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Lazonby 2024
Border City Wheelers. Lazonby Hilly 20mile NLTTA SpoCo. 24/03/2024. Course and Conditions Starting just outside the villiage of Lazonby, the course consists of two laps of a 10 mile circuit. From the start there is a short flat section leading to a brief steep climb followed by a fast twisting descent – proper SpoCo challenges.…
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Ingleborough 2024 Results
Race Day By Richard Bideau. An impressive field of 102 riders signed up for Ingleborough 2024, many more than in recent years. With many young riders and big turnouts from 360cycling, Solas Race Team, Tactic UK WRT and Pendle Forest CC, this was a very welcome reversal of the trend to having fewer and older…
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Circuit of Clapham
Scenes of Chaos at the Circuit of Clapham: Dud Bronze takes the win Roadworks, bad weather and militant waterfowl caused chaos on Sunday’s hilly Yorkshire time trial. Already shortened from the planned route, a backup course ‘The Circuit of Clapham’ had been pressed into action only to be further disrupted by an unexpected duck protest.…
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2024 Bolton-by-Bowland Hilly 10.
Rossendale Road Club Hilly 10 ‘Bolton-by-Bowland’- on L112. 24/02/2024. Following a very wet week, the Saturday of the opening event of the season in North District turned out to be near-perfect for the time of year. It was chilly, but less so than for 2023, with almost no wind and as an added bonus, occasional…
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New Club TT Records
The Pendle Forest time trial team were busy on mid-summer weekend of 2023, with new club records for the team of three in the 10 mile and 25 mile solo time trials. On Saturday evening the combination of Bideau – Bateman – Braithwaite knocked 1 minute 38 seconds off the 10 mile record set in…
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Velo Club Cumbria 10
Velo Club Cumbria 10 mile TT on L1010. 03/06/2023. The image is from the 2017 NLTTA 100 taken near Braithwaite Institute Village Hall on the same stretch of road used by this 10. Roadclutter and sheep have been digitally obliterated. Course L1010 is one of the many excellent courses using the A66 between Keswick and…
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Barrow Central Wheelers Hilly 21. NLTTA SpoCo.
Barrow Central Wheelers 21 mile hilly TT on L212. 23/04/2023. Course L212 is an out and back course on the A5087 coast road between Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. There are four hilly sections in total, each about two and a half miles in length separated by flatter parts next to the shore and near the far…
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VTTA National 25 2023
National VTTA Championship 25 mile TT on V236/1. 16/04/2023. Event Details VTTA (Veterans Time Trials Association) time trials have results based on an adjusted time that depends on age. These events are held under CTT regulations and are open to younger riders as well, but awards are made only to VTTA members. For 2023, a…
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North Lancs RC 10 on L101
North Lancs Road Club. Open 10 mile TT on L101. 08/04/2023. Course and Conditions A classic out-and-back 10 mile time trial, L101, on the A6 north of Garstang is a good course to test the rider. Pan-flat it isn’t; the gentle rises and falls are enough to require and adapive strategy to maximise performance. Being…
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Circuit of the Dales 2023
North Lancs Road Club. Circuit of the Dales 50mile NLTTA SpoCo. 02/04/2023. A Brief History By Richard Bideau First run in 1947, the Circuit of the Dales is among the oldest events of its type. That year it was won by 26 year old Gordon Thomas of the Yorkshire Road Club with a time of…
