A female perspective on TTing

[Ian H]

Result sheet for the Camel Valley 10

[mattc]

I didn't realise you were that "Ian H".




(She's pretty quick isn't she?)

[Ian H]

I didn't realise you were that "Ian H".

I'm not, I'm much slower, and older. But I'm sure you knew that.

[Really Ancien]

If a girl joins a club at the right time, she effectively has training companions to take her to National or even World level. An international standard Lady is about the same standard as a good club rider. For a male rider to reach the same standard they'd have to move to Manchester or the continent.

Damon.

[Fixedwheelnut]

 I was expecting a joke about the race title

 She is quick though, "chapeau" 

[Ian H]

Folk were sniggering at JJ's second place, cos he'll be fuming.

[clarion]

I expect they were just being gentlemen, and let her win.

[Noodley]

What is the female 'perspective'? 

[Ian H]

What is the female 'perspective'? 

Well generally it's coming in rather slower than the men and not getting a mention in the top placings (in Cycling Weakly for example)... and derisory prize money.

[Noodley]

Well generally it's coming in rather slower than the men and not getting a mention in the top placings (in Cycling Weakly for example)... and derisory prize money.

Oh, okay.  Thanks. 

[megajoules expenditure]

There's many a 'good club rider' that will only ever in their wildest dreams do a 21.07 and win the event in the process.

Mega Chapeau Wendy

If a girl joins a club at the right time, she effectively has training companions to take her to National or even World level. An international standard Lady is about the same standard as a good club rider. For a male rider to reach the same standard they'd have to move to Manchester or the continent.

Damon.

[Really Ancien]

Standards tend to be very high locally for 10 miles, as Bradley Wiggins sometimes rides, but not without controversy.

Cycling fans turned out in numbers to catch a glimpse of their sport's superstar in action but, sadly, a stiff breeze and heavy traffic at the Meathop roundabout put the brakes on Wiggins's record hopes, and he finished two seconds short of his record mark with a still sizzling time of 18 minutes exactly.

Controversy kicked in when someone then examined a digitally captured image of the Olympic star's bike.

His front wheel looked like an American made Zipp 1080, and that breaches Cycling Time Trials regulation 14 (g) which states that deep-rimmed wheels should have 45 per cent of their area open for safety reasons, just in case of strong cross-winds.

A complaint was made to CTT North District Mike Westmorland, who confirmed that Wiggins faced possible disqualification, pending a thorough investigation.

Professional rider Wiggins was using the Levens event as part of his preparation for the Tour de France prologue time trial in Monaco on July 4, where a Zipp 1080 wheel will be allowed - on closed roads - under international racing regulations.

Second fastest on Saturday was Jack Green (Westmead 88) who rode 20-41 ahead of Pendle Forest's Jason Bateman on 20-45.

Four more riders bettered 21 minutes and the fastest local was the host club's David Baxter with 21-23 in 12th place. Windermere's Carlo Berton (Border City) was not far behind with 21-38 and Chris Anderson (Lakes RC) clocked 21-40. Other leading local riders were: John Ingham (KV) 22-29; Martyn Uttley (Lakes RC) 22-51 and Ian Jackson (KV) 23-30.

Wendy's ride was World Class, but she doen't have to look far for training partners.

Damon.

[mattc]

<splitting hairs dept>
Well, Wendy is a gold medallist. Maybe Damon meant she is another step up from 'International Standard'.

e.g. riders finsihed the Olympic event 4mins behind the winner's 34mins. So crudely, that would be 23.30ish on the 10 that Wendy has just won.

There's many a 'good club rider' that will only ever in their wildest dreams do a 21.07 and win the event in the process.

Mega Chapeau Wendy

... An international standard Lady is about the same standard as a good club rider. ...

[megajoules expenditure]

Looks like you live in a great area for clubs.It's a bit sparse up here

Good luck to BW for the rest of the tour.He's doing such a great ride this year. Inspirational

Standards tend to be very high locally for 10 miles, as Bradley Wiggins sometimes rides, but not without controversy.

Cycling fans turned out in numbers to catch a glimpse of their sport's superstar in action but, sadly, a stiff breeze and heavy traffic at the Meathop roundabout put the brakes on Wiggins's record hopes, and he finished two seconds short of his record mark with a still sizzling time of 18 minutes exactly.

Controversy kicked in when someone then examined a digitally captured image of the Olympic star's bike.

His front wheel looked like an American made Zipp 1080, and that breaches Cycling Time Trials regulation 14 (g) which states that deep-rimmed wheels should have 45 per cent of their area open for safety reasons, just in case of strong cross-winds.

A complaint was made to CTT North District Mike Westmorland, who confirmed that Wiggins faced possible disqualification, pending a thorough investigation.

Professional rider Wiggins was using the Levens event as part of his preparation for the Tour de France prologue time trial in Monaco on July 4, where a Zipp 1080 wheel will be allowed - on closed roads - under international racing regulations.

Second fastest on Saturday was Jack Green (Westmead 88) who rode 20-41 ahead of Pendle Forest's Jason Bateman on 20-45.

Four more riders bettered 21 minutes and the fastest local was the host club's David Baxter with 21-23 in 12th place. Windermere's Carlo Berton (Border City) was not far behind with 21-38 and Chris Anderson (Lakes RC) clocked 21-40. Other leading local riders were: John Ingham (KV) 22-29; Martyn Uttley (Lakes RC) 22-51 and Ian Jackson (KV) 23-30.

Wendy's ride was World Class, but she doen't have to look far for training partners.

Damon.

[Really Ancien]

We are very lucky, I can ride out to my local 10 every Thursday. The fastest I've seen on that course was Bradley Wiggins a couple of weeks after the Giro a few years ago, a 19.01, so quite a bit slower than Levens.

SOUTHPORT CYCLING CLUB                            RESULT                            CLUB "10"                            JULY 16th 2009                                                        COURSE D10/18                                                     NAME   CLUB   TIME      SOUTHPORT C.C.             1   R. Hurst    Southport CC   21:57   PB   VETS ON STANDARD             2   D. Hilton   Southport CC   22:42                   3   S. Horner   Sport City Velo   22:57                  VTTA STD 4   D. Headon   Horwich CC   23:25      1   R. Hurst (46)   +   04:45   26:42 5   K. Turner   Southport CC   23:40      2   D. Hilton (44)   +   03:36   26:18 6   A. Horner   Bury Clarion   23:41      3   K. Turner (40)   +   01:50   25:30 7   D. Warren   Ribble Valley CRC   23:59      4   D. Peacock (50)   +   01:04   27:33 8   A. Christian   Mersey Tri   24:24      5   N. Thompson (60)   +   00:53   29:48 9   A. Davies   Horwich CC   24:32      6   G. Rycroft (46)   +   00:48   26:42 10   D. Edge   Cleveleys RC   25:03      7   G. Blankley (53)   -   01:08   28:12 11   P. Holden   Horwich CC   25:33                   12   G. Rycroft   Southport CC   25:54                   13   A. Ascroft   Southport CC   26:17                   14   D. Peacock   Southport CC   26:29                   15   M. Speirs   Horwich CC   26:32                   16   Corolyn Wright   Horwich CC   28:12                   17   N. Thompson   Southport CC   28:55                   18   G. Blankley   Southport CC   29:20                   19   J. Vickery   Southport CC   30:23                   20   A. George   Unattached   31:10                   21   J. Iddon   Preston Whs   35:06

Dave Hilton is flying this year and rode this event on his road bike.

Damon.