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Issue 258

June 2012

Editor

Chris [email protected]

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Editorial - Wednesday 13th June 2012Well, I’m still waiting for summer time and the joy I getriding in the warm sunshine with my shades on. Let’shope it’s just around the corner and the wettest droughtconditions on record sail off across Russia or the Atlantic,or anywhere away from East Sussex.

We’ve reached the busy time of year, with the Evening TenSeries at the halfway point and the Lewes Crits occupyingthe first three Thursday evenings in June. Both events arewell covered in this mag, along with some informative &entertaining material from you the membership.

You will see on page 3 that I’m planning to stand downfrom my various LWCC roles at the end of the year. It’sbeen a blast and I’m looking forward to doing a bit morecycling and spending a little less time sitting at my decrepitold computer. I hope it doesn’t finally give up the ghostbefore I complete my final few Wanderer mags! CM

Calendar

Evening Tens - First rider starts: 7:15pmRound 07 - Monday 18th JuneRound 08 - Monday 25th JuneRound 09 - Monday 2nd JulyRound 10 - Monday 9th JulyRound 11 - Monday 16th JulyRound 12 - Monday 23rd July (Athletes Ten)Two-Up Ten - Monday 30th July (Grab a partner)

Evening Hill Climb - Monday 6th AugustPromoter: Mark Winton - 1542 yardsEntries on the lineFirst rider starts at 7:15pmNo HQ - meet at start (road to Firle Beacon)

Sunday Summer Club Runs - Start: 8:30amSunday 17th June - Holywell Tea Chalet, EastbourneSunday 24th June - Summer Tourist TrialSunday 1st July - East Hoathly for the Open 30Sunday 8th July - Llama Farm, Ashdown ForestSunday 15th July - Camellia Botnar, West GrinsteadSunday 22nd July - Stuart Anderson’s, Burgess HillSunday 29th July - De La Warr, Bexhill - Plansmight be changed as it’s the Olympic Road RaceSunday 5th August - Stanmer Park, BrightonSunday 12th August - Quaintways, Penshurst

Summer Tourist Trial: A Paul Gibbons productionMeet outside Boots in Uckfield at 8:30am. Paul hasdevised a 61km route with questions on a pub theme.After: (11:00am) tea & cakes at Gibbons Central,Broad Oak. Non competitors are also welcome.

LWCC Circuit of Earwig - Thursday 28th JunePromoter: Adrian Hills - 17.68 milesEntries to Adrian Hills - Entries Close: 19/06Round 7 of our Middlemarkers Competition

LWCC Open 30 miles - Sunday 1st JulyPromoter: Rob Pelham - Entries Close: 19/06Website: www.sites.google.com/site/lwcc30/Round 8 of our Classic League Competition

ESCA & Club 50 miles - Sunday 15th JulyPromoter: Simon Yates - Entries Close: 3/07Round 9 of our Classic League Competition

ESCA & Club 100 miles - Sunday 19th AugustEntries Close: 7/08

Waldron Pub NightTuesday 19th June & Tuesday 17th July

The Star Inn, Waldron from 8:00pmNew faces always welcomeOn a bike if you can, if not cars are ok!

Front Cover photos

Top left: The Tandem Kings - Peter & Tom Baker takingout the Evening Ten Tandem Championship and in theprocess, recording the fastest ride of the night onWednesday 6th June - Photo: Lawrence Watts - see report &results on page 11 and more tandem pics on page 13

Top right: Record Breaking - Natasha Fuller setting anew female 50 record on the Charlotteville CC 50 mileson Sunday 13th May - Photo: Dave Carlsson of BlinkmanPhotography - see report & results on page 18

Middle left: Four fine men ready for action - StuartKirkham, Peter Morris, Matt Coombs & Michael (whiteskinsuit) Valks await their start on the Round 4 of ourEvening Ten on Monday 28th May - Photo: Sarah Dwyer -Find out how they got on on page 11

Middle right: Bucket Head - Paul Gibbons in an aero hatafter his outing with Adrian on the tandem trike. Sadly,the front wheel collapsed ending their excursion - Photos:Lawrence Watts - see page 13 for a pic of the boys in full flight

Bottom: The battle for third - Our own Rob Pelham digsdeep and gets third on the first round of our crits onThursday 7th June. Chris Hough can be seen gettingthe photo used to make the call - Photo: Lawrence Watts -see page 16 for report, results and more action snaps

ContentsEditorial & CalendarCM standing down at the end of 2012Archive - Looks at some old press cuttingsEastbourne Cycling Festival - Lawrence WattsYouth Racing - Dan GardnerVelo Vercors 2012 - Peter MorrisEvening Ten Series - First six roundsEvening Ten GalleryWanderers in Road Racing ActionLWCC Criterium Series - Round 1Time Trial results & reportsFour different Club Run reportsSeaford 100km ChallengeBack Page - Every picture tells a story!!

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Ask not what your club can do for youAsk what you can do for your club

Your next two MagazinesThe July-August Summer Special Edition(No. 259) will be posted on, or before Friday10th August and the PDF version will be available on-line atour club website by Saturday 11th August. There will notbe a September edition. The October (No. 260) will go topost on or before Friday 12th October, with the PDFversion on-line by Saturday 13th October. There will be aNovember and December edition of the mag (publicationdates will be in the October mag).

