Here’s your weekly roundup of news from the club.
The Chew Lake weekly TT (Classic League) tomorrow: Two people needed for this week, at least one of you needs to have a car. Put your name on the rota here. If you might be interested you can reply to this email and we’ll tell you more. Also, more about the event here.
- Club Open 50 TT. One to plan a little way ahead for – it’s on Saturday July 6th and we need marshals and HQ helpers. Again, please reply to this email as I (Mark) am the event organiser.
- Club Open 100 TT. This one is even further out, but as it’s in the school holidays we thought we’d ask early. Emily put her hand up to run a 100 mile time trial for the club, something that hasn’t happened for several years. It’s also the only 100 miler in the West District, so we’d love to make it a big success. The event is on Sunday 11th August, and as it’s a long one we need a plenty of people to pitch in please.
News
- Club Open 10 TT: The event took place on Saturday, and the sun shone and skies were (mostly) blue. And the wind blew ? boy did it blow! A tailwind outbound leg meant some really quick segment times, until the turn. When you pretty much hit a wall of wind. Our organiser Simon Cox was ably supported by a team of helpers consisting of Ed Gallimore, John Gleave, Lee Howarth, Mark Hannaford and Claire Newill.
- Chew Lake TT: The club’s weekly TT around Chew Lake kicked off last week, Whilst the weather wasn’t great when the timekeepers set off to prepare the event, by the time the first rider started at 7pm things had improved and 14 riders got their first times of the season. Results here,
If you have ever thought about entering a TT this is very much the one for you, it’s convenient to get to from Bristol, you’ll find a friendly bunch and it’s on every week so you can set a time one week and try and beat the week after! Meet at the carpark on Wally Lane from 6:30pm with £4 and Front+Rear bike lights. - Ewan’s Strava Competition Update: Neil Frost’s April segment is well underway. 16 members have ridden the chicaning climb. Surface not fantastic, but the overwhelming comments are that it’s worth doing a recce as the road twists and turns to a sudden finish. Steve Francis has the fastest time to date, 4 riders are under the magic 3min barrier. Mark Hannaford was the first ascender (repeat offender!), but Samir Okasha rode it early too so gets a bonus point.
March’s comp ended whilst I was away, so to clear up some additional admin – whilst Nick Cox and Katherine Brand were fastest – the best times vs expected were (also Nick Cox) Ben Woodhouse and Adam Whitehead.
Now Spring is clearly here, 17 more days to set a time this month! - Club kit order: You can currently order BSCC kit via this link until this Sunday, the 21st. The order will then go to production and there won’t be another until the end of summer If it’s your first time you can read about the process here. As always, if you don’t want to wait there is a limited stock held locally that you can try on and/or collect from Nailsea. Details here.
- Mendip Madness: With the continual terrible weather Jon had to cancel the planned Mendip Madness club run last weekend. He’s hoping the weather will play ball for this weekend 21st April, fingers crossed.
- Tour de Bristol: Duncan McNair rode the 65km Tour De Bristol sportive and whilst not officially a race he was the first rider home for his first ever ‘victory’ on a bike! Hopefully it won’t be his last, Chapeau!
Time trials: - Racing news:
BSCC riders in our own 10 on Saturday were Esther Ive, Mark Bradley, Andrew Legge-Knight, Joanna Legge-Knight, Daniel Kempe, and Aaron Pascovitch. Esther and Jo tied for 1st!
It was a double weekend with riders racing in Wales on the Usk R25/7 course: Mark Bradley, Joanna Legge-Knight, Daniel Kempe and Mark Halls. - Entries closing today: Part of the WTTA Hardriders: Gloucester City Cycling Club 25 miler on the U72 in Gloucester – 28th April race.
Local(ish) Audaxes coming up:
– Brevet Cymru, longer than recent events at 400km, starting from Chepstow on May 4th
