Club Event, Saturday 4 August 2018

The roadworks bug bit yet again for the latest of our club events at Maidenhead Thicket. Given that there were temporary traffic lights in both directions at Burchetts Green roundabout, riders recorded relatively good times. Which left them wondering what they would have clocked had there been no road works! The full result is as follows:  

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	26.53	9
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25.32	10
Adrian Feek	Bath RC	25.54

Cumulative Points (SBRC First + 2nd Claim Members only):

Rider	Points
Michelle Ayres	45
Harjinder Obhi	40
Joy Payne	9
Bob Hewett	7

Club Event, Saturday 5 May 2018

The long promised fine weather duly arrived for the latest club event at Maidenhead Thicket and riders' times reacted accordingly. Harjinder Obhi was SBRC's fastest rider with 24.56 with Michelle Ayres recording 27.57. Overall quickest today was Jon Elliot from the Maidenhead club in 22.04. Full results are as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	27.57	9
Jorj James	MDCC	27.23
Pete Warwick	Didcot Phoenix	25.34
Al Alcock	Didcot Phoenix	25.40
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	24.56	10
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	DNF (puncture)
Jonny Newell	Twickenham CC	23.47
Jon Elliot	MDCC	22.04

Cumulative Points (SBRC First + 2nd Claim Members only):

Rider	Points
Harjinder Obhi	20
Michelle Ayres	17
Joy Payne	9
Bob Hewett	7

2018 Club Events

As usual, this year, SBRC's band of merry men and women will be running time trial events on the first Saturday of the month, as follows:

On Maidenhead Thicket TT course H10/2 (0901 start):
7 April
5 May
2 June
7 July
4 August
1 September

On Wash Hill Hill Climb* course HHC026 (1001 start):
3 November.


* N.B. Our 2017 Hill Climb event was cancelled due to bad weather

Calendar: Club Events 2017

South Bucks Road Club Proposed Type B Events 2017

10 mile Time Trials. All events are on a Saturday morning, on course H10/2 starting at 9.01:

1 April
6 May
3 June
1 July
5 August
2 September

Hill Climb. On course HHC026 (Wash Hill) starting at 10.01:

4 November

All events are 'Come and Try It'. 
Entry fee for Club and Non-Club members £3

Club Event Saturday 31st October 2015

The hill climb, last of this year’s club events, was held as usual on Wash Hill in dry but murky conditions. The previous day’s rain had made the fallen leaves a little slippery but all contestants negotiated the course without difficulty. John Payne was the Road Club’s fastest rider with a 18 second improvement on his last year’s effort. The full result is as follows….

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	3.03.5	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	3.21.9	9
Neil Blundell	Hounslow+District Wheelers	2.26.4	.
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	4.06.7	8
Paul Holdsworth	Hounslow+District Wheelers	2.45.1	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

John Payne	47
Harjinder Obhi	40
Peter Cockbain	33
Bob Hewett	32
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8
Michelle Ayres	8

Congratulations to John for winning the Points Trophy this year

Club Event, Saturday 5 September 2015

Thankfully the early morning drizzle abated for the start of the Club’s last time trial of the season at Maidenhead Thicket. Once again temporary traffic lights appeared on the course which made the result a bit of a lottery. A meagre three riders faced the timekeeper with the results below...

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:00	10
John Payne	SBRC	27:30	9
Stephen Moore	Kingston Wheelers	25:20	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	40
John Payne	37
Peter Cockbain	33
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 1 August 2015

A deceptively chilly morning (at least for August) greeted the riders in the latest Club event on the Maidenhead Thicket course. A combination of injury and holidays meant that only two Road Club members were present in the field of five. Peter Cockbain finished in a time of 28.10 while John Payne, whose chain apparently lost its affinity with the chainwheel recorded 27.54 after a derailment on the course. The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	27:54	10
Adrian Feek	Bath RC	24:30	.
Stephen Moore	Kingston Wheelers	25:31	.
John Sullivan	Hillingdon CC	22:38	.
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:10	9

