BHPC racing

[MattH]

Yes, it was. Pretty much perfect weather - not too cold for sitting around, not too hot to ride. Good chats, good racing. Waving at Beano as it whooshed past me twice a lap...

Many thanks to those who put time and effort into putting this on.

[Cudzoziemiec]

When is the Bath event? After last year, I had intended to enter again this year – but if it's in a couple of weeks I'll barely be able to ride to Bath let alone race, I've become a blancmange over winter.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Good fun today, thanks to all the worker bees.

I just wish I was 10 seconds a lap faster or had a decent sprint…

Bath in a fortnight.

[MattH]

Bath in a fortnight.

You are going to stink. I'm heading for one now...   

[Cudzoziemiec]

Okay! I've found the page and see sign on for non-members starts next Thursday. And the other week I found my helmet, which still has the RFID stickers on it. All I have to do is retrieve my "racing" bike from my sister's cellar, polish my shoes, find my legs, lose some lard, decide whether I can actually ride as far as Bath, etc... 

[Mr Larrington]

Me photies:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/albums/72177720307365681

Distilled from about 500.  Thanks to the Mollycat for distracting me while trying to pick the ones to keep.  Not.

[Cudzoziemiec]

"I'll note the date in my diary" thinks I. It's already in there! 

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Bath in a fortnight.

You are going to stink. I'm heading for one now...   

 

[PaulM]

Fingers crossed for the weather tomorrow. I daren't look at the forecast! Haven't been to Odd Down before.

I've adjusted the bearings in my rear hub, also added more grease, and changed the cassette to a slightly less gappy one.

[Kim]

I think it's going to be moist.  I'm just hoping it happens during the race rather than when we're packing up.

I'm a bit underwhelmed by the track.  Enough of a gentle gradient to be needing to brake into the bottom bend and fighting gravity on the way back, while not as interesting for the unfaired riders as Stourport.  Relatively exposed, so wind could be an issue, especially on the hairpin.  Surface is decent and sight-lines are good, though.  And there's a dog-containment fence.

Decent facilities on site (with the exception of trackside power sockets, which in this case it has not got).

[Cudzoziemiec]

Is it tomorrow? I thought it was next week. Blx. Haven't entered, haven't got rideable bike. And probably need to work. Might kick myself to come over and pay a visit.

[fd3]

Grumble, Stourport is suspiciously hard to get to from Brum.

[Kim]

Grumble, Stourport is suspiciously hard to get to from Brum.

Yes, it's a hilly bike ride via Bell End or train to Kidderminster (or perhaps Hartlebury).

We'll be using a CAR because timing kit.   

[fd3]

No way I could take #1 son on that length ride*, and I really fancy the train with a non-folding trike.

There, that's my excuses for another year.  TBF I can't really afford the time for the whole thing.

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Or myself, really

[Kim]

Results for Bath now up at the usual place.

The weather held off!

Registration for Stouport opens to members on Thursday.

[PaulM]

Results for Bath now up at the usual place.

The weather held off!

Registration for Stouport opens to members on Thursday.

Didn't make it. Was feeling really tired and the forecast I saw was for rain moving in from 2pm. Shame, but it was a long way for me to drive on my own. Hopefully next year.

[Kim]

Breaking news:  Quibell Park velodrome is out of action pending funding for some new tarmac, so we're not going to Scunthorpe.  [And there was much rejoicing - Ed]

Instead, the race on the 10th of June will be on the cycle circuit at York Sports Village.

[Kim]

Sign-ons for York and Hull are now open to BHPC members:  https://shop.bhpc.org.uk/race-signon

[Kim]

Sign-ons for Rhyl are now open to members: https://shop.bhpc.org.uk/race-signon

This would also be a good time to plug the Shiny! New! Race Day page - your one-stop shop for live results and key factiods that someone asked two weeks ago on Facebook and now you can't find the post:  https://www.bhpc.org.uk/race-day/

[Mr Larrington]

Russell Bridge's dash-cam vid from the Rhyl 4-lap race: https://youtu.be/1xoasAoXAZ4

[Kim]

From the department of breaking news:

ANNOUNCEMENT
The British Human Power Club will be hosting the Human Powered Vehicle World Championships in 2024!!
Folowing a meeting this afternoon we can confirm that the Venue will be Betteshanger Country Park near to Deal in Kent.
The dates to put in your diary are 16/17/18 August 2024.
We'll be running a varied program of events over the weekend and will have classes to accommodate a wide variety of machines and riders.
Facilites are excellent and camping will be available on site.
More details as we go along but I can also confirm the BHPC event at the venue on 23rd September this year, with camping available on site so that you can check out the track and the facilities!
We will be asking for people to help with organising, marshalling and running the event of course.

It's taken us ages to get to this point, but it's all looking quite promising now.  The facilities have been somewhat upgraded since 2018...

[Mr Larrington]

Bet you still need needle-pointed tent pegs and your biggest hammer to get set up though

[Kim]

Bet you still need needle-pointed tent pegs and your biggest hammer to get set up though

Seems likely, for geological reasons.

I can confirm that the camping will be up near the track, not on the thistle-infested hardcore of the overflow car park like last time.

[Mr Larrington]

Good thing I found the long-lost Dremel and grinding wheel wossname for my drill the other day

[Kim]

Darley Moor results are now up: https://www.bhpc.org.uk/events/2023-2/