North Coast 500
The first day started with a flat sprint out of Inverness before tackling the infamous Bealach na Bà, seventy miles into the ride. This climb (the only 11/10 in ‘Greatest Cycling Climbs’!) was made even gnarlier by baking sun. Even before we began I had been...
New 10 mile TT course for 2021
A new 10 mile TT from Chaxhill along A48, turning at Highnam Court roundabout, has been approved by CTT. The course has been allocated with the provisional designation UC50. We look forward to including it in a full program of summer evening ime trials that will be...
National 100 and National 12hr Championships 2020
At the start of the 100 the zip broke on my jersey so I made good with half a dozen safety pins. My plan was to attack it and go hard from the start, but keep the gears down and, it being a rolling course, pedal up the climbs. When I started it began to rain; it...
Some thoughts on route planning
I have always found the prominence that the Ordnance Survey gives to boundaries bewildering. I am sure we have all tried to follow a parish boundary, mistaking it for a footpath (though not on our bikes). However, with the current COVID restrictions, I suddenly find...