apyatez April 26th, 2012
The first full time trial of the clubs extensive program got under way in good weather on last Tuesday with 11 riders turning up.
Would it be a change of guard or carrying on as normal? Unfortunately the prologue winner wasn’t racing so it was business as usual with Andy Askwith storming to a win with a 25second advantage from Ben Roberts with last years Hilly Ten winner on the first running Martin Cockeril crossing the line in third place.
This seasons rising stars could be Mark Woodley and Brian Parlane finishing 6th and 7th. The same time trial last year saw Brian finish over three mins slower. Looks like the hard work over the winter on a Tuesday and Thursday night has paid off.
Good luck to all the riders in the first Thursday Evening Road Race this week
apyatez April 20th, 2012
This Saturday sees the 2nd running of the Bridlington Cycling Club Prologue on the short stretch of road between Burton Flemming and Rudston.
Last years inaugural winner Ben Roberts took just 5.25secs but there was just over 90seconds covering the spread between him and last place Trish Watson.
The weather forecast is for light rain showers with a North Easterly wind
So dust off your time trial bikes, iron the creases out of your skin suit, check the start time ( Martin) and get your self to Burton Flemming
The smart money will be on the French returnees with Messer’s Cockril, Askwith and Flather the bookies top favourites.
lets hope the weather is better than this on Saturday
apyatez March 18th, 2012
A team of ten riders from Bridlington CC were on show in Beverley on Saturday to take part in the early season leg losener that is the 24mile 2-up time trial.
First off was Trish and Ian taking part in this event for the first time and posted a respectable time of 68.18s
Next pair of Bridlington road warriors was Steve and Adam. A good mixture of youth and experience, climbing prowess and diesel engine saw them overhaul Trish and Ian quite quickly. The pair were working well together until disaster struck when Steve hit a pothole at full pelt and had a nasty spill onto the road with about three miles to go. After a few mins recovering his composure and checking for broken bones he managed to climb back on his bike and the pair rolled to the finish just glad that the fall hadn’t resulted in a much worse outcome.
Brian and Mark put all the Thursday and Tuesday nights training into practice to finish well up the field with a very good time of 58.02 with Mark starting strongly and Brian bringing the duo home in style
Team Pickard worked well as a pair with young Seb doing his fair share of the work as he and his Dad fought to finish 19th with 56.58s.Looks like this could be the season when lad overtakes Dad in the pecking order.
A schoolboy error cost Martin and Miles the chance of a top ten finish as the Upstairs Downstairs paring missed their start time and incurred a 30sec penalty and had to go off last.
Martin doesn’t seem to have much luck on this course as his partner punctured last year. The positives they can both take out of it is that both riders were going very well and Miles could be a threat for the club TT’s this season.
Bridlington CC had by far the best showing and we should be proud of the fact that out of a club with under 30 members can field this many pairs,and all race well and encourage each other.
We wish Steve a speedy recovery.
apyatez February 6th, 2012
This is the name given to the stage of the Tour de France that will include the
Tormalet, Aubisque ,Aspin and the Peyresourde. This is also this years etape du tour and the most exciting day of my summer holidays.
The Tourmalet is not only the highest col in the Pyrenees it is the mountain most visited by the Tour de France and a must for us amateurs trying to get a taste of what its like for the pro’s.
Thanks to Dave and Tony at Bespoked Cycling my brother and I will be able to test ourselves on route of stage 16, 192km over these four massive mountains.
I have done big days in the mountains before having completed the the Etape du Tour in 2006 and the Marmotte in 2008 but this will be different as we will be cycling 4 days in the high Pyrenees.
Luckily we will have full support from Compo and the Bespoked cycling team
but this could be the toughest cycling challenge I have done yet, and this in a year that will conclude with the Keilder100 mtb race again
apyatez January 31st, 2012
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MOUNTAIN TEN |
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| 1980 |
P CONNELLY |
24.34 |
| 81 |
P CONNELLY |
25.43 |
| 82 |
K WILLIAMSON |
26.39 |
| 83 |
S PICKARD |
26.19 |
| 84 |
K WILLIAMSON |
26.12 |
| 85 |
G LONSDALE |
28.00 |
| 86 |
B LONSDALE |
27.43 |
| 87 |
D MARSDEN |
26.34 |
| 88 |
J POTTER |
26.29 |
| 89 |
S POTTER |
26.48 |
| 1990 |
D MARSDEN |
26.54 |
| 91 |
H MAUGHAN |
26.11 |
| 92 |
A ABBOTT |
26.22 |
| 93 |
C PARR |
25.56 |
| 94 |
P ATKINSON |
26.15 |
| 95 |
S PICKARD |
26.15 |
| 96 |
S PICKARD |
25.45 |
| 97 |
L JACKSON |
27.22 |
| 98 |
C WITHERS |
26.34 |
| 99 |
S COLLINS |
27.22 |
| 2000 |
S PICKARD |
26.40 |
| 01 |
M COCKERILL |
26.31 |
| 02 |
S PICKARD |
25.28 |
| 03 |
M COCKERILL |
26.31 |
| 04 |
B ROBERTS |
25.59 |
| 05 |
M BLACKFORD |
25.23 |
| 06 |
D COMPSTON |
24.26 |
| 07 |
A ASKWITH |
24.37 |
| 08 |
A ASKWITH |
24.48 |
| 09 |
A ASKWITH |
25.19 |
| 2010 |
R.THOMPSON |
25.09 |
| 11 |
A ASKWITH |
25.25 |
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apyatez January 30th, 2012
This picture sums up the different feelings that road racing brings out in us.
Dave Waller on the left looks relieved to have finished in one piece and doesn’t seem to have plenty left in the tank, even enough to smile for the camera.
Compo in the middle has clearly relished the race and has attacked throughout.
Me on the right has not enjoyed a single minute of it, and has given everything just to finish within sight of the back of the peleton!
The look on my face sums up what racing bikes is all about, pain and suffering, but the deep down great feeling of testing yourself and pitting your wits against others.
The start of the season is only two months away so we can do it all again
apyatez January 26th, 2012
Dont forget that you to can look as fast as Compo in some shiny new Bridlington Racing Kit.
Just download the form from the clothing section of the website and bring it to the meeting.
Arm warmers and leg warmers need a minimum order of 3 pairs, socks we need a minimum of 20 pairs.
apyatez January 8th, 2012
A great picture taken at the clubs xmas dinner at the end of a long and arduous
season.
apyatez January 7th, 2012
Bridlington Cycling has finally embraced the social networking scene and now has its own Facebook page.
Check it out and press like
Bridlington Cycling Club Facebook page
apyatez December 5th, 2011
On a windy and cold Saturday a few riders headed out to work up an appetite for that evenings club presentation night.
The photos were taken at a “natural break” stop just outside Hackness, as we decided which way to head home, making sure we had a tail wind for the ride back.
