Hill Climbs
I notice that the number of competitors in the traditional Yorkshire and Lancashire Hill Climbs seems to be at most 30 people and sometimes is as low as 20. Elsewhere in the country the range is from 50 competitors to 100 in the October climbs.
The difference is more remarkable given that the Yorkshire/Lancashire events attract national standard riders such as James Dobbin or Jim Henderson (who lives up there).
Yorkshire / Lanashire riders used to dominate the National Hill Climb for a long time beginning with the 1950s but that dominance now seems to have been broken.
The difference is more remarkable given that the Yorkshire/Lancashire events attract national standard riders such as James Dobbin or Jim Henderson (who lives up there).
Yorkshire / Lanashire riders used to dominate the National Hill Climb for a long time beginning with the 1950s but that dominance now seems to have been broken.
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I don't really know about those Hillcimbs but the hills that most people know about like the cat and fiddle get much more entries than others with the race a fortnight ago having 100 entries compared to Buxton's 35ish the week before but there just the 2 i've been to in Sepetmber0
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Wait until the Yorkshire Velo Cragg Vale Hill Climb Start sheet comes out. There's over 65 riders!
Probably the best hillclimb field outside of the Nationals
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yorks hill climb in kent tomorrow, did it in the burgess hill rumble this year. it's a toughie
http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=3390 -
dave milne wrote:yorks hill climb in kent tomorrow, did it in the burgess hill rumble this year. it's a toughie
http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=339
Must be the oldest hill-climb. It always used to be in the morning with the Bec's Titsey climb in the afternoon, but I haven't heard anything of the Titsey climb this year.0 -
Both were on yesterday 12/10/08
Catford CC Yorks Hill pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheelnut/sets/72157607972641007/ 105 entries
Bec CC event pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheelnut/sets/72157607973313635/
75 entries[/url]
Don\'t stop pedalling
My bikes on flickr
http://www.catfordcc.co.uk/default.aspx?sm=1
http://www.aukweb.net/events/0 -
Fixed Wheelnut wrote:Both were on yesterday 12/10/08
Catford CC Yorks Hill pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheelnut/sets/72157607972641007/ 105 entries
Bec CC event pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheelnut/sets/72157607973313635/
75 entries[/url]
Thanks, great pictures. Interesting that York Hill kooks very autumnal with leaves on road while White Lane looks very clear.0 -
I popped down too and lugged my heavy camera in a rucksack for a couple of hours - inspired by the rapha photo's from previous years.
Alas I couldn't hang around for long, but I managed a couple of snaps from Yorks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnixon/ ... 960513268/
Looked like a great event - must get myself booked in for next year.
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Paul
Great photos, it is possible to send me full sized ones of IMG_2556 and IMG_2557, as these are of one of a club members, and I would like to forward them onto him if that is OK.
If you can send them it would be great, e-mail is steve [at] bansheemotorsport [dot] co [dot]uk
The Catford Hill Climb was a good day out, nice club ride out there (apart from two punctures I got), we even rode out there with the hill record holder Phil Mason, and still 25 years down the line the record still has yet to be broken.0 -
mr sbezza
all of the photos are uploaded full quality already.
just click the 'all sizes' button.
let me know if you have any trouble and i'll sort you out.
cheers
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Cheers Paul
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More riders will enter the long hill climbs because they are more akin to a 10 TT than a lung ripping very painfull up hill sprint.JC.152 wrote:I don't really know about those Hillcimbs but the hills that most people know about like the cat and fiddle get much more entries than others with the race a fortnight ago having 100 entries compared to Buxton's 35ish the week before but there just the 2 i've been to in Sepetmber0 -
yeah i just opened my mow cop startsheet a few minutes ago where theres only 19 riders with 6 being from clubs other than the organiers(Lyme RC)0
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70 riders including the favourite for the National in the Yorkshire Velo Cragg Vale event.
Start sheet can be viewed here
http://www.yorkshirevelo.org/images/Cra ... 0sheet.pdf
This should work now0 -
I can't get that link working.
Who's the favorite for the national- Matt Clinton,James Dobbin?0 -
OK using YorkshireVelo URL. Yes it's a top-class field. Like the background picture on homepage.
Interesting that there's a Yorkshire Hill Climb competition but I don't understand why the Huddersfield clubs (HVW, HRC) have such a high number of points (510-585) as against Matt Clinton's 600, when they're never in top 3 placings.0 -
The national startsheets up on Matlocks website
http://matlock.mybikeclub.co.uk/article ... ss-release
I'm off at 37. I don't know whether others on here are riding?0
