Monday, 15 October 2012

Chippenham Wheelers 3up TTT

14th October 2012
Two a3crg teams travelled over to Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire on this cold but bright Sunday morning, teams as follows;

"A" team - Phil, Seb & Paddy
"B" team - Me, John H & Trevor

Myself and the remaining "B" teamers had a pretty good ride, although John struggled a bit on the hills he made up for it on the downhills. Most of the time we stayed together and for once I felt fairly comfortable. Finished in a 1:01 holding off our "A" team who started 6 minutes behind, for some reason we only picked up prize money for 2nd Vets team, although we were actually the 1st Vet team?!

The "A" team had a much stronger ride with Paddy doing only a few turns and getting dropped on the hills. Even so they finished in a 55 ish but 2 minutes behind the winning VC St. Raphael team, still a cracking ride and picking up 2nd place prize money on their first ride on the course.

Pictures courtesy of Darryl here...

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Tour of the Lod Valley

7th October 2012

Following dad's 70th bash and then Gaby's 21st birthday party the night before, getting up this morning was a struggle to participate in the seasonal Tour of the Lod Valley.

Bright but fresh morning made for a freezing downhill and hot uphill timetrial! Finished with a reasonable 1:05 and part of the winning team with Seb & Charlie, by the very close margin of 2 seconds from VC St. Raphael!

However the £5 prize money was quickly swallowed up after losing my Polar computer out on the course!

Pictures courtesy of Darryl

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