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- 20 Jun 2018 08:13
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7150
Re: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
Thanks, Martin. I've saved that as a PDF and added a link at http://beaconrcc.org.uk/racing/open-10-mile-tt/.
- 20 Jun 2018 07:53
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Beacon RCC Track Champs 2018 June 23rd
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15521
Re: Beacon RCC Track Champs 2018 June 23rd
Yes, there's no pre-entry system, so you can just turn up on the day (although I know Adrian would like to get an idea of numbers in advance, so posting here is good).
- 18 Jun 2018 10:12
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7150
Re: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
Ignore that - I've just seen that the confirmed results have already been published on the CTT website. Although do we have the full category results too?laurence_cooley wrote: ↑18 Jun 2018 09:37Are the provisional results available, so that I can post them on the website?
- 18 Jun 2018 09:37
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7150
Re: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
Well done to everyone involved yesterday. Are the provisional results available, so that I can post them on the website?
- 11 Jun 2018 07:47
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: New Club Record
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14496
Re: New Club Record
I've removed the duplicate entry of Ruth's record, leaving the vets one in place. If anyone wants to construct overall and/or more differentiated vets record tables, I'd be happy to add them.
- 29 May 2018 20:54
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Important: New LMTT organiser sought from 2020
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3161
Important: New LMTT organiser sought from 2020
After discussion at the last committee meeting, Dave has asked me to post the following about the LMTT. If anyone is interested in taking this on, or would just like to find out more about what the role entails, please contact Dave at the address below. LITTLE MOUNTAIN TIME TRIAL ORGANISER SUCCESSIO...
- 27 May 2018 21:36
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs - 27th May
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9181
Re: Club runs - 27th May
To be fair, Towcester in the rain did sound dangerous. #pronunciationjokes
I was out early and saw John Hitchcock near Earlswood as I was making my way home. I thought at the time that he might be trying to meet up with the Warwick group.
I was out early and saw John Hitchcock near Earlswood as I was making my way home. I thought at the time that he might be trying to meet up with the Warwick group.
- 27 May 2018 21:28
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: New Club Record
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14496
Re: New Club Record
"Ruth Eyles 12/07/2009 RTTC Championship 4:04:01" appears both under Senior (18-39) Women and under Veteran (40+) Women. I don't know how old Ruth was when she did that fantastic ride, but it has to be in one category or the other, surely? Given that she's credited with a vets' 10-mile record the m...
- 27 May 2018 20:02
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: New Club Record
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14496
Re: New Club Record
Done!JessRJ wrote: ↑27 May 2018 19:46Thanks Laurence could you please put my 100mile record on there as well when you have a minute - 3.59.27 in this event: https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-results/15834
Thanks!
- 27 May 2018 19:28
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: New Club Record
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14496
Re: New Club Record
I've now created a page for the club records: http://beaconrcc.org.uk/about/time-trial-club-records/ . Sorry that it took a while, but my initial attempt to just copy and paste everything from the old category pages didn't work very well, so I had to re-do most of it from scratch. Any problems, let ...
- 22 May 2018 08:52
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7150
Re: Janet Kelly 10 mile TT Sun 17 June 8.00 -11.00
Can you put me down for pushing off, Dave??
- 20 May 2018 21:50
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Garmin advice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11396
Re: Garmin advice
I've never had one with full mapping, but I think people tend to download and use free OpenStreetMap maps rather than pay for the Garmin ones.Simon Woodward wrote: ↑20 May 2018 21:03I was surprised to find that some Garmins don't have mapping and those that do you have to purchase the maps. Is that really correct?
- 18 May 2018 16:33
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Garmin advice
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11396
Re: Garmin advice
I think you will be very lucky to get 10 hrs on a single charge from any Garmin Edge, other than perhaps the very latest models, if you are using them for anything other than just recording a gps trace of your ride. I managed to get to Weston and back on a single charge of a 500, with the backlight...
- 18 May 2018 13:45
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Dudley Grand Prix
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6865
Re: Dudley Grand Prix
I would have been interested if I had more experience riding the track. It sounded like a good event last year.
- 08 May 2018 11:11
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17461
Re: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
It was supposed to be six weeks from the closing of the order, which would be by this coming weekend, but Dave Cole should know more as I think he has been dealing with Bodhi.
- 07 May 2018 19:47
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: New Club Record
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14496
Re: New Club Record
Well done, Simon. About the website, I mentioned to Steve and Robin a few weeks ago that I would have a go at trying to create a page for the club records but it slipped off my radar, so I'll try to do that soon.
