David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Lee on the Condor » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:19 pm

I'll be in attendance. C'mon Jack.

If you look up Bec HC on Strava you can see Jack's time (I think he's 17th at the moment) .

Is it de rigueur to make a noise with pots + spoons? Should I bring the klaxon?

Jack -
You should schedule in warm up before your scheduled slot.
Tyre pressure check
Clean chain, lightly oiled, we don't want any chain skipping
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Andrew G » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:20 pm

Ahh, a whippet.

Chase the tele Jack.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Jack V » Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:22 pm

thanks for the tips guys!

im 66kg curretly and can see my heart beating through my ribs so not feeling too fat..
I had a little recce run yesterday (as you've seen) and was pleasantly surprised.I think ill be lucky to pull a 2:40 on the day to be honest. Do you think im up to it?
Im sure the quiet bit of the hill wont last long this year with the crowds (weather depending)
also im not sure how i feel about people getting full access to 'the pain face'.
part of the joy of breaking away on a climb is that no one 'can see you purple frothing at the mouth :oops: but that's not the case here..

Will i set off first with the plebs? and then the 'big dogs' last?
oh and by the way i don't have a compact. :?
53/39... dicing with the devil himself.. :evil: i do have a 30 something on the back so should be fine.
Out the saddle the whole way? i recon so.. (i'll look a right tart seated) :lol:
i'll be doing some more reps Sunday morning (if anyone wants to come and laugh)
I wanted to do Alan's ride but should be suffering at 30% instead. so hey ho..
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Jon H » Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:47 pm

Bonus points for double vision, collapsing, and puking at the finish line.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Andrew G » Fri Oct 03, 2014 7:06 pm

39s fine, I'm rubbish at hill climbs but do it in 39x21 then 23 then down to the 26 as the legs start to fall off :lol: . I'm no spinner though.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Phil H » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:02 am

Anyone who's thinking of going to watch (and you should):

6 P. Tunnell & A.Green (Tandem) Addiscombe CC 14.06
11 Simon Lythgoe Addiscombe CC 14.11
36 Ashley Nunn Addiscombe CC 14.36
65 Thomas Hawkes (Junior) Addiscombe CC 15.05
113 Jack Verhoeff Addiscombe CC 15.53
130 David Millar Garmin - Sharp Pro Team 16. 10
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Amy » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:42 am

I was going to take a gentle ride out in the morning to somewhere nearby for lunch (reptile zoo) but I've finally caught the office cold and feel rubbish :cry:
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Phil H » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:41 pm

Well, that was a lot of fun. Some cracking performances by ACC riders.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Andrew G » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:09 pm

That was good fun :) , tandems on hill climbs are a bit nuts, the other pairing beat us, but despite not having raced for a while used to be a fast pairing so no surprise. We hadn't sat on it together since last year either but did 3:42.4 and we weren't slowest :) .
[img]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/andrewgreen23/PaulandAndrewweb.jpg[/img]

Jack Pullar won for a third successive year with a brilliant ride, 1:49.3, 4 seconds clear of joint second place. Millar was 21st in 2:03.8, fair play as short all out efforts up very steep hills aren't exactly his forte and unlike a lot of pros who would treat their last race as a bit of a ponce about waving affair he gave it his lot. Very friendly and chatting to folk beforehand and after, my mum was impressed :) .

38th Ashley Nunn Addiscombe CC 2:11.0
41st Jack Verhoeff 2:11.2
112th Simon Lythgoe 2:45.0
135th Tom Hawkes 3:13.7
139th P Tunnell & A Green 3:42.4

Well done Tom on racing the Catford this morning as well, and cracking times by Ashley and Jack.

Full leaderboard here ->[url]http://ins.jamesmlees.co.uk/Bec/Leaderboard.html[/url] .

Video from Jacob Nicholson of what it's like from the saddle, or out of it, to get 16th place and a time of 2:02.6 . [url]http://youtu.be/_hENH_bVgzw[/url]

Brilliant event, and well done Tony Gibb for continual commentary all afternoon bigging up and name checking every rider up the hill...even if I was Adrian to start with :lol: .
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Phil H » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:15 pm

Excellent by Ashley and Jack. Also Simon with his foot held on by parcel tape.

Interesting that both the Catford and the Bec sold out 150 places. I wonder if there's scope for another HC on the calendar .... Mind you, if the weather had been like last year, I reckon there would've certainly been far more DNSes for the Catford anyway.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Phil H » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:13 pm

Photos [url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/bec-cc-hill-climb-2014-gallery-139708]on the Cycling Weekly site[/url].
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Marcus » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:51 pm

Great turn out, haven't seen such a crowd in many a year. Congratulations to all ACC who took part. Thought Ash may have broken 2 minutes, great ride all the same. Well done to Tom for doubling up and maybe Paul and Ashley ;-), can go for the tandem record next year. At least you had a stronger chain this year.
Had a chat with DM at the end and got my book signed. he had to for everyone and I will definitely miss him next year.
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby DavidKennett » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:13 pm

Some more pics from the [url=http://www.davehaywardphotos.com/Cycling/Time-Trials-2014/Catford-CC-2014-Hill-Climb/]Catford[/url] and [url=http://www.davehaywardphotos.com/Cycling/Time-Trials-2014/Bec-cc-2014-Hill-Climb/]Bec[/url]

Rider's eye view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hENH_bV ... be&t=1m25s
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Jon H » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:20 pm

[quote="DavidKennett"]Some more pics from the [url=http://www.davehaywardphotos.com/Cycling/Time-Trials-2014/Catford-CC-2014-Hill-Climb/]Catford[/url] and [url=http://www.davehaywardphotos.com/Cycling/Time-Trials-2014/Bec-cc-2014-Hill-Climb/]Bec[/url]

Looks like David Millar's nicked Pharrel Williams' hat
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Re: David Millar riding Bec CC Hill Climb

Postby Andrew G » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:29 pm

[quote="Phil H"]I wonder if there's scope for another HC on the calendar ....

I don't think so. The Catford and Bec are real classics and unusual in the number of riders and spectators they get. They have an attraction others don't so numbers are boosted by those that just ride one do one of them.

The Catford and Bec are part of a 4 Hills Weekend (I've done it once and it's a killer!) with the two Brighton Mitre HCs on the Saturday and the Catford and Bec on the Sunday. The BM HCs get quite low fields (c20-30) as does the Sussex CA HC which actually got even fewer this year. Kingston Wheelers HC on Leith Hill normally attracts more riders I think and it the week before. Fitting another in to the calendar would be hard too as the have 25s up to and over lapping with the start of the very short HC season, and events like the Redmon GP (which is this coming Sunday) too which are traditional season closers for a lot of people.

Not saying it couldn't be done but it would need a lot of very careful planning to get just the right window in the calendar and you'd have to find a special hill to create the pull for riders. When Catford held the National they switched to Ditchling Beacon which would be a good one due to the length compared to Yorks/White Lane but is too busy to use unless you had National cache to get the assistance required.

A lot of the great killer hills in our area are unsuitable as you need space for time keepers etc, an area that can be used for sign in, plus parking and the other bits and bobs that go with it. Most of the hills don't have this near enough, and it's only longevity and history of the event that enable the road closure for the Bec as the traffic on it has only come about very recently due to sat navs cutting the junction corner. The council kindly allow the road closure and divert cars the way they should go anyway, and the way you'd go if you weren't blindly following the sat nav and stay on the main road.
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