First sub30 min 10 miler - well chuffed!

sbullett

Just managed a sub-30 min 10 miler for the first time....29:57!!! Not bad for a 16-stone 38 year old on his first road bike for 25 years

Nice little route on the A62 west of Huddersfield, nearest thing to a flat road in these parts, although a little busy at 1700 and had to stop at a couple of traffic lights, so it could have bene even quicker

Now to find a friendly local club and have a go at a proper TT.....

basha

Not Bad at all,
I am 46 years old and just back on a road bike after a 25 year lay off.
Youv'e certanly got the pace, now you need to find some good routes with some good climbs, last one i done was 55 miles climbing 300metres that was tough, but what a sense of achievement

Whooopee Doooo

jibi

Well done

Now go out and find a club!! before the feeling wears off.

But most clubs at the local level will let you do a couple of TT's as a guest rider.


george

peejay78

i see you cross posted this with another forum!

definitely worth it for the extra compliments...

well don!

philak

Congrats.

Just did my first 10 tonight after 28 years off. I'm 46 and i felt it at the finish,especially since i missed the 30 by 22 seconds grrrrrr.

Of course there was a headwind all the way round and most of it was uphill and.......

sbullett

basha wrote:

Not Bad at all,
I am 46 years old and just back on a road bike after a 25 year lay off.
Youv'e certanly got the pace, now you need to find some good routes with some good climbs, last one i done was 55 miles climbing 300metres that was tough, but what a sense of achievement

Whooopee Doooo

Hills are not a problem round here, my route tonight climbed 250m in 10 miles, but as it was a circuit at least I came down the same 250m

jimmythecuckoo

Good work, well done fella.

Mossrider

SBullet

I TT occasionally up at the Sovereign on a Wednesday night with Holme Valley Wheelers. It's best described as a "rolling" course with a couple of decent hills either way (through Ingbirchworth and turn back at the roundabout above Penistone). As someone saidd "this'll train you for anything!" They finish at the end of August.

Beginners are welcome though they may wish you to be in a club - a couple of the main local ones attached (or blag your way through). It's pretty informal - just turn up.

Local club links are

http://www.starwheelers.com
http://www.holmevalleywheelers.org.uk/

McBain_v1

Well done that man! I haven't managed it yet but have got a few sessions on the turbo trainer arranged while my elbow heals up so I might see how close I can get in near ideal cycling conditions (i.e. no possibility of headwind because turbo trainer is situated in garden shed).

Mark Alexander

well done
keep it up, it's adictive :twisted:
I was targeting my 27.12 and smashed it by over 2 mins and immediately went from elation to frustration. I missed out on a 24 min by 5 secs :?

you can never go fast enough

sbullett

Mossrider wrote:

SBullet

I TT occasionally up at the Sovereign on a Wednesday night with Holme Valley Wheelers. It's best described as a "rolling" course with a couple of decent hills either way (through Ingbirchworth and turn back at the roundabout above Penistone). As someone saidd "this'll train you for anything!" They finish at the end of August.

Beginners are welcome though they may wish you to be in a club - a couple of the main local ones attached (or blag your way through). It's pretty informal - just turn up.

Local club links are

http://www.starwheelers.com
http://www.holmevalleywheelers.org.uk/

Cheers Mossrider, I know the road as I drive it on the way to Sheffield station a couple of times a week and that climb out of Ingbirchworth doesn't look nice on the way back - think I might try it "unofficially" first to see if I get anywhere near the times the club put on their website.....

sbullett

Mark Alexander wrote:

well done
keep it up, it's adictive :twisted:
I was targeting my 27.12 and smashed it by over 2 mins and immediately went from elation to frustration. I missed out on a 24 min by 5 secs :?

you can never go fast enough

You're not wrong, I've got the bug now, knocked 3 minutes off my hilly commute to Leeds this morning, first time under 1 hour for the 17.7 miles

I do like these road bikes - what on earth made me buy a MTB all those years ago

Mossrider

Cheers Mossrider, I know the road as I drive it on the way to Sheffield station a couple of times a week and that climb out of Ingbirchworth doesn't look nice on the way back - think I might try it "unofficially" first to see if I get anywhere near the times the club put on their website.....[/quote]

The start line is a little red line on the kerb a couple of hundred yards up from the Sovereign junction. I should just turn up;no-one will be anything but complimentary that you made the effort and then you also get a base line for the next week (and there is nothing like fear of the next rider passing you or the clock to encourage you to put that bit of effort in that you didn't know you had). Remember on a TT you are only racing against yourself! Also, some of these guys are pretty keen and have specialist bikes / bars etc that knock quite a bit of time off mere mortals like me (I did my last on a compact so there - although on this course, its perhaps not such a disadvantage!) THe climb on the coourse is about 550 feet according to bikely (not sure how reliable that is).