Sponsorship RequestThe main reason for not producing a September mag isdown to me heading off to Australia for a few weeks andwhilst out there I’m taking part in the Sydney Oxfam 100kmTrailwalk. I hope you don’t mind me reproducing mybrother, Ian’s email request for support in this mag, but it’sall for a good cause and if you would like to make acontribution, I thank you. CM

Hi there, On the 26th & 27th August, with my brother ChrisMartin, Michael Hall and Alan McGrouther (aka TheTorch), we intend to walk 100km. It is considered to beone of Australia’s roughest endurance event courses,punctuated by only a brief stop every 10-15km to tend theblisters, grab a muesli bar and top-up the drink bottle. It’scalled Oxfam Trailwalker.

So why are we doing this? Firstly to prove at a combinedage of more than 200 years, we still have what it takes andsecondly because I cannot face another year of cooking2000 sausages at checkpoint three.......... However, mostimportantly it is about raising money for Oxfam. Theiramazing work is centred around providing support to theworld’s poorest and most disadvantaged people.

Any donation would be hugely appreciated, and by goingto the website you can get a great idea of where themoney will go to make a real difference.

Our team is called "Ramble On" as a homage to theactivity at hand, a great Led Zeppelin song and Hally'stendency to do just that...........I wonder if he will still betalking after 24 hours. I am also pleased to say that theteam is being supported by State Street who is the globalsponsor of the Trailwalker events.

Please take a few moments to go to the following:

Ian Martin

LWCC Surrey League Road RaceWednesday 11th JulyStart time: 7:00pmLocation: Dunsfold (Top Gear tack)Event: Vets race - any vet (over 40) all Cats

Help needed: Contact Peter Morris or Chris Hough if youcan help - See page 15 for Chris Hough’s report from ourfirst Dunsfold promotion on Wednesday 30th May.

Next LWCC Committee MeetingTuesday 18th September - 8:00pm

You can view the Minutes from the last meeting(Tuesday 29th May) at the Club Info page on ourwebsite. You can also download all previousAgendas and Minutes going back to 2009.

I’m standing down at the end of 2012After a lot of thought, contemplation and some serious solesearching, I informed the Committee (29/05) that I will bestanding down from my various LWCC duties at the end ofthe year. By giving notice, I hope this enables a smoothsuccession plan to be put in place, allowing the club tocontinue the progress and success that we have enjoyedover the last few years. I have loved my role in theWanderers and take a huge amount of pride andsatisfaction being a cog in something so good and vibrant.

Reason: I have been unemployed now since 31/03/11 andhave not been addressing this with any urgency orpassion, I think it’s called denial! I am living on my limitedcapitol and this is not sustainable. With my numerousroles for LWCC, I have built a little world that allows me toimmerse myself in Wanderers stuff and thus avoid themore brutal realities of my situation. I have also noted thatI do a lot less riding than I used to, as my ten times testify.

Chairman: I will chair the AGM in Jan 2013 and we willlook to elect a new Chairman to take the club forward. Iwill expand on my work as Chairman in the next mag.

Website: I built the first website for the club in 1998 andhave developed and maintained it ever since. In 1998 myHTML skills were current; sadly I have not expanded myskills, so I still work in basic HTML code and use the oddbit of JAVA script. Modern websites are built onsophisticated, user friendly editors, and not in simple code.It’s a big website with lots of data and areas of archive. Itwould be an ideal project for someone with up-to-date webskills, who could take the data from the current websiteand build a new cutting edge one with more functionality.

Magazine: By the end of 2012 I will have produced theclub mag for seven years. This is my 69th edition and inthat time I have produced 1288 pages with 57 pull-outs.

I would like to see someone (or a small team) take itforward with their slant and style. My version has plenty ofindulgence (vain attempts at being entertaining, using mydaft humour etc), but also focuses on giving members allthe key results and info. CM

Club Barbecue - @ Adrian & Jill's placeSaturday 4th August from 4:[email protected] - 01323 841999

Bramber, Hempstead Lane, Hailsham, BN27 3PR

Please contact Adrian so that he has an idea of numbers.

Burgers, sausages etc will be provided including salad aswell as Coffee and tea. Please bring your own alcoholicdrink. Let's all hope for sunny weather - however, ourconservatory has seated 20 CTC before and the summerhouse can take more should the weather be unkind. SeeForum for more, there might be a ride out before. AH

http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/sydney/teams/team/?team_id=12516

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Eastbourne Cycling Festival - 19th & 20th May - by Lawrence Watts

I had not been aware of the Eastbourne Cycling Festival inprevious years, so when I saw it advertised on a flyer picked upat Rob’s Giant Shoreham Showdown back in January I wrote thedate down in my diary. My plan was to ride the included sportiveevent, however my growing awareness of the exaggerated entrycosts of sportives led me to adopt a more leisurely approach tothe event, simply “pootling around” on my Tommasini and takingin the general ambiance.

The main enclosure was within the lawn area just next to theWishtower Café and was host to ten or more separatestands/exhibitors. Of note was the Eastbourne Rovers’ tent withits Rollapalluza bikes in a power-wattage challenge. Furtheralong were the sartorially-elegant folk of the Bexhill ClassicCycle Group (www.classiccyclegroup.co.uk - who are linked tothe Bexhill Museum). One bicycle in particular grabbed myattention: a Sheldon Brown with its distinctive cantilever frame. Ilater did a few laps of the criterium circuit with them, during adesignated bicycle parade where riders as young as three couldshow off their bikes in motion.

