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Andy Terry

400m/17.5km/4km

ANDY TERRY 00:08:51 00:01:32 00:38:40 00:01:20 00:23:14 01:13:39

58th out of 125

Andy Terry

Save yourself the money and use something where the batteries don't run out. I seriously went through the same anxieties as yourself but settled upon the following: Map Holder + AA Road Map from Tesco £19.99 + £1.99 = £21 http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mini-map-1-map-holder-9-x-15-cm-with-klickfix-brac...

Andy Terry

the rider before Simon (no52) had a big gear and had had to "tack" his way up the hill :!: he was overtaken by about 3 riders in the process from a long way down. This might have been the rider whose rear mech stuck on the small cog. At the top of Ankerdine he swapped his bike for his parent's tand...

Andy Terry

Beacon RCC Pos Number Rider Club/Team Time 1 88 Sean Mungovan Beacon Roads CC 1:49:51 2 21 Richard Bussell Beacon Roads CC 1:50:18 3 102 Chris Hudson Beacon Roads CC 1:55:19 4 52 Simon Dighton Beacon Roads CC 1:58:06 5 66 Stephen Bull Beacon Roads CC 1:59:02 6 46 Ed Moss Beacon Roads CC 1:59:33 7 33...

Andy Terry

Greg, your time has been corrected to 2:21:52 - a 12:19 improvement.

Andy Terry

My time was 2 hours 7mins something and it did say that on the board. My garmin has 2hrs7mins45seconds and I started it 3-10seconds after starting and 1-3 seconds after the finish line. However, if you want to keep it at 2hrs32, I will look forward to taking the £30 next year for best PB when I go ...

Andy Terry

laurence_cooley wrote:Shouldn't Tim Egan be on the best improvement list? By my reckoning he was almost 27 minutes faster this year than last.

Tim's PB improved by exactly 2 minutes from 2:34:41 to 2:32:31

Andy Terry

Just the highlights for now - full results will be on the web site later. Overall Pos Number Rider Club/Team Time 1 100 Matt Clinton Mike Vaughan Cycles 1:36:11 2 90 Danny Axford ClubArctic SRAM RT 1:38:48 3 70 Tejvan Pettinger Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team 1:39:12 4 110 Dean Robson Somerset RC 1:41:20 5...

Andy Terry

I remember a speed record attempt that took place on the M42 just before it was opened. The bike used a Jag XJ6 as windbreak.

Andy Terry

Thanks for stepping in Paul. As suggested by others, have a look at the CTT Guidance Note No. 7 (especially the bit about not letting dirty or untidy riders start), but his is what works for me: As well as the stopwatches you need a clipboard, paper and pens. Get to the start at least 15 minutes bef...

Andy Terry

Rear wheel looks very inefficient.

Andy Terry

I can see no good reason to replace a helmet that hasn't been bashed. Are they trying to say that they 'go off' over time?

Andy Terry

51 119 Charles White M M.S.V. Beacon RCC 00:08:34 00:01:42 00:48:18 00:00:59 00:21:28 01:21:03
67 55 Paul Deane M M.V.V. Beacon RCC 00:09:14 00:02:48 00:50:21 00:01:28 00:20:49 01:24:22
90 98 Anne Hughes F F.V.V. Beacon RCC 00:08:27 00:02:01 00:57:38 00:01:01 00:21:57 01:30:47

Andy Terry

Well done everyone. Can we see the splits?

I have Highley on 19th May in mind as my season opener.

Andy Terry

1 Ed Moss 0:49:20
2 Chris Hudson 0:50:36
3 Simon Dighton 0:54:58
4 Martin McGowan 0:55:12
5 Phil Field 0:55:41
6 Phil Richards 0:56:03
7 Brian Botfield 0:57:18
8 Laurence Cooley 1:00:44
9 Neil Compton 1:01:28
10 John Hitchcock 1:01:54
11 Richard Kings 1:12:08
12 Jacob Tipper DNS

Andy Terry

Can someone bring the stopwatches?

Andy Terry

Yes - in 1998. It was a mountain biking holiday but we did a fair bit on road. I gather surfaces have improved a lot over the last few years hence the availability of holidays from the the likes of KE and Skedaddle. We stayed in 'basic but charming' gites - I think things have moved on in that depar...

Andy Terry

About the same distance and ascent as the KH12. Better surface, though.

Andy Terry

The forecast is for zero degrees celsius at 3pm. Still, if anyone wants to ride it, I'll be there to time them. Unless it's called off, that is.

Andy Terry

Kermit wrote:I suspect Andy will manage admirably with his own electronic wizardry.

No problem, I can use my watch or phone if necessary.