- 15 Apr 2018 20:48
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Little mountain Time Trial
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6004
Re: Little mountain Time Trial
Details of the category winners here: http://beaconrcc.org.uk/lmtt/prizes.html.
- 10 Apr 2018 10:15
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: 15th April LMTT 10 marshals needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4035
Re: 15th April LMTT 10 marshals needed
Dave is away at the moment and only has e-mail access, but I asked and he replied "Can you ask him to meet John Hitchcock in the car park at 6:30 am?".Philip Whiteman wrote: ↑09 Apr 2018 07:59I have already offered as a car park marshal. Just let me know what time I need to arrive?
- 08 Apr 2018 22:05
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: 15th April LMTT 10 marshals needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4035
Re: 15th April LMTT 10 marshals needed
Dave is still looking for another three to five marshals for next Sunday, if anyone is available to help.
- 29 Mar 2018 17:00
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Anyone have a powertap g3 wheel?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6999
Re: Anyone have a powertap g3 wheel?
Yep, and as it happens I currently have a spare Powercap because when it last went in for a service, they told me that the connection had some corrosion on it. I bought a new one but the old one hasn't failed yet, so you're welcome to borrow it.
- 28 Mar 2018 16:43
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Beacon Stourport series race 10th July
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17902
Re: Beacon Stourport series race 10th July
If necessary, yes, that's OK.
- 28 Mar 2018 12:51
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Beacon Stourport series race 10th July
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17902
Re: Beacon Stourport series race 10th July
I should be able to help at this.
- 25 Mar 2018 19:22
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17461
Re: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
Some of the post has become garbled in the upgrade to the message board, but it looks from this post that FRC jerseys were £68.40. I don't disagree about the need to ask members for their views, although it had been quite a long time since the last kit order and some people (particularly those of us...
- 25 Mar 2018 12:01
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17461
Re: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
Just a few more thoughts that occurred to me while chatting to Gavin and John about kit today: While I think it's disappointing that we can't place individual orders whenever we want, as was initially anticipated, the fact that Bodhi take the payments does reduce the amount of admin that the treasur...
- 24 Mar 2018 17:24
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17461
Re: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
I was initially sceptical about switching to Bodhi, as I like the Giordana kit, but in the end the possibility of placing individual orders online sold it to me. So I agree that it's a bit disappointing that we can't actually place one-off orders. My sense from talking to people at the kit evening w...
- 23 Mar 2018 19:22
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Beacon round of Thursday evening road race Enville 19th July
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29868
Re: Beacon round of Thursday evening road race Enville 19th July
Riders who enter the league have to help out at their club's event as a condition of entry, so that should give you a few people to start with (I'm not sure who/how many people have entered this year). The advantage of the Enville course is that it's within riding distance of Birmingham. Riding out ...
- 21 Mar 2018 19:23
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club kit order - deadline 31 March
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17461
Club kit order - deadline 31 March
For those of you who weren't able to make the kit evening last night, or who were there but didn't place orders, here is the link to order online: http://www.bodhicycling.cc/en/team/beacon . So as to get the best prices, individual orders will be grouped together into a bulk order. The Bodhi club sh...
- 20 Mar 2018 19:58
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Beacon Little Mountain Time Trial 15th April
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8070
Re: Beacon Little Mountain Time Trial 15th April
Just to confirm that I can make it.
- 20 Mar 2018 14:30
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12059
Re: Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
A little concerned that the web address given by the salesman at the committee meeting as where we could view our kit https://www.bodhicycling.com/en/beacon Returns an error, page not found. I am hoping the salesman just gave an incorrect address. Could this be checked before the meeting? Apparentl...
- 12 Mar 2018 17:17
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Road/circuit race reports 2018
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16114
Road/circuit race reports 2018
I raced for the first time in 2018 at Milton Keynes Bowl on Saturday. It was all going well until 40 minutes in, when someone tried to squeeze up the inside of another rider ahead of me, they tangled bars and a whole bunch of us came down. Cue lots of road rash for me. :cry: I'd driven there as I wa...
- 12 Mar 2018 16:41
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12059
Re: Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
Laurence, will Bodhi be offering a full range of clothing products in Beacon colours, and will that full range be available to inspect? It depends on what you mean by full range. I'm not sure whether we will be able to select from the entire range (for example, there are three different ranges of b...
- 12 Mar 2018 11:58
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: 2018 Racing Plans V2
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14508
Re: 2018 Racing Plans V2
I've entered the 3/4. Which one are you doing, Gav?