I watched two shin-padded guys doing their stunt-jumping, rock-hopping, step-climbing thang on very bouncy-tyred mountainbikes but was soon distracted by the gleaming impressivenessof the Enigma Bikes stand. Their bikes and frames are anundeniably beautiful sight to behold. Then again, most bikes arein my opinion. Mine drew quite a few admiring comments andgave me the opportunity to chat to a few random others. A nicecouple from Ashford, seeing my wanderers jersey asked me topass on their best wishes to Adrian Hills (his cycling-relatedinfluence clearly knows no bounds).

The last of the 2011 Winners finally get their medals

And so to the main showpiece event of the day - the2nd & 3rd category (I think) criterium race. Thespectators were numerous around the 750 metre,four-cornered circuit. Even riding relatively slowlyaround the course, earlier on, had proved that thecircuit was quite technical at one or two points, butonly one rider managed to hit the deck and leave atrace of his precious DNA on the tarmac. Everyoneelse stayed upright, with the field quickly splitting intothree or four distinct bunches. It was only in the last15 minutes, or so, of the hour-long race that thewinning breakaway developed. A small group ofnine riders had gained a significant gap over the restof the field, and one rider in particular was regularlymanaging to get a lead on the other eight. When itcame to the final lap though, it was another rider whowas victorious in the sprint. He did not appear to bethe most powerful rider, build-wise, but I had noticedduring the race that his riding-style was very smoothand efficient and this had clearly paid off when itcounted most.

All in all, then, a very pleasant day out, blessed bygood weather and equally good people. LW

I did a bit of on-line research, but it looks like DanGardner (see next page) was the only Wandererstaking part in this year’s Eastbourne Cycling Festival.

CM

John Mankelow Jamie Lowden Stuart KirkhamAndy Comben

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Youth Racing - Dan GardnerAfter a few murmurs on the Forum and a phone call fromPeter Burbery, asking who this young Wanderer was,monstering the track at Hove & Preston Park, I thought itwas time to get a report from the said young man.Ignoring the fact that he was in the middle of his GCSEexams, I requested and chased for an article and photos.Thanks Dan and I do hope the exams went to plan. CM

Sussex Track LeagueWeek 1 - Five Wednesdays of rain caused a delayed startto this year’s Track League. The 16th of May finallybrought a sunny evening, producing a big turn out ofriders. There was quite a buzz as the senior scratch gotunder way. It was my first track race, so I started at theback of the pack for the u16/14 four-lap scratch. Being the'unknown Lewes rider' (quoted from the commentator), Ihad no pressure to do any work because no one knew whoI was. So I made my way through the bunch sitting on anEastbourne rider's wheel, who led me out perfectly. Ijumped with about 200m to go and took the win.

The 'devil', 'win+out' and 'dash' all took roughly the sameformat for me later on that night. However as thecommentator learned my name, I spent more time on thefront; making the occasional attack.

Always listen to Nick

Week 2 - Scratch championship week meant double thedistance (8 laps) and double league points. With theDwyers out to watch and Pete Burbery plus his matesgiving support from the stand, the outcome was inevitable.I fluffed it. What was frankly a boring race, was led out byMark of VC jubilee on the bell lap. A strong effort by himleft me just sitting in his wheel for most of the lap. Maybe Ididn't have the legs, maybe it was just pure laziness, I'llnever know. But I left the attack way too late, getting outthe saddle to go round him on the final bend. The resultwas a photo finish and the commissaire later went home tocheck the video, which concluded that Mark had held meoff to secure the win.

The 1 lap handicap race was also one of my lessmemorable races. I hadn't clipped in properly, so my legcame flying out as I was pushed off. Looking up to seesome of my competitors, who had started 30 metersahead, already half way round the track, I DNF'ed.

For the last race, I wanted to go out and smash it; the lasttwo races had put me in an 'all out' mood. The blockhandicap meant the under 14's started half a lap aheadand us under 16’s had 4 laps to catch them. We worked

well and I put in some big efforts at the front. Catchingthem with 1 lap to go was a relief until I realised one of theunder 14's was off the front. I went full out and passed himon the final bend to win, rounding off the evening nicely!

Week 3 - Once again the opening scratch race causedproblems for me. I led out with one lap to go and obviouslylost speed as a PPYCC rider powered past me. I hung onfor second though.

The dash, devil and handicap races went perfectly,crossing the line first in such quick aggressive races gaveme a real kick. My highlight of the evening was the 1 laphandicap race where I started last and one by one caughtthe riders to just clinch the victory off the rider on a45metre start.

It's great to see the Lewes colours of Pete B down atPreston Park! The thrill of track racing has got me hooked,it's a real contrast to TT's. Also there is a real good vibeamongst the riders and spectators, a perfect way tounwind after a day of exams!

Hove Park4th May - After the first few laps I concluded the coursesuited me well, with a nice ramping hill to the finish. So Ihit the front for a few turns and found me and two otherlads had gained a gap. We worked well together,establishing a big enough gap to start getting tactical at theend. On the second last lap I attacked at the foot of the hilland rode away to take the win.

