Stagsden 10 13/9/14

This was the last time trial in the North Bucks TT series (the remaining event is the Hill Clib championship). Three North Bucks riders turned up, to be joined by three others, who must have detected our crestfallen faces! Still, there was a race to be ridden. The Stagsden course is quite interesting, with significant undulations that can be quite disruptive to the riders' rhythm variably depending on the wind direction. This morning, there was pretty much no wind, and the only issues were the drags up to Astwood and Chicheley, which affected both legs equally. I just tried to buckle down and go as hard as I could. I finished in 23:17 to take second place behind Richard Wood. Mind you, the three non-NBRC riders were on road bikes!

Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	4	Richard Wood	Arbis/Colbert	23.11	S
2	3	Robert Saunders	NBRC	23.17	V54	27.04	.+ 3.47	1
3	5	James Fox	CCLuton	23.26	S
4	2	Dave Price	NBRC	24.18	V46	26.27	.+ 2.09	2
5	1	Andy Wickham	NBRC	24.43	V44	26.18	.+ 1.35	3
6	6	Rob Fletcher	Arbis/Colbert	25.08	V43	26.13	.+ 1.05	4

As usual, we're indebted to Steph, Tony and Bryan for ensuring the event could happen.