Last TT for 2010

jgsi
jgsi Posts: 5,062
edited December 2010 in Amateur race
The final 10 for me on Sunday for this year....whats the H&S outdoor minimum working temperature before I have to get my head examined? :wink:

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The Christmas 10? I wanted to do this but as usual I'm working :c
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    edited December 2010
    JGSI wrote:
    The final 10 for me on Sunday for this year....whats the H&S outdoor minimum working temperature before I have to get my head examined? :wink:

    Given that Christmas is fast approaching, I'd go by the same guidelines recommended for festive turkeys - ensure full defrosting before proceeding any further. ;)

    Apparently at the North of England 'cross championship on Sunday, it was -9 degrees C when the competitors started arriving at HQ. Race itself was held in "Christmas card" conditions;

    http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/cycloc ... ionships-0

    Very pretty and all that, but rather those guys than me. I was in the same part of the Lakes in May for a mate's wedding and it was warm and sunny - you couldn't get a bigger contrast in weather!

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    It is...
    just been out (in the car :oops: ) ... thinking I could just survive if it is stays this dry and sunny but minus 2
    and what proof vodka antifreeze to put in water bottle
  • Once you get started you won't notice.
  • Zachariah wrote:
    Once you get started you won't notice.

    Based on my own experiences at Bicton on Sunday, +1 to that. Keeping warm afterwards is the tough bit. I was lucky; 11-mile ride back to the nearest station immediately after the event and then 3 hours on a nice warm train, so never got the chance to cool off appreciably.

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • JGSI wrote:
    The final 10 for me on Sunday for this year....whats the H&S outdoor minimum working temperature before I have to get my head examined? :wink:

    Presume you will just be wearing a skinsuit and lycra overshoes?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    JGSI wrote:
    The final 10 for me on Sunday for this year....whats the H&S outdoor minimum working temperature before I have to get my head examined? :wink:

    Where is it? Details please!
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    http://tinyurl.com/373b955

    Possibly list is till open
  • SBezza
    SBezza Posts: 2,173
    JGSI wrote:
    http://tinyurl.com/373b955

    Possibly list is till open

    Start sheet is out, so no longer possible to enter the event.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    SBezza wrote:
    JGSI wrote:
    http://tinyurl.com/373b955

    Possibly list is till open

    Start sheet is out, so no longer possible to enter the event.


    Aw poo. But it's on the 12th. Not really a *Christmas* 10!
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Stockport Clarion have a New Year's Day club 10 on J2/1

    minus-3C and 3 riders this year apparently : http://stockport-clarion.org.uk/TimeTri ... -2010.html
  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,706
    andy_wrx wrote:
    Stockport Clarion have a New Year's Day club 10 on J2/1
    Shropshire-based Wrekinsport run a club 10 on 1st January which they call 'Wonky Wheeler'. It's on the Waters Upton course (on the A442 North of Telford), and fancy dress is encouraged. I believe temperatures have been below freezing for both of the last two years.
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