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Peter Cockbain	33
Harjinder Obhi	30
John Payne	28
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event Saturday 4 July 2015

A humid warm morning complimented by a strong south westerly wind faced the riders in the latest morning club event at Maidenhead Thicket. Although there were moans at the finish about the difficult first half to the turn this appears to have been compensated by a very rapid return resulting in Personal Best times for John Payne and Bob Hewett in 26:25 and 27:56 respectively. Harjinder Obhi was our fastest rider with 24:42 while Peter Cockbain suffering from bruised ribs after an altercation with the family washing machine clocked 28:47. The full result is as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	26:25	9
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:47	7
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	24:24	.
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	24:42	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	27:56	8
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	24:25	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	30
Peter Cockbain	25
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 6 June 2015

An early reconnaissance of the Maidenhead Thicket course for the latest club event revealed that a small part of the road was subject to traffic light control. The consensus of the  riders was that we should run the event on the principle that any race was better than no race. In the event, the obstruction appeared to have little bearing on the race although the strong SW wind probably did. John Payne was first back to the timekeeper having caught and passed his wife to record a personal best. Joy, it transpired, had suffered a cycle computer hardware malfunction and had stopped several times to fix it. The full result is as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	SBRC	27:52	8
John Payne	SBRC	26:49	9
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	24:48	.
Grigor McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	24:38	.
Adrian Feek	Bath RC	25:42	.
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:04	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	29:11	7

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	20
Peter Cockbain	18
Joy Payne	18
Bob Hewett	15
John Payne	9
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 2 May 2015

A cold windy morning on the Maidenhead Thicket course meant conditions were far from ideal for the second of the club's ten mile events (7degC, 10mph ENE breeze, overcast). The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:23	10
Heather Mackay	Maidenhead + District CC	24:07	-
Grigor McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	24:20	-
John Bridgeman	SBRC	34:50	8
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:34	9

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Peter Cockbain	18
Joy Payne	10
Harjinder Obhi	10
Bob Hewett	8
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event Saturday 4 April 2015

The first of the club’s morning events on the Maidenhead Thicket course was held on a windy cold but dry morning. The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time
Joy Payne	SBRC	28:01
Bob Hewett	SBRC	30:42
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	29:04
Gill Reynolds	Willesden CC	31:48

Points Trophy - SBRC only:

Joy Payne	10
Peter Cockbain	9
Bob Hewett	8

Club Hill Climb, 1 November 2014

Luckily the early morning rain cleared in time for the start of the last club event of the year, although in parts the hill was a little slippery with wet leaves. John Payne was the fastest South Bucks Road Club rider, closely followed by new member David Mills.

The full result is below:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	3:49:3	6
John Payne	SBRC	3:22:2	10
Joy Payne	SBRC	3:43:1	7
Paul Holdsworth	H+DW	2:45:2	.
Neil Blundell	H+DW	2:30:3	.
Jill Bartlett	H+DW	3:45:2	.
David Mills	SBRC	3:28:4	9
Bob Hewett	SBRC	3:40:6	8

(H+DW stands for Hounslow and District Wheelers)

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Joy Payne	36
John Payne	33
Bob Hewett	22
Peter Cockbain	17
Michelle Ayres	14
Harjinder Obhi	10
David Mills	9

This means that Joy will hold the trophy for the coming year. Congratulations Joy and well done to everyone who took part in club events this year.

Club event 6th September 2014

A rather benign morning with little wind enabled some fast times to be recorded in the last of the club's morning events on the Bath Road at Maidenhead Thicket. Joy, with a time of 25:39 was within a whisker of a personal best, blaming a tardy truck for her just missing out. John meanwhile, finishes with 27:49. Ken Powell who is riding the Duo Normand later in the month thought that it was about time that he practiced a little 2-up riding as this is the discipline in the event. Steve Kish was his excellent tutor and the pair finishes in 26:15. Many thanks to Peter and Michelle, Martin and Robert who came out to help whilst our two stalwart helpers, Tony and Anona, were in France. Results:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	SBRC	25:39	10
John Payne	SBRC	27:49	9
R. Willcox	Bath RC	23:43
G. McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	23:57
L. Gardener	MDCC	29:31
R. Engers	Shorter Rochford	25:01
J. Sullivan	Westerley RC	22:36
Bob Hewett	SBRC	28:18	8
Ken Powell+Steve Kish	SBRC	26:15

