Box Hill - what's an achieveable benchmark time?

[Dan_K]

As the title suggests. What's good to aim for?
My level is probably around an 18's group/B team chain gang.

Have never bothered timing it before. First effort of 2011 today was 10m04s.

[Antloony]

5 mins...get on with it slow coach

Never timed myself, never carry a calender with me on my rides.

[nick de meyer]

7:30 ish see the TT list
http://www.sound-coaching.co.uk/shop/pa ... hop_param=

[Mark F]

Nick,

Will you be updating this for 2011? I see from Mapmyride

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-ki ... 3654220505

that it is 2.51 km and 131m of climbing.

Mark

[nick de meyer]

hi
yes i'll be keeping it more up to date for 2011

[nick de meyer]

have been speaking with dauphine cycles about staging a boxhill hilly TT race in the spring, need to speak to glyn durrant when he's back from USA

[Toks]

[quote="Dan_K"]As the title suggests. What's good to aim for?
My level is probably around an 18's group/B team chain gang.

Have never bothered timing it before. First effort of 2011 today was 10m04s.

[Phil H]

Haven't done it for ages. Last time was 7:34 but I think I should be faster now. Tempted to try it on the fixie - a comfortable cadence works out to around 15mph.

Worth recording club times here? Tom's best is 14'10" but I reckon he can go a fair bit faster than that.

[Andrew G]

[quote="nick de meyer"]have been speaking with dauphine cycles about staging a boxhill hilly TT race in the spring, need to speak to glyn durrant when he's back from USA

[Dan_K]

Cheers for the heads-up Andrew.....

I see the pros will be visiting Box Hill as part of the olympic road race. Should be good to watch some live action.

Toks, top 8. Easy! I've got new wheels now so there's no stopping me

[Andrew G]

The 2 I mention are club events Dan so if you want to have a ride then contact the club the week before and ask if you can get one. Normally there won't be a problem and you'll be welcome, only if they fill the number of spots they asked for then as a club TT their riders will have preferance to you. That's how it works normally, don't know if come and try it events are different but doubt they'll over subscribe anyway.

[nick de meyer]

how would we go about organising an addiscombe cc club hilly TT event on boxhill?

[Andrew G]

Speak to Jon Hemming, he's our TT Sec.

[Sylv]

Didn't you time yourself on the off-road course once Nick?

A parallel road vs off-road race would be good fun.

I think it's about 1.3km off-road, so assuming 13km/h do it in 6 min it could be a pretty close one.

[Lucyap]

Just looking at the book 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs. It gives an approx climb time as 7 mins for Boxhill. I'm not sure what my climb time is, be interesting to know.
Does anyone know what the gradient of White Hill, the climb from Bletchingley to Caterham?

Lucy.