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1st June - A small field of onlyfour under 16's entered thismonth’s race. Therefore, it wasvery 'cat and mouse' like. Wewere down to three riders quitesoon. I put in quite a fewattacks half heartedly, uppingthe pace, but then we wouldcome to a grinding halt asriders refused to do any work atthe front. It got so slow that theunder 14's started overtakingus, and then we would takethem as someone attacked.Anyway, it got to the bell lapand we blasted round at ablistering speed of about15mph. It was like a tracksprint on the last hill. I clunkedup the gears and sprinted fullout to make a small gap andtake the win again.

20th May - A very technicalshort circuit was set out at theseafront during the EastbourneCycling Festival. Every lapthere was a challenging 180-degree turn like the one on theChamps élysées but a lottighter. Five others and mequickly formed a breakawaygroup. Well I say breakaway,but in reality the field just split intwo. We worked together andstretched the gap, eventuallylapping the other group.

My new 'chilli compound' tyres, recommended by Mr. Winton, held me up well over the sharp bends. As we approachedthe line for the lap last lap I was sitting in second, behind the eventual winner. And BAM…. my calf had obviously hadenough and decided to cramp. So as they rung the bell, I rolled over the line shaking my leg like a lunatic. I still finishedin front of group B to claim 6th spot. I can put this down to forgetting the rollers and my legs not being used to theconstant change of speed during the cornering. Both things that I can work on, so it's a learning experience! Intervaltraining and planning….That rings a bell, should've listened Nick! DG

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South East Regional Youth Circuit Championship

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Velo Vercors 2012 - Saturday 19th May - Saturday - 26th May by Peter Morris - Photos: Rob Pelham

Members of the club headed off to France for the thirdconsecutive edition the Velo Vercors odyssey. You canread about the two previous trips in the following mags:

2010 Part 1 - No. 242 October 2010 - Pages 6-102010 Part 2 - No. 243 November 2010 - Pages 16-182011 - No. 249 Summer Special - Pages 28-42 (epic)

Saturday: Again meeting at Stupid o'clock outside Rob'sgaff, we loaded the vans, this year’s crew who were drivingdown: Rob ‘Power’ Pelham, Micky 'Sasquash' T, Charlie'Marmotte Hater' Midgley, Stevie G (G for Gaston), John'Col de la Machine' Miller, Charlie 'Secret Climber'Middleton and Myself. Rob was driving the van with meriding shotgun, and the rest were in Bigfoot's tank AKAMicky T's Nissan Patrol.

After 10 minutes of driving, Rob turns to me and says"You’ve got your passport, haven't you?" "Er, no" wouldbe the answer. So a swift call to Alice, who'd already gotup at the crack of dawn to deliver me to Rob's house, andshe was on her way again to meet up with us in Hastingswith my Passport. She must love me.

The rest of the crew in the Tank went and got on the firsttrain whilst Rob and I played catch up.

We all arrived safely and enjoyed a great first nights dinnerwith Rog, Teresa and guests. Which incidentally went upto 30 euros this year, I think we drank more than our 20euros each in wine last year, so amendments needed tobe made! ;o)

Dom, Stu Papworth (Horsham CC), Frosty and Mark Patonflew down and met us there.

Our first night there and the heavy rain made a leak in theroof of our gite, woken in the night by a drip on the head,the first thing that my half asleep, drunken mind wouldthink to do is position a mug from my bedside table on mypillow to catch the drips... Rob's idea of moving the bed inthe morning was a master brainwave!

Sunday: First ride out in beautiful sunshine, unfortunatelywe knew rain was on its way by mid afternoon, but wemade the most of it. Last year we missed the Col deRousset which looked amazing from the viewing point atthe top, we just never climbed it. So this year we werestraight to it! I blazed up it, Rob was first loser (had to getthat in mate ;o} ), followed by everybody else trickling in.

Charlie gave us an unhealthylooking smile at the top beforeshowing his lunch into the windover the barrier. We stopped atthe restaurant at the top to fillup, or refill if you're Charlie,then got going. Roger had saidit was 30 km back to camp with6 km of climbing, which ofcourse was the perfectcombination of ascent anddescent. The weather wouldhave its way and we soonbecame victims of themountains moody climate.Descending in the rain was coldand dodgy; it was every man

for himself. To make things a tad worse I punctured,luckily Rob stopped to assist. With our heads down sortingthe problem out, we hadn't realised a mist had set in until itwas time to go. Misty and wet we slowly made our wayback to the gite to warm up and recover, banking 83 miles,it had been an awesome ride which I'd fully enjoyed.

Monday: It rained consistently, staying low and out of themountains way, we stacked up 58 miles. It dried up nearthe end and we got some good chain gang practice in.Unfortunately we lost Charlie that day, like a homingpigeon he made his way back solo. He went off the frontto avoid wheel spray from everybody else, a little too far offthe front. Back and into town for a drink. A little later the'flyers' went into town to the same bar to experience a barfight, which was quite exciting, women and everythingapparently!