Andy Terry

I think Barry Evans (slogfester) can cover (1) and (3).

Andy Terry

BWC 2013 will take place at Goodwood Motor Circuit. So 2012 will probably remain my one and only effort.

http://bwc.brompton.co.uk/

Moved on safety grounds I guess - it was a bit scary all us non-racers racing round the narrow roads at Blenheim.

Andy Terry

One for me, please.

Andy Terry

Looks like I'm going to be doing a bit of commuting in London over the coming weeks - can anyone recommend me some suitable tyres?

700c x 23 or 25mm

Andy Terry

I can recommend Echelon cycles, titanium frames, and Shimano 105.

In my opinion Trek are overpriced and I second what others have said about Bontrager wheels.

And a friend of mine has been happy with his Roubaix.

Andy Terry · 11-28 - with 50/39/30

11-28 - with 50/39/30

Andy Terry

1 PAUL LITTLE SM DROITWICH AC 48.53
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Gary has participated in every running of this event since 1997.

Andy Terry

This is from Paul Kimmage's piece in the Observer today. In the autumn of 1993, Greg LeMond and his wife, Kathy, were sitting at home in the suburbs of Minneapolis, when they received a visit from Linda Mooneyham, the three-times Tour de France winner has recalled. Her 21-year-old son, Lance Armstro...

Andy Terry

1 1:07:43 PENNINGTON, Charles SM
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http://app.strava.com/activities/37412338

Andy Terry

1 Katherine Gledhill 1:05:23
2 Luke Delderfield 1:08:48
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Andy Terry

Philip Whiteman wrote: Upton Marina (again)

Nice looking menu. Warning: contains moderate apostrophe abuse.

http://www.thewheelhouseupton.com/food-and-drink/food/

Andy Terry

I suppose any route you choose could be ridden and submitted to the AUK as a DIY, and validated using a GPX track.

Unless the route happens to coincide with a 'perm' in which case GPS validation is not allowed.

Or have I missed something?

Andy Terry

Philip Whiteman wrote:GPS validation is only accepted for DIYs.

My 'Monty Madness' in 2011 was validated using GPX track, plus some photos take on the way round.

It wouldn't be that hard to write some software to validate a GPX. I just don't get the feeling AUK are ready and willing to go paperless just yet.

Andy Terry

Philip Whiteman wrote:So can anybody explain why I am now receiving entries?

It's in the AUK calendar. It's the New Year. Audax people are like that.

Andy Terry

Gary Mason wrote:I hear they diverted around the water crossing? Could have done with that to clean your shoes

Yes, a shame they missed out the 'ford' this year. Mind you, there was enough water elsewhere on the course to make up for it.

Andy Terry

Baggeridge Country Park

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Andy Terry

Just a trail run. With a boat ride to get to the start,

Andy Terry

01 42:01 Robin Sedman-Smith Telford Harriers
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1 1:10:40 CARPENTER, Angela Chichester Runners
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Andy Terry

Well done, Steve. Where was the course?

(Southam swim was 4 lengths x 4 lanes too, and you counted your own lengths)

Andy Terry

Well done, Chris. I really must do the E2E one day, but maybe not averaging 100 miles a day for 9 days!

Andy Terry

George wrote:In that case, congratulations.

Thanks, George.

It's worth adding that if you have a bad result, there are many more sources for potential excuses - the 3 legs of the race plus 2 transitions for a start.

Andy Terry

How do you judge your own performances in these events, Andy, given that they are all different? By your position in the field? Are fields broadly comparable? Is half way about par for the course for you, or does it represent an improvement? I tend to think that above half way is a good result. If ...

Andy Terry

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http://www.stuweb.co.uk/race/o0/55.html

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Andy Terry

I think the 'BEACON' looks something like Zapf Elliptical 711 (bold) http://www.identifont.com/show?27Y, and the 'ROADS CYCLING CLUB' is Helvetica Condensed http://www.identifont.com/show?MT (or Arial Narrow)

Andy Terry

When I'm pedalling I only understand speeds (mph), which seems to make for a tricky conversion: Let's say I'm in a low gear for a hill such as 32/24, and am pedalling at 80 rpm. My tyres are 29" diameter which is about 736mm or 0.736m. With each pedal stroke I am travelling 0.736 x pi x 32/24 = 3.0...

Andy Terry

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_g.html#gearinch

Andy Terry

Don't bin that triple, you might be glad of it when you get a bit older

I had offers to swap compacts for my triple on the Bwlch y Groes yesterday.

Andy Terry

HAZBRO wrote:Oh yes Andy how did you post a image onto the thread i dont know how you do it

Put the image URL inside

tags or select the URL text and click the 'Img' button

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