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We had a lovely summery spring evening for this event, one of our interclub events between the North Bucks Road Club and the A5 Rangers, and it brought out a field of 32 riders.  There was quite a stiff easterly breeze, which made me rather apprehensive about likely times on this course, which is not exactly a dragstrip!', '

In the event however most, if not all, riders recorded improvements, with some particularly strong rides.  I was pleased to improve by nearly half a minute to 22:56.  The breeze actually helped us up the hill to the DC section and up to the turn.

Tony's official writeup is here.

								Pos. on
Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	7	Stuart Tarry	Team Sanjan Design	21.46	S
2	29	Simon Cannings	TeamMK	21.58	S
3	5	Tony Parks	NBRC	22.01	V43	26.06	.+ 4.05	7
4	16	Rob Fletcher	High Wycombe CC	22.11	S
5	9	Nick Pitt	Team Sanjan Design	22.36	S
6	23	Ian Marshall	TeamMK	22.41	S
7	32	Geoff Perry	TeamMK	22.45	V48	27.07	.+ 4.22	5
8	11	Rob Saunders	NBRC	22.56	V48	27.07	.+ 4.11	6
9	18	Lee Goodman	TeamMK	23.13	S
10	14	Greg Lewis	Sigma Sport	23.36	V44	26.18	.+ 2.42	12
11	31	Kevin Stokes	NBRC	23.37	V46	26.42	.+ 3.05	10
12	24	Fred Edwards	TeamMK	23.40	V50	27.33	.+ 3.53	8
13	8	Ian Stokes	NBRC	23.49	V48	27.07	.+ 3.18	9
14	21	Lindz Barral	TeamMK	24.10	S
15	12	Brian Primett	NBRC	25.06	V41	25.42	.+ 0.36	18
16	6	Chris Hartley	NBRC	25.30	V50	27.33	.+ 2.03	14
17	4	Trevor Parrish	A5 Rangers CC	25.42	V63	30.30	.+ 4.48	2
18	3	Andy Lambeth	NBRC	25.51	V50	27.33	.+ 1.42	16
19	26	Murray Kirton	A5 Rangers CC	26.00	V67	31.30	.+ 5.30	1
20	1	Alan Lawson	NBRC	26.05	S
21	13	Gilbert Wheelwright	NBRC	26.26	V65	31.00	.+ 4.34	4
22	27	Stuart Chung	NBRC	26.42	S
23	25	David Stockton	A5 Rangers CC	26.48	V67	31.30	.+ 4.42	3
24	17	Tony Brunton	NBRC	27.34	V43	26.06	.- 1.28	21
25	2	Chris Parkes	NBRC	27.46	V48	27.07	.- 0.39	20
26	10	Dave Garrard	NBRC	28.12	V60	29.48	.+ 1.36	17
26	20	Mick Holiday	A5 Rangers CC	28.16	V51	27.46	.- 0.30	19
28	15	Dick Selley	NBRC	28.45	V67	31.30	.+ 2.45	11
29	28	Katherine Dilks	NBRC	29.42	SL
30	30	Brian Hills	NBRC	30.33	V72	32.46	.+ 2.13	13
31	22	Derek Taylor	NBRC	32.35	V78	34.22	.+ 1.47	15
32	19	Sue Holiday	A5 Rangers CC	33.38	LV51	29.34	.- 4.04	22
Time keepers :- Mary Hartley & Tony Farmborough NBRC

Once again (again), the forecast was for rain, and this time (unlike Wednesday), it turned out to be a pleasant morning for a time trial.  This was only my second solo 25 of the season, and it was held on the F1/25, using the version with turns at the Sandy and Buckden roundabouts.  In past seasons, I've never had a good ride on this course. On the day, it was pretty mlld, and in fact I felt a bit too warm with my arm warmers on.  Once again, I rode the Cougar with the trispoke clinchers - a configuration I'm very happy with.', '

I had quite an early start, at 7.16 (number 31, bizarrely).  The seeding of the field seemed a little odd.  Not that I am disputing being on a 1.  What little wind there was presented a headwind for the southbound legs (i.e. to the Sandy RAB, and from the Buckden RAB to the finish.  This didn't present too much of an obstacle, in contrast to my inability to keep the speed up over the undulations in the course.  I suppose that offers some pointers to how I should modify my training.

My result was a 57:43 (and no punctures in contrast to my clubmate Ian Stokes, who was a DNS due to a puncture before he started).  Out of a full field, I came 32nd...