Tuesday: It was afunny day. Dom, Stu,Micky, John, Midgeand Charlie went toclimb Mont Ventouxbecause the weatherlooked better downthere but wereapparently caught outat the top like onSunday with heavywind and rain. Therest of us hung aroundthe gites waiting forthe rain to stop, beforeventuring out for a 40mile ride in the peeingrain. Not very eventful.

Wednesday: This would be a very un-restful rest daybefore we attempted the Marmotte route on Thursday. Asemi-pro wanted to come and play with us and we hadagreed to break him, as is the way of the world. This fineplan didn't go well as I followed him up the first climb of theday, we chatted on the way up, him in French, me inEnglish, comms were crap to be fair, I asked if he liked

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time trials, he said no, that's as much as was understood,everything else was lost in translation....He upped thetempo as we neared the top and I let him go - partlybecause I didn't wanna wreck myself for the Marmotte thenext day (that's right peeps, I don't take defeat easily!)Hanging about at the top he decided to leave us to it as itwas getting cold, so that was us breaking the semi-pro....splendid work gentlemen. A fine Roger led ride, after aJohn Miller puncture which involved two spare inner tubesand a tyre, not to mention me losing my saddle bag whichhad my iPhone in. We stopped for lunch, a bizarre placewith no menu, you either ate what was put in front of you,or you didn't. The group then split, Rog, Rob, Charlie,John, Dom & myself pushed on whilst the rest enjoyed along scenic downhill back to camp. Almost 70 in total.

Thursday: Today would be one of the finest days. Ourplanning may have been a little off as the Galibier and theGlandon were ferme, which kinda messed up our ideas ofrunning the Marmotte route. Didn't mess Charlie Midgley'sideas of running over a Marmotte though! When wereached the top of the first Col (Croix Col de Fer), whichwas a bastard! We all gathered and waited to regroup, theview was amazing, sunshine, it was hot, there was snoweverywhere, it was an awesome moment. Only enhancedby Midge reaching the summit with news that he'd ran overa Marmotte!! Great news! In its attempt to get out ofharms way it scarpered across the road hitting Neil'speddle, unclipping him and then squealing as it passedunder his back wheel almost tipping him off the bike.They're pretty big close up apparently.

At the peak we separated, some wanted to go back toOison where we parked and climb Alp D'Huez, and somewanted to descend and then ascend the other side of theCol de Fer. This would prove a long strenuous task. Stu,Charlie, Rob and myself made the savage downhill into thenext town, which in turn would be a savage uphill. 2½hours of uphill in fact. And in extreme heat of around 30°in the sun. At the top we regrouped and then enjoyed theawesome downhill back to Oison where we'd regroup withmany of the others to do the Alp together. Both John andmyself bonked on the Alp at the end of the Marmotte routelast year, so we wanted to knock it on the head this year.And with Frosty, Neil and Rob in Micky's tank, we werecheered up Alp D'Huez. John Miller reaching the village atthe top first, followed by myself, Charlie, Micky T and Stu.After a drink at the top we enjoyed a hot, fast, intensedescent. I loved it, with the tyres sticking to the road likedog mess to a tartan picnic blanket, I brought the bike

down low for every switch back, one of the highlights of theholiday for me. After 8 hours 10 mins of riding and beingout for 11 hours and 20 mins we climbed into the van/tankand made our way back. I clocked 105 miles.

Friday: The final day, and with plenty ofsunshine and heat, we went out for arecovery ride. We climbed up the valleyfrom the gite, which was a savage climb- we stopped to admire the view we'dmissed through bad weather earlier inthe week. It was breathtaking. Findinga place to eat, having a wind down,enjoying each others company, it was areally nice ride. We loved the brilliantdescent back to the gites one last time,Micky T learning the roads through theweek made the most of it and was a joyto follow alongside Midge. 40 miles thatday. We spent the remainder of the daypacking and preparing a goodbye BBQwhich we ended up enjoying with ourhosts in the evening in the grange as athunderstorm beat down overhead. Itwas a really nice evening.

Another fantastic holiday, a big thanks to all involved :o)PM

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LWCC Evening Ten Series - The first six rounds

Evening Ten - Round 1Tuesday 8th May

Pos Name Time1st Jamie Lowden 21:522nd Tom Glandfield 22:133rd Mark Frost 22:234th Duncan Fuller 22:245th Peter Morris 22:296th Dominic Lowden 23:107th Dan Gardner (J) 23:188th Mark Paton 23:239th Neil Midgley 23:27

10th Colin Harris 24:0111th Sam Ramsey 24:0612th Stuart Kirkham 24:1013th Mike Hannay 24:1114th Alan Lloyd 24:3415th Rob Rollings 24:3516th Michael Valks 24:3817th Peter Baker 24:5018th Charlie Middleton 25:3019th Chris Martin 25:3820th Andy Denyer 26:2821st Micky Turner 26:3222nd Doug Gardner 27:1223rd Hugh Procter 27:2024th David Beale 27:4225th Paul Hanratty 28:1426th Simon Yates 29:16* Bob Coleman 27:41

DNS Natasha Fuller (L)Course: G10/87 - * = 2nd Claim

Rd. 1 - A big thanks to the following

Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Laurie LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedStart Marshal: Ashley LeaneyBoship Marshall: Tony GaleCatering: Stuart AndersonCatering: John GallsworthyPhotos at Boship: Lawrence Watts

After what seems like weeks of horridweather, we had a break, with a dry,overcast, still(ish) night, which for mewas also warm enough to leave thearm & leg warmers in the car for thefirst time this year.

