This is not just for the main bunch riders. There are definitely some 30 milers who should come along and put down their marker.

It costs £13 and you enter on the CTT website:https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/

You need to register with the CTT, there is no cost to join the CTT - the club pays our membership. Once you register, the CTT website will store and display all your results. 

There's not a lot of information about the course on the CTT website - P828/A in Wickham.

Does anyone have any chums in the far south who might have a bit of intelligence on the course?

Looks to be very blustery so best put some weights in your jersey pockets.

as usual, ride course anytime on Tuesday and I’ll gather results from Strava.

Could d be some real events on in August so this is ideal practice.

forecast not great next week so just stick to Tuesday for continuity.

same as last time, ride the course anytime on Tuesday. I’ll post the results up from Strava. You are all using Strava? 

First event, next Tuesday. Alan has suggested a 3 hour window. So let’s go for 6pm to 9pm? Or do you want an all day event?

For those that don’t know, the course starts just after house on left hand side at start of Georgetown Rd & continues to roundabout at Crosslee. Back in to finish a few yards before the start.

You will be riding by yourself with no timekeeper or pusher off. Please ride responsibly and if you bump into a club member please stay socially distant. If a rider catches you please don’t sit on their wheel.

As for collating results? Follow me on Strava & I’ll follow you back. Also, post your times here.
 
I may change the night, week to week, depending on weather. No fun in riding in rain & wind.
 

open to constructive suggestions 🤔

Alan Thomson has done a lot. Anyone else want to volunteer to organise a couple of Georgetown Strava TTs? Say within a three hour evening window to ensure same conditions Total solo efforts. You will be riding with ghosts!

https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/19509

The Lyle Hill overlooks Gourock. The Bunch pass it every time they cycle to Largs but I suspect they never take the pleasant detour to what is a wonderful view and a fantastic location.

I've just come back from the Stow triple hill race where the under 16's showed me a clean pair of heels. Hill racing is particularly suited to our lightweight juniors where restricted gearing is not a handicap. And I'd enjoy getting a stuffing from the Jets; as long as they come out on the winter Renfrew bunch and let me get my own back.

The hill takes 5mins and I suspect power climbers like Marc Kelly could press me all the way.  Then there are the hard men like Galeb and Charlie, and the softies like Richie and Billy. Be nice to see how we all measure up against each other.

Ian 

This year I am organising the Sam Dooley TT and in order to make it a massive success for our club we need lots of volunteers.  Required for the day will be a signing on crew, timekeepers, marshals placed at important points on the course and general helpers at Bishopton Community Centre.  If anyone has previous experience of any of these roles then let me know.  Also on the day we will need a generous donation of the usual foodstuffs for all of the riders, helpers and any other cycling groupies. 

Post up below if you can help out, or PM me if you prefer.

Who is all entering?

Also I think I will be competing with Paul McD for "rider with least TT experience over last 15 years " award. Can't wait. 

Millport Hill climb and TT are open and looking for entries ,

you can enter through the CTT website 

14 April Royal Albert 10 TT

28 April Glasgow nightingale 10 TT

26 May Law Wheelers 10 TT

5 June Saint Christophers 10 TT

16 June Millport 10 TT

7 July Law Wheelers 25 TT

11 Aug GTR 10 TT

Support your local organisers, get your entries in . All CTT Events no need for BC licence 

A Jets pairing also won a prize but both pairs had left before the prize giving, as had quite a few other winners. A shame for the organiser.

Prerty grim day, blowing a gale and chucking it down by the time myself & Mr X set off. Couldn’t see a thing so just glad to get round without incident. My prize was a week in Spain with Mr X & Charlie. Booby Prize....

• The aim of the series is to encourage participation and recognise achievement while providing a focus for riders across the season. There is no extra cost or hassle for riders or organisers.

Just to let you know that a number of CTT events are open For entries including the Ice Breaker and Dooley Two up 

Enjoy the thought season starts in 6 weeks 

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Could everyone please ask their club secretary (or someone on behalf of each club) to email their clubs vote in support of this proposal to the CTT Scotland District Secretary  

wroseholm@aol.com. 

A simple email saying  "We support the the Velopreda proposal to keep crash hats compulsory for all TTs in Scotland" 

CTT Scotland AGM 2018

Proposal: From Velopreda.

That all events promoted under the auspices of CTT Scotland District will have a compulsory crash helmet rule in line with that currently in force by British Cycling and the UCI.  As local District regulations cannot override CTT National regulations  it will be implemented in Scotland by means of a voluntary 'gentleman's agreement'  between clubs and riders.

Reasons-

1. We should not abandon a safety measure which has been successfully implemented in Scotland for over 25 years.

2. The recent trend towards removing helmets in hill climbs gives an unfair advantage to riders who are prepared to sacrifice safety over riders who are not. Keeping the Helmet rule in place will ensure a level playing field for everyone.

3 Riding without helmets in hill climbs could potentially lead to riders abandoning helmets in other TTs

4 The argument that helmets are not required in hill climbs is not a valid one – Helmets are designed and tested to protect against head impact injury resulting from a fall from a height of between 1 and 2 meters onto a pavement or kerb edge at a speed ranging from 0mph -15mph – exactly the type of speed a rider would be travelling at in a hill climb.

5 Regardless of the arguments surrounding helmet use we feel that abandoning a safety measure currently in place is a completely retrogressive step for Scottish time trialling and we hope the District will agree to pass this proposal.

My entry is in for this year. Who else?

If we get a decent turnout, we could make a real assault on the cup this year.

First rider off 7pm

(last sign-on 6:50pm)