1	Sam Barker	Planet X	00:51:17	S
2	Ian Cammish	Planet X	00:51:40	V	+19.59
3	Paul Mill	Team Edwardes/Elite Cycling	00:51:59	V	+14.01
4	Barry Charlton	Lyme RC	00:52:09	V	+14.51
5	James Heaton	Rugby RC	00:52:16	V	+13.44
6	Jason Gurney	Team Milton Keynes	00:52:58	S
7	Neil Kirk	North Notts Olympic RC	00:54:02	V	+14.29
8	Dan Staite	Python RT	00:54:10	S
9	Andre Dyason	PCA Ciclos Uno	00:54:27	V	+15.06
10	Dave Kendall	Finsbury Park CC	00:54:31	S
11	Tony Stott	Wheelspin Cycles	00:54:39	V	+23.41
11	Ian Waddilove	Fenland Clarion CC	00:54:39	V	+17.32
12	Martin Jones	Fenland Clarion CC	00:55:08	S
13	Stuart Tarry	Team Sanjan Design	00:55:10	S
14	Simon Cannings	Team Milton Keynes	00:55:15	S
15	Mark Simmons	Team Milton Keynes	00:55:21	S
16	Ian Wroblewski	Leicestershire RC	00:55:56	S
17	Paul Lilley	Fenland Clarion CC	00:56:00	V	+14.04
18	Zak Moore	45 Road Club	00:56:04	V	+10.26
19	Neill Coventry	www.agiskoviner.com	00:56:10	V	+14.57
20	Dave Green	RAF CC	00:56:20	V	+11.40
21	Hugh Vivian	Finsbury Park CC	00:56:21	V	+11.09
22	Paul Davis	St Ives CC	00:56:30	V	+10.30
23	Darren Jewell	Glos City CC	00:56:39	S
24	Nick Jackson	Cambridge CC	00:56:51	V	+9.39
25	Ian Mackerness	FVS Tri	00:56:55	V	+10.35
26	Steven Madeley	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	00:57:04	V	+11.58
27	Ken Roesner	Fat Birds CC	00:57:14	V	+12.50
28	David Pearson	VC Lincoln	00:57:24	S
29	Nicholas Pitt	Team Sanjan Design	00:57:30	S
30	Dean Clarke	Fat Birds CC	00:57:36	V	+10.24
31	Andrew Murphy	Haverhill Wheelers	00:57:42	S
32	Robert Saunders	North Bucks RC	00:57:43	V	+12.21

 

Once again, the forecast was not good for a time trial: this time the forecast was accurate! It turned out to be a hard evening on the course, with a headwind up the hill to the turn, and light rain.

Because the event was over at Stony Stratford (F5u/10 - though despite what the code suggests, the course version we use is 11.4 miles), I rode down to work on the Cougar TT bike, then on to the event after work.  By then, there was light rain which eased a little by the time I got to Stony.  On the way, however, I had yet another puncture (while I was evading a traffic jam on Brickhill St by popping briefly onto the redway).  I had no tyre levers, but discovered I could use 50p coins instead! This was the fifth puncture of the 2008 season.

Anyway, 12 riders showed up for the event.  It wasn't quite as cold as it looked, but the headwind out to the turn made life a bit difficult, and for me the return leg was hampered by nerves at the twists and turns in the road in the fast descents - since the crash I had a few years back in the Icknield early season hilly when cornering in the wet, I've been a bit more (too?) cautious. For much of my ride, it was raining lightly, and this had the beneficial effect of getting ride of the clouds of annoying insects that seem to come off the fields just to get up your nose and into your eyes!

In the end I took second place after Stuart Tarry.  I was first NBRC rider, but got pipped by Glibert on vets standard.  I rode home uneventfully, except for the twerp who tried to pass me on the left while I was negotiating a double roundabout

 

Result of the NBRC Time Trial held on Wednesday 30th of April 2008
Course:- F5u/10 (Stony Stratford)   League Round 2
								Pos. on
Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	4	Stuart Tarry	Team Sanjan Design	27.13	S
2	11	Rob Saunders	NBRC	28.12	V48	31.11	.+ 2.59	2
3	10	Kevin Stokes	NBRC	28.29	V45	30.29	.+ 2.00	3
4	9	John Buchanan	NBRC	28.55	S
5	2	Darren Haydon	NBRC	30.02	S
6	12	Lindz Barral	TeamMK	30.14	S
7	8	Brian Primett	NBRC	30.29	V41	29.33	.- 0.56	5
8	6	Chris Hartley	NBRC	31.31	V50	31.41	.+ 0.10	4
9	7	Richard Stanton	NBRC	32.05	S
10	1	Alan Lawson	NBRC	32.35	S
11	5	Gilbert Wheelwright	NBRC	32.37	V65	35.39	.+ 3.02	1
12	3	Chris Parkes	NBRC	35.55	V48	31.11	.- 4.44	6
Time Keepers:- Mary Hartley & Tony Farmborough NBRC

 

The forecast was for rain, but as it turned out, this event was held on a rather lovely spring morning, with a gentle breeze.  The event was organised by the North Bucks Road Club, with the clubroom used as the HQ,  We used the F5d/10, which is the new '10' course based on the Stoke Hammond bypass.

Conditions were fairly similar to those for the recent NBRC club event, and I improved by a measly 3 seconds to record a 23:25.  As far as I recall, the winning time was a long 21 - a fine ride by Jason Gurney (Team MK).  It was good to see a strong turnout from NBRC members.

This is the third event run on the F5d/10 - I reckon it's a pretty tough course, with a lot of climbing (OK the gradients are pretty shallow, but when trying to maintain a reasonable race pace they are quite hard!) to the turn.

Results to follow.