Jamie Lowden, over from his Frenchbase, stormed round for first placeahead of a close battle in the 22s,which promises well for the rest of theseries. Pete Morris suffered his firstdefeat in a Wanderers event of theyear, sliding down to an ignominioussixth place, can he fight back?

Dan Gardner took another big stepforward with an impressive PB ride.Sam Ramsey was another happyWanderer with his PB on the course.

Evening Ten - Round 2Monday 14th May

Pos Name Time1st Dominic Lowden 23:372nd Sam Ramsey 23:563rd Alan Lloyd 25:074th Chris Martin 25:435th Tom Benjamin 25:556th Andy Denyer 26:207th Steve Gaston 26:288th Hugh Procter 27:359th Simon Yates 28:48

Course: G10/87


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Laurie LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedBoship Marshall: Bob CombenCatering: Adrian HillsPhotos: Lawrence Watts

A gloomy and wet night meant oursmallest field in a club TT for someyears. Dom maintained the Lowdenfamily’s 100% win record in this year’sTen series with a strong ride in thechallenging conditions.

Of the heroic nine who took part, SamRamsey had the biggest smile aftercompleting a PB Ten and his first 25+mph ride.

After a good soaking, we reconvenedin the HQ for some tea & biscuits,including Jaffa Cakes. Special thanksto Adrian who was on a multi-taskingduties.

Evening Ten - Round 3Monday 21st May

Pos Name Time1st Stuart Kirkham 23:222nd Rob Rollings 23:263rd Sam Ramsey 23:484th Dan Gardner (J) 23:575th Mike Hannay 23:586th Peter Baker 24:287th Alan Lloyd 24:378th Tom Benjamin 24:459th Chris Martin 25:14

10th Andy Denyer 25:5911th Hugh Procter 26:4112th Shane Duncan 26:4813th Paul Hanratty 27:0114th Doug Gardner 27:4715th Simon Yates 27:5716th Martin Komen 28:0017th David Beale 28:1418th Stuart Anderson 29:1019th Adrian Hills 32:59* Bob Coleman 27:56PTT - Riders from other clubs

Jason LeGoff - In-Gear 23:06John Cordner - ERCC 23:28Max Norrel - Giant 25:00Tim Miles - Hastings 27:33

Course: G10/87 - * = 2nd Claim


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Bob CombenFinish Timekeeper: Su BalcombeTimekeeper’s assistant: Richard MeedBoship Marshall: No oneCatering: John GallsworthyPhotos: Lawrence Watts

It must have been a good night, as Iwent a little faster than my previoustwo outings and Sam Ramseycontinued on his PB journey. I didsuggest to Sam, that by round 12 it’llbe quite tough to maintain the week-on-week improvement. Now, whatwas the name of that Russian PoleVaulter who broke the world record atevery event by a smidgen, as therewas a big payout for achieving a newworld record? O yes, (thanks Google)it was Sergey Bubka, who broke theworld record on 17 occasions - evenNick can’t equal that! I wonder if Samis getting financially rewarded for hisendeavours.

With quite a few of the fastmenenjoying Velo Vercors (see page 8) itwas left to Stuart K to take victory justahead of Rob R. Stuart has beenworking hard with his (not-blunt)coach (other coaches are available)and avoiding old deers (see page 21).

Right: Sam Ramsey (Rd. 2) set a PBon each of the first four rounds.

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Evening Ten - Round 4Monday 28th May

Pos Name Time1st Nick Dwyer 20:122nd Mark Frost 22:003rd Pete Morris 22:034th Tom Glandfield 22:165th James Ryan 22:436th Tristan Vouilloz 22:447th Matt Coombs 22:55

=8th Sam Ramsey 23:16=8th Michael Valks 23:1610th Rob Rollings 23:2611th Colin Harris 23:2712th Dan Gardner (J) 23:3013th Stuart Kirkham 23:3814th Neil Midgley 23:4315th Peter Baker 24:3516th Simon Vouilloz 24:4117th Alan Lloyd 25:1618th Chris Martin 25:2419th Natasha Fuller (L) 25:3920th Will Herbert 25:4621st Shane Duncan 26:2522nd Oskar Vouilloz (J) 26:4423rd Ian Glen 26:5024th Doug Gardner 26:5725th Paul Hanratty 27:1026th Simon Yates 28:1327th Stuart Anderson 28:2028th Adrian Hills 31:05

PTT - Riders from other clubsConnal Yates - In-Gear 20:07Dave Pollard - In-Gear 21:39Sean Yates - In-Gear 22:38Tim Miles - Hastings 26:57Jaro Bubers - Enigma 27:07

Course: G10/87


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Laurie LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedBoship: Ian Landless & Bob CombenCatering: Anne Locke & Duncan FullerPhotos: Sarah Dwyer

2012 New Club Record No. 3It was a hot night and the fast menturned up en masse from their trainingcaves. Nick reported before the eventon his recent run of second placesand then finished second to Sean’slittle bruv, but in the process he didbreak his club record for best time onour ten course, lowering it by 16 secs.