- 09 Mar 2018 21:29
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Beacon Little Mountain Time Trial 15th April
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8070
Re: Beacon Little Mountain Time Trial 15th April
There's a form at https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/do ... dex/riders, but I'm not sure whether John still accepts postal entries.
I should be able to help out - will confirm next week.
- 09 Mar 2018 19:27
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12059
Kit evening, Rowheath Pavilion, 20:00, 20th March
Bodhi have now made some revisions to the club kit, following feedback on the first order we placed with them last year. The updated kit will be available to order from the Bodhi website shortly. To help people decide what to order and in which size, the committee agreed this week to organise a kit ...
- 28 Feb 2018 09:19
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Help with Garmin file
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7619
Re: Help with Garmin file
If you haven't already tried it, I find http://garmin.kiesewetter.nl/ the best repair tool.
- 01 Feb 2018 14:28
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Velodrome
- Replies: 57
- Views: 58575
- 30 Jan 2018 21:17
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Velodrome
- Replies: 57
- Views: 58575
Re: Velodrome
A stand of the alexandra athletics stadium cost same recently as a cheap velodrome would and money was found and British Cycling has way more cashflow than athletics. Isn't that the point, though (about BC)? I agree that it would be great for Birmingham to have a track, but don't think the council ...
- 29 Jan 2018 19:35
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: V718 course proposed ban by Highways England
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5534
Re: V718 course proposed ban by Highways England
Is the "should we state that the cyclist rode into the back of a stationary caravan - not necessarily stating the obvious? It could be seen as a sensible objection perhaps?" a note that Highways England have accidentally left in the proposal? Bit of an own-goal if it is!
- 29 Jan 2018 09:17
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
- Replies: 54
- Views: 154504
Re: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
The Silverstone 9-up TTT has been confirmed for 15 June: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 6765128538.
- 28 Jan 2018 18:29
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs - 28th January
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16350
Re: Club runs - 28th January
Also could someone let me know the name of that fast sat Early morning ride in Bromsgrove was it? Crazy Italian name The Sette Dodici ride leaves from Bristol Street in Birmingham at 7:12 (hence the name). The Saturday morning ride from Bromsgrove is probably Speeds, but that starts a bit later. So...
- 23 Jan 2018 20:26
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: 2018 Racing Plans
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25175
Re: 2018 Racing Plans
Turns out there are races at MK Bowl four Saturdays running from 3 March: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events?series_id=408. While I can't make the first one, I'm going to try to make the others if anyone wants to share lifts.
- 22 Jan 2018 12:57
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Velodrome
- Replies: 57
- Views: 58575
Re: Velodrome
I've shared it from the club Facebook page. I don't have a way to e-mail all members, but between Facebook and here, most should see it.
- 17 Jan 2018 22:18
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: 2018 Racing Plans
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25175
Re: 2018 Racing Plans
John and Robin are also away with me and Gavin that weekend.
- 17 Jan 2018 21:52
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
- Replies: 54
- Views: 154504
Re: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
All working now. That is one lovely spreadsheet - I'm almost tempted to enter some time trials now!
- 17 Jan 2018 17:41
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
- Replies: 54
- Views: 154504
- 17 Jan 2018 08:50
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
- Replies: 54
- Views: 154504
Re: 2018 Time Trial Calendar - Open TTs, Club TTs, Team TTs and Hill Climbs
Great idea, Jess. Just to check: when I click the link, it says I need to apply for permission to view the file. Is that intentional?
- 16 Jan 2018 21:55
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Club Kit Discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 439731
Re: Club Kit Discussion
Helen is better placed to answer this, Dave, but my understanding is that what is holding up the individual ordering is just the processes of tweaking the design in response to feedback on the font/colours/bands.
- 12 Jan 2018 19:20
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs - 14th Jan
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9451
Re: Club runs - 14th Jan
Carolyn, could you look out for a new rider called Fiona Vaughan at the Black Horse? She messaged the club Facebook page saying she's looking for a club to join and would like to do the C run.
- 09 Jan 2018 12:03
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: RTTC Classic series
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6863
Re: RTTC Classic series
If anyone would like to help share the details of the LMTT with people who might be interested in entering, I've created a Facebook event using the club page, including links to the four category entry pages: https://www.facebook.com/events/2037473563137863/.
- 09 Jan 2018 08:59
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: 2018 Racing Plans
- Replies: 24
- Views: 25175
Re: 2018 Racing Plans
Someone told me at the weekend that there won't be six races at the Business Park, but three there and three at Curborough, which will be part of the same series. Still, more races at both than in previous years is a good thing. Just to note also that the stage race is organised by the University of...