These are the club records for the fastest rides recorded by a Pendle Forest team of three in an open solo time trial in the standard distance categories of 10 miles, 25 miles, 50 miles and 100 miles.
10 Miles
This was set in the Kent Valley RC Mid Summer event held 24/06/2023 on the L1015 Levens course. The combined time of 59:26 beat the previous record by 1 minute 28 seconds. That was set at 01:00:54 by Richard Bideau (18:35), Jason Bateman (20:16) and Gary Smith* (22:03) during the Team Swift 10 on V718, 24/08/2014.
*Gary had a 1 minute late start penalty added to his time.
| Rider | Time |
|---|---|
| Richard Bideau | 19:30 |
| Jason Bateman | 19:54 |
| Paul Braithwaite | 20:02 |
| Combined | 59:26 |
Photo Credits
Richard Bideau by Kimroy Photography (Brian Jones) pictured in the Kent Valley RC midsummer Levens 10, 24/06/2023.
Jason Bateman by Raymond Bracewell, pictured in the Pendle Forest CC Levens 10, 31/07/2021.
Paul Braithwaite by Raymond Bracewell, pictured in the East Lancashire RC Levens 10, 06/05/2023.
25 miles
This was set in the Kent Valley RC event held 25/06/2023 on the L2524 Levens course. The combined time of 02:36:00 shaved 46 seconds off the previous record.
| Rider | Time |
|---|---|
| Jason Bateman | 51:36 |
| Richard Bideau | 51:38 |
| Paul Braithwaite | 52:46 |
| Combined | 02:36:00 |
The previous record was set on the H25/13b course in 1993, the same event in which Chris Boardman set a new competition record of 45:57 for 25 miles. In this event the Pendle Forest team time of 02:36:46 was recorded by Graham Waddington (51:30), Jason Bateman (52:25) and Andy Gates (52:51).
50 Miles
Set in 1995.
| Rider | Time |
|---|---|
| Jim Durcan | – |
| Graham Waddington | – |
| Simon Phillips | – |
| Combined | 05:50:26 |
100 Miles
Set in 1997.
| Rider | Time |
|---|---|
| Graham Waddington | – |
| Simon Phillips | – |
| Trevor Stansfield | – |
| Combined | 13:09:46 |