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Laurie LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Jane LadeStart Marshal: Ashley LeaneyBoship: Tony GaleCatering: Richard Meed & 2 x Leaney

Evening Ten - Round 5Wednesday 6th June

Pos Name Time1st Rob Pelham 21:372nd Mark Frost 22:373rd Mark Paton 23:354th Sam Ramsey 24:095th Alan Lloyd 24:536th Chris Martin 25:167th John Mankelow 26:248th Doug Gardner 27:599th Martin Komen 28:34

10th Simon Yates 29:0411th Horry Hemsley 33:36

DNS Hugh ProcterCome and Try It

Keith Walker 41:19Tandem Ten

1st Peter & TomBaker 21:32

2nd Micky Turner &Neil Midgley 23:58

3rd Tom & MilesBenjamin 27:08

Adrian Hills &Paul Gibbons DNF

Course: G10/87

It’s just like F1, a different winnerevery round. A wet & windy day didn’tbode well for a big field or fast times.Fortunately, the rain kept away,although the roads were quite wet andmy front wheel danced its own little jigas the cross-winds buffeted it.

The main event of the night was afour-way battle for king of thetandems. As might be expected,Peter & Tom took a dominant win withthe added bonus of fastest ride overall

Tandem virgins, Micky & Charlie,borrowed a splendid Flying Gatetandem with excellent lug work fromAdrian. The lads enjoyed theirinaugural outing and were chuffed toget under 24 minutes. They reportedon being caught by Team Baker forone minute at Boship and that Peternearly overcooked it and just avoidedan encounter with the undergrowth!

Father & son team Benjamin took thebronze medal, 20 seconds slowerthan their previous ride in 2011.

Highlight (for me) of the night wasAdrian & Paul on the mighty tandemtrike (see page 13). After a phone callfrom me, they had matching (current)kit and Paul appeared (for the firsttime ever) in an aero hat (borrowedfrom Adrian). Aero hat in name only,it looked more like a bucket! After agood start their front wheel explodedon the way out, bringing a sad andpremature end to their eclecticsojourn. See photos on front cover.

Evening Ten - Round 6Monday 11th June

Pos Name Time1st Rob Pelham 22:122nd Tom Glandfield 22:213rd Jamie Lowden (F) 22:254th Dominic Lowden 23:565th Dan Gardner (J) (F) 24:036th Sam Ramsey 24:107th Andy Denyer 24:438th Paul Gibbons (F) 24:459th Chris Martin 25:21

10th Neil Midgley (F) 25:3511th Tom Benjamin 25:4912th Oliver Tuckley 25:5913th Stephen Gaston 26:1714th Micky Turner (F) 26:3415th Hugh Procter (F) 27:1816th Paul Hanratty 27:3617th Doug Gardner 28:5518th Simon Yates (F) 29:2019th Adrian Hills (F) 32:5520th Horry Hemsley 33:39

Fixed Ten1st Jamie Lowden (F) 22:252nd Dan Gardner (J) (F) 24:033rd Paul Gibbons (F) 24:454th Neil Midgley (F) 25:355th Micky Turner (F) 26:346th Hugh Procter (F) 27:187th Simon Yates (F) 29:208th Adrian Hills (F) 32:55PTT - Riders from other clubs

John Cordner - ERCC 22:51Kevin Burton - ERCC 26:10

Come and Try ItKeith Walker 42:04

Course: G10/87


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Bob CombenFinish Timekeeper: Jane LadeBoship: Tony GaleCatering: Paul Hanratty & Tom Glandfield

Rob P ruined my F1 analogy by takinghis second win of the series and backat a damp HQ he was relieved to havefinished ahead of those with one gear.As has become the norm, the fieldwas probably restricted due to yetanother grim old day of rain & wind,but we did get eight in the battle forfixed supremacy.

LWCC’s answer to Rafa Nadal, OliverT has dominated this event for the lastseven years, but informed me thathe’d sold his fixed and was on gears.So, a new champion was needed. Alittle bird had said that the Flyer wascoming out, but like Mr Lloyd theywere both DNS (did not show) -probably back at home in their oxygentents watching England - France.

Continued on next page.Photos: Lawrence Watts

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Evening Ten Series Gallery - Photos: Lawrence Watts Rounds 1, 2, 3 & 5

We are spoilt for choice, with photosfrom the first five rounds. The top threeare the winners of the first three rounds.

Continued from page 11 - In the end Jamietook a strong victory, with mentions indispatches for Dan & PG for completingthe podium. First timers, Midge & Mickysaid they’d be back for more and Olliehanded over the single cog trophy toJamie.

Considering the weather, we’ve had agood first half to the series, but let’s hopefor some proper summer and biggerfields for part two. And where are all ourfemale riders? To date, Natasha hasdone one ride and that’s it from theladies - Come on girls.