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Joy Payne	29
John Payne	23
Peter Cockbain	17
Bob Hewett	14
Harjinder Obhi	10
Michelle Ayres	8

Club Event, 2 August 2014

Attempting to embed the results document. Please let Harj or Alan know if you encounter any difficulties reading this. Thanks!

Club Event, Saturday 5 April 2014

The first of the season’s club events was held under, for the time of the year, fairly good conditions. It was dry, there was some wind and the sun put in an occasional appearance. As is normal for the first event there was keenness about and a record number of sixteen riders took part. Perusal of the annals showed that this was the best attendance since the Club organised an event in conjunction with the CTC Birthday Rides which the South Bucks organised in 1998. The result of Saturday’s event on course H10/2 was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time
Bill Stafford	Unattached	33.05
Grigor McLoed	Hillingdon Triathletes	24.58
Richard Willcox	Bath RC	24.35
Harjinder Obhi	S.B.R.C.	25.19
Danuta Tinn	Maidenhead + DCC	24.46
Liam Maybank	Twickenham CC	22.01
Joy Payne	S.B.R.C.	27.16
John Payne	S.B.R.C.	29.35
Bob Hewett	S.B.R.C.	30.48
Peter Cockbain	S.B.R.C.	28.29
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	25.15
Martin Winter	Twickenham CC	23.03
Graham Giggs	Bath RC	24.42
Luke Walton	East London Velo	22.06
Michelle Ayres + Steve Kish	S.B.R.C.	26.14 2Up TTT

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Harjinder Obhi	10
Joy Payne	9
Peter Cockbain	8
John Payne	7
Bob Hewett	6

Club Event, Saturday 2 November 2013

The recent storm made an impact on Wash Hill (HHC026), as was evident from the freshly cut tree trunks by the side of the road, at the ramp section just before the hill flattens out to the finish. Thankfully, the weather was fairly mild, dry, overcast, but not dull. (Later in the afternoon, the sun made a welcome appearance). Sunshine glowing through golden autumn leaves and Beech trees turning copper - yes, that's our South Bucks! Here are the results:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	South Bucks RC	3:22:50	9
Joy Payne	South Bucks RC	3:42:13	8
Harjinder Obhi	South Bucks RC	2:50:00	10

Club Points Trophy (2013 overall standings)

Rider	Points
Joy Payne	36
John Payne	34
Michelle Ayres	28
Peter Cockbain	19
Harjinder Obhi	10
Michael Kennedy	8
Owen Brunsden	7

Congratulations to Joy, who'll be getting the Copper Beech trophy (photo) at our club dinner in January (the 12th, iirc). You could say, that this year wife and husband have been "dishing out the Payne..."

Club Event, Saturday 7 September 2013

The light rain which was falling as I rode out to the event this morning did not augur too well for the last club event of the year on the Maidenhead Thicket course.  However the clouds cleared, the rain stopped and a light breeze prevailed.  With most of the club's potential riders away on holiday it was down to visitors to show us the potential of the course which they did in no uncertain manner as the following results show.

Rider	Club	Time
G. Mitchell	Twickenham CC	25:28
J. James	MDCC	24:26
R. Willcox	Bath RC	24:10
J. Roberts	HWCC	22:36
W. Sybrandy	IG Sigma Sport	20:42
D. Thompson	Hillingdon Tristars	23:10
G. McLeod	CTC	25:07
A. Feek	Team Quest	24:49

A great ride by Wouter Sybrandy, who graced us with his presence presumably while tuning up for the Tour of Britain.  We at SBRC wish him the best of luck for that event which starts this Sunday.  

The cumulative points for SBRC riders stays the same, with all to play for in the Hill Climb on 2nd November.

