2010 Parham Kermesse

The Southdowns Bikes Cycling Club are holding their fist ever road race event on Saturday 28th August 2010. This is a major event on the Surrey Road Racing League calendar and will require asistance from club members who may be available on that day.

The race is being held on the roads around and through Parham Park, with the finish on closed roads, on the hill above the house and is part of the clubs commitment to the BC to allow racing to continue on the roads around Britain and thereby encourage drivers to give cyclist's a fairer chance on our roads.

To enable us to be able to stage this race, we will need volunteers to Marshall at all the corners on the course, in order that the traffic can be stopped to allow the riders past and ensure safe passage during the race.

Please could all club members spare 3 hours either in the morning between 9:00 and 11:00 or, in the afternoon between 13:00 and 16:00 to help with the running of this event.

Please contact me via email at timothy.p.bishop@btopenworld.com to confirm whether you can attend on the day?


Entry is via :- http://www.surreyleague.co.uk

Bonty 24/12

Alex

Well done to Alex Davey 16th in the 12hr solo, Damian Redmond 24th and Brian Davey(Sussex mtb) 10th both competing in the 12hr solo vets cat.

Damian

Brian

Southdowns Double

Oh my God Legs Of Iron Follow Link For full Story

http://www.bikemagic.com/event-features/rob-dean-smashes-sdd-singlespeed-record/8399.html

Southern XC - Bordon,Hants 11th July

We had two riders competing on Sunday at Rd 4 of the Southern XC at Bordon which always offers a compact fun filled course, full of intriguing features that criss-crosses the event arena, giving spectators plenty of glimpses of the action as riders battle it out. A 5 mile course complete with dry dusty loose trails that test bike handling at every opportunity, as it swoops and climbs, taking in such features as the fast rolling, bermed ditches, a sandy drop offs that dump you at the foot of a firing range, plus plenty of rooty, sand covered climbs all linked together with sweet ribbons of fast flowing singletrack that gives you no time for rest, truly an epic but fun course.

Ian Petherbridge and Alex Taylor made the journey and both rode impressively Ian finishing 4th in the Grand Vets and Alex coming in a creditable 19th in the Sport cat.

Ian consolidating his 2nd place in the series.

Good show guys.

ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH

photo's taken by Marc lots more via event flicker pages

4th July , Deepcut Barracks


Well would we be tough enough !

Emma and I(mixed pair), Matt , John and James(all solo) would give it a go , I hoped it would live up to the hype I gave last years event to the others !

Early morning Emma and I set of with help of sat nav which crashed big time perhaps Army cloaking device in operation ! well Atlas and AA directions got us there , my memory not as good as i thought ! .

We set off on our 8 mile practice lap with not as much time in hand as we had hoped , arriving back at start with only 15 minutes to go we agreed Emma would go first.

At 10.30 6 hour pairs and solo's including Emma and James start in a cloud of dust with Matt and John to join 15 minutes later in the 4hr male and vets category's.

In just under 44 minutes Emma appeared with a large grin hidden under her dusty face ! Awesome she said so  I was off into a twisty singletrack heaven only separated by short fire roads!.

Time went by very quickly , Emma and I were already playing catch up with 2 other very good mixed team Tunnel Hill Trolls and WXC Team which would take the full 6 hours to bring us back on level terms , my last lap saw Emma take over from me on level terms with the Trolls and just behind WXC , with all to do Emma had to race against said teams boys after may be poor tactics on our behalf.

She pulled out all but alas it wasn't our day finishing third ! But pairs is so much more sociable mixing with other competitors in the change over .

Matt had a storming ride in the the 4 hour event finishing 3rd , but poor John with major shifting troubles and James crashed on his 6th lap to leave him with a swollen ankle , it was truly a course to spit you out with a moments lack of concentration , but a must for next year !

RESULTS:

Emma /Andy mixed 6 hours 3rd place with 9 laps in 6.28.12

Matt 4 hours male 3rd place in 4.15.45

James 6 hours 40+ male retired after 6 laps in 4.02.52

John (1 gear) Davies in the 4 hour 40+ male completing 5 laps in 4.46.40

Full results on Timelaps website.

2011 Shimano XTR Components

Here is a link to the Shimano 2011 XTR range via Bikerumor.

Clif Shot Electrolyte Drink

I have been trying this product during the last couple of endurance races, it is really easy to mix and best of all you don't find it difficult to drink 6hrs into an event. 

The flavour is mild and not over-bearing with no aftertaste. I appreciate the organic ingredients and it seems to deliver a nice steady dose of energy. A little caffeine never hurts either.

Another bonus is that it is not messy if used in hydration bladder, cleans up easily.

Each serving of CLIF Shot Electrolyte Replacement Drink delivers

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