1st on Rd. 3 - Stuart Kirkham

1st on Rd. 2Dominic Lowden

1st on Rd. 1Jamie Lowden

Colin Harris

Hugh Procter

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Above: Nick Dwyer sets out on another recordbreaking Ten (Rd. 4) See page 10 for results &reports - See the front cover for the top tandem

2nd - Micky Turner & Neil Midgley3rd - Tom & Miles BenjaminDNF - Adrian Hills & Paul Gibbons

Below: After a seven year reign, Oliver Tuckleyhands over the single cog trophy to Jamie Lowden, the new king of fixed - Photo: RP

Rob Pelham fastest onRound 5 & 6

Photo: Sarah Dwyer

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Wanderers in Racing Action - Road Racing

Surrey League - Bayeux CT - Barcombe

Cat 2/3 - 60 miles - Saturday 12th May - We had ourdynamic duo of Jamie Lowden & Pete Morris in action,whilst Rob Pelham provided the photos. A little bird toldme over tea at Bodiam that he thought Pete did too muchwork for others sitting on the front and towing the bunchalong, and that he might benefit from some different tactics

1st Harold Evans VO2 Development Team - Cat 2 - 2:25:0020th Jamie Lowden - Cat 226th Peter Morris - Cat 3 34 Classified finishers

Peter Morris reports (taken from the Forum) - Well thatwas interesting. Cramps and groin injuryaside it was a bit frustrating...

From the off we'd agreed nobreak until at least halfway,unless Conall Yates goes,knowing he'd do most ofthe work. First few lapswe kept near the front, onone of the early primesI went off the front a bit,which crippled me a bitand I ended up at theback quite quickly as Irecovered. Probably didn'tactually need that muchof a recovery but withmost of the race left I wasparanoid I'd run out ofpuff. At the back was theworst place to be for anyrecovery. People keptlosing the back of thepeloton and I took it uponmyself to drag their ass'sback on, on quite a few occasions, which killed. Decidingthat this was a bad idea I pulled myself to the front...Slowly - I could see stuff going on at the front with Conall,but by the time I'd got there he was away with a group ofabout seven.

J and I were trying to get some organisation together about2 laps later, but some people's idea of organising a 'push'were a lot different to ours. One guy wouldn't let me in theline near the front at one point and suggested I do my turnby overtaking the four guys in front and doing my stint!?Why the 'peeling off' method couldn't be used I'm notsure!? Lack of experience I guess. Mike Coyle then camealongside and told us that they were away and we werewasting ourselves pulling the peloton along. We made adeal, he suggested that we should get away on the hillafter the prime. I asked if he'd have one of his Mitrechums let us go, he replied 'they'll do it if I f***ing tell 'emtoo'. The time came, J and Coyle were off like whippetsand I couldn't drag myself up the hill in time. I decided tolet them go and sit on the front but this was short lived as afew people gave chase.

Eventually Coyle got off the front with somebody else witha lap to go and then Josh Lawless went on his own up theprime which was impressive. With a lap to go we sat inand crossed the line in the peloton.

I'm pretty sure J got in a break for a while but it was onlyabout 10 secs ahead and wasn't very organised, all thiswas going on whilst I was working my way up the pack.

Very impressive riding by Jamie who is extremely strong atthe mo, it's a bit annoying watching you disappear up thehills whilst I struggle!! I've been doing it for a while so Iguess it's my turn! PM

Jamie Lowden’s account (also taken from the Forum) -Found it OK today but just a bit frustrating:

From the start four guys got away (I think) and opened abiggish gap. It almost came back together on the secondlap (I think they were at 10seconds) before Conall and acouple of others jumped across. I felt it was too early and

that they would exhaust themselves, so sat in for a bit as acouple of other teams held it in check. I think the gapopened to about a minute before we basically broughtthem back with big turns from the LWCC and Mitre boys.Again, they got to less than 10 seconds but no one waswilling to do the work to finish it off and they got awayagain.

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With three laps to go Mike Coyle suggested we trysomething just as a laugh really because the break hadabout two minutes, so I started hitting the hills hard. I gotaway with Mike and Josh Lawless and a guy fromCharlotteville up the hill towards Newick, but that didn’t goanywhere; the guys in the peloton weren't going to chasethe main break but were happy to work to shut down fourriders having a go in no-man's-land. Some swearing mighthave been heard as we were brought back.

I tried again up the same hill just after the two-to-go signand got away on my own but was soon back in the bunchand as we came through Barcombe Mike and a couple ofothers clipped off the front with no reaction from anyone.The last lap was pretty slow with some tired riders and bythe time we came to the final sprint I was pretty tired andnot too happy about sprinting for minor places anyway.Sat up and came in about 20-something I guess with Petejust behind.

A few guys mentioned to Pete and I at the end that welooked really strong. Always nice, but it would have beenbetter to have some places to show for the hard work.

This was my proper long ride for a few weeks and I think Ifound the distance hard, reckon I'll go better in Francetomorrow afternoon where it is only 70km of racing.

Thinking back to last season, it took me a while to getgoing with all my best results towards the end of theseason (Lewes Crits excepted), so I'm not too worriedabout lack of form in the UK...would be nice to pick upsome points though. Written this before reading Pete'sreport... hopefully it sounds like we did the same race. JL

Hove Park Crits - Race 2Brighton Mitre - Cat 4 - 35 minutes + 5 lapsFriday 18th May - Report: Taken from BrightonMitre website - With spring still wrapping us all inits cold blanket it was a dull, cold, wet Hove Parkthat greeted the riders for round two in the series.

Cat 4s - Cat 4 race was its usual selection of thestrongest riders. As the race came to its finalstages it saw five riders contest the win. It wasJoe Hyatt that ignited affairs with a hard attack ina bid for victory but the others were not going tocapitulate that easily and