2 weeks worth of Old Gore 10s plus some news and up coming events

2^nd  of May Old Gore 10

Milli giving it large

A little late but it’s been a hectic week or so. The best conditions of the season so far greeted 15 raring riders for surprise Old Gore 10. Bestest on the night again was Steve Millard, not so far ahead of an improving me….

Max  has been put in charge of keeping me honest, would assume he’s taking chunks out of me up the final climb. 

A humongous improvement this week by Nick P, just taking Matt by a mere second.

Come try rider Neil made an impact on his first outing, with James, not at his fastest but looking very fast up to the finish. Mike D had a great ride, and was well happy. Climb on Andy was only a few seconds behind Mike. Nige  just scraped under the golden half hour with Wobbly Bob just over. 

Rich seemed happy with his effort just squeezing Clive out of 12^th spot. Paul M was very happy with his improvement, with a set of tri bars for next week’s event (see below for results.) Jon A brought up the rear, but was far happier with his ride. Now if there wasn’t a hill, life would be good for him.

Thanks this week to John, Audrey & Tim at the turn, Taff pushing off, and Julie timing.

Rider of the night this week goes to Neil, awesome first effort.

9^th May Old Gore 10

The Racing snake also giving large

Well well well, another Old Gore 10. This week, the wind was horrendous, not quite a full tailwind out but not as bad as it could have been on the return.  9 minute and 40 seconds  I hit the turn in, all helped by a massive top gear (my secret weapon hitting 40mph at 95rpm) which gave me an unfair advantage over everyone else. 

 Max once again kept me honest, taking the silver and Gannet’s Johnny 3^rd . Little Matt had to settle for 4^th spot, now taking a break for exam/school work. It was noted he’s also out partying at the end of term Prom. 

Once again James flew over the finish line, can’t remember if he’s currently using his TT machine. Our Nige was next home. From a distance it initially looked like he was doing a 2 up with Paul M, but as I got closer I could see they were merely having a really good battle up to the finish. Paul liked the new tri bars, saying he could feel the power using them. It won’t be very long before he dips under the half hour judging by his ride on the Sunday ride.

Thanks go to Bill at the turn, Taff pushing off and Steve Millard timing. 

Please note, a working rear light is required for dull evenings or inclement weather as it can be quite dark in some of the wooded sections. The timekeepers have the final say, not me the race sec.

Rider of the night this week I have decided is me…..

 

Next week looks like it will be an Old Gore 10. Long range weather forecast is for light wind. 

Next Sunday is The Cross Ash Hilly. Do we have a volunteer timekeeper? I am happy to time if we have a good turnout. Can you let me know if you’re happy to time or ride in advance please.

Open News. One Mr Bevan under my advice took his first open win. Riding the Ludlow 10 took an easy win in a time of 20:27. We hatched a race plan on the way up, not sure he run to the plan, but hey, a win’s a win. Now he’s left with a problem. He was riding his road bike converted over to a TT machine as his race bike had a crack in the frame. Is his road bike the quicker machine? He’ll find out later this week.

On the long ride front, Wobbly Bob, Virgil, Taff and Sarah did a trip around the Gospel pass Saturday. They did find a little rain with Wobbly Bob testing his best summer kit thoroughly in it.

I was surprised to see Taff & Sarah on the club ride today. Bill had to return to Monmouth having suffered a nose bleed waiting for his better half to pick him up at Lidl. As luck would have it he found a good bargain on beer there.

Tuesday night rides look like they’re going to be back on. 7:00 from POW car park. Nigel, let me know if you want me to put it back on the web page calendar.