Club event, Saturday 3 August 2013

After a period of very high temperatures and correspondingly high humidity it was a relief for the morning to dawn bright with normal temperatures although very breezy. As can be seen from the results the struggle out to the Twyford turn was compensated by a very rapid return to the timekeeper as the results show. Harj will return to the UK from the USA next week, and on the same day as our event, he was taking part in the Marin Century (couple of snaps from him below).

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	South Bucks RC	27:13	9
John Payne	South Bucks RC	27:53	8
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	24:53
Michelle Ayres	South Bucks RC	26:49	10
Mark Garnett	Maidenhead & D CC	24:45
Jorj James	Maidenhead & D CC	24:53
Christine Lutsch	Serpentine RC	25:34
Graham Giggs	Bath RC	24:12
John Sullivan	Westerley RC	22:25
Grigar McLeod	CTC	25:09
Adrian Feek	Team Quest	24:34

Club Points Trophy (cumulative, SBRC Members Only)

Rider	Points
Michelle Ayres	28
Joy Payne	28
John Payne	25
Peter Cockbain	19
Michael Kennedy	8
Owen Brunsden	7

This is how they do rest stop food in Marin County (the birthplace of the Mountain Bike, btw):

Obligatory PB&J at the start:

Cawfee in BUCKETS!

Drummers at one of the rest stops:

Club Event, 6 July 2013

With apologies for my delay in posting this, here are the results of last weekend's event.  On probably the fastest day of the year so far (sunny n warm with little breeze), it was ironic that road works and traffic lights had been erected on the course at Knowl Hill, just before we started.  Nevertheless some good times were recorded.

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	South Bucks RC	27:21	9
John Payne	South Bucks RC	28:04	8
Joanne Wells	Hounslow & DW	25:36
Adrian Feek	Team Quest	25:57
Martin Winter	Twickenham CC	23:23
James Quinn	Serpentine Running Club	26:07
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	23:34
Peter Cockbain	South Bucks RC	26:17	10

Club Points Trophy (cumulative, SBRC Members Only)

Rider	Points
Joy Payne	19
Peter Cockbain	19
Michelle Ayres	18
John Payne	17
Michael Kennedy	8
Owen Brunsden	7

All to play for at the top.

While we're all enjoying the Tour de France coverage, here are some further images from the extremely tough time trial that was Stage 6 of this year's Tour of California (see also my post some weeks ago).

First up, Tyler Farrraarrraarr! (as the Italian commentators call him):

Now a video of Juan Antonio Flecha chasing down Paul Voss, I think:

Cameron Meyer:

Andy Schleck. Really irritated by this one because I had a great shot of him face on, but a car drove between us at that moment (so I also have a great shot of a car 5 ft away!)

A BMC rider, I think it's Schaer or possibly Bookwalter.

I hope you enjoyed these images.  See you back in ol' blighty in "the fall".  Harj 

Club Event, 1 June 2013

With apologies for the slight delay, here are the results of the event on Saturday 1 June. The weather was bright but windy with a bit of chill in the air. After the tables below, Harj sends a tip from the USA.

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	South Bucks RC	28:32	10
John Payne	South Bucks RC	29:02	9
Gavin Mitchell	Twickenham CC	26:15
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	25:22
Michelle Ayres	South Bucks RC	29:23	8

Club Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Rider	Points
Michelle Ayres	18
Joy Payne	10
John Payne	9
Peter Cockbain	9
Michael Kennedy	8
Owen Brunsden	7

While out riding in N. California, if you have to answer the call of nature, then exercise EXTREME care! Poison Oak grows weed-like all over the place here in abundance. It likes shady spots, just the kind of place where a roadie may choose to take a tinkle... Here's a piccy of what it looks like. Three leaves that look a bit like oak leaves, it grows in a viney and bush like manner:

Bare skin brushing it will get a rash at best, and in extreme cases, blistering and an allergic reaction. Nasty! Makes stinging nettles look like salad.

A view over the S. Bay area below (that's my bike, a Specialized Allez cheepo alloy job).