11 | 9 | Robert Saunders | NBRC | 28.25 | 57.14 | V56 | 55.08 | .- 2.06 | 3 |
| 12 | 14 | Chris Hart | CC Luton | 30.37 | 57.37 | Sen | |||
| 13 | 3 | Ian Markham | Chronos RT | 30.31 | 61.02 | V47 | 53.39 | .- 7.23 | 7 |
| 14 | 5 | Neill Boddington | NBRC | 30.44 | 61.39 | V41 | 52.41 | .- 8.58 | 8 |
| 15 | 4 | Phill Elvidge | Club Corley | 30.57 | 62.26 | V42 | 52.51 | .- 9.35 | 9 |
| 16 | 11 | Wayne Thomas | NBRC | 35.19 | …….. | V64 | 56.55 | ||
| Two up TTT | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Steve Torley (2 up TTT) | TeamMK | 27.55 | 55.53 | Sen | |||
| 1 | 16 | Jason Gurney (2 up TTT) | Arbis-Colbert Cycles RT | 27.55 | 55.53 | V46 | 53.30 | ||
| Time keepers:- Steph Cousins & Tony Farmborough NBRC | |||||||||
| Pusher off & Course Marshals:- Bryan Scarborough & Andy Wickham NBRC | |||||||||
Handicap Results
And the handicap results, courtesy of Bryan Scarborough:
A really good turnout on a not so good morning . We just managed to beat the rain which blessed us minutes after the last rider finished! Despite our 18 riders, only four had ridden the course before, so the handicap results are shorter than usual. Well done to everyone who turned out. Hope you all had a tailwind home!
| Place | Rider | time | |
| 1 | Robert Saunders | 43:55 | |
| 2 | Lindz Barral | 49:34 | |
| 3 | Richard Wood | 51:08 | |
| 4 | James Fox | 52:37 |
Photo gallery
Nathan sent in three sets of photographs. He took the first set near the start, the second as riders scales Church Road for the second time, and the third set were taken near the finish.
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