Reading Cycling Club

Reading CC has a very varied program of club time trials throughout the year - from April 10s on the flat lanes east of Twyford, to mid-summer 10s and 25s on the A4, and on around ten different courses in total. This year, 61 club members and 53 non-RCC members entered one or more club time trials. Final results for all events and the season-long competitions are attached below.

Today saw the club hill climb championship on most peoples most hated hill, Streatley. The event was help at 9:30, 30 minutes before the Open event.

The conditions were as near perfect as it is possible to get, still and mild.

Fastest was Joe Harris with a very fast time of 2:47, second was Nick English with 3:00 and third was Stephen Bale with 3:09.

See below results for the Club TT held on the 5 mile loop at Waltham.

The final club TT of the year was held on the Twyford circuit.

Fastest was RAF rider Richard Berry, with fastest RCC rider Simon Notley.

There is a road closure on the Bucklebury time trial circuit for tomorrow evening's race (HCC201B @ 19:00). This is a section along the Pang valley as you arrive towards Bucklebury. To avoid cancelling the event we are going to move the start and finish to either side of the road closure. So the new start and HQ will in Bucklebury itself http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=bucklebury+victory+hall&fb... The course will then follow the normal route so you lucky devils now have the Bladebone climb right at the start. You then complete the rest of the normal course except finishing about 600m short of where you started on the road down the Pang valley. For those that know the area the finish will be adjacent to the turn to the ford. Access between the finish and start is on the road where the ford is though there is a footbridge to save you getting wet feet!

The only real problem with this is that the HQ is further out from Reading than normal. Plus this information may not get to all via the email and the website. Please, if anyone is at a loose end between around 18:30 and 19:00 and can redirect potential riders from the usual start, under the motorway bridge north of Bradfield, then could you let me know.

This is a Dave Finch counting event, and the vets competition is still very much alive. The start may now be tough but the finish should be a heavenly blast downhill all the way from the rise out of Hermitage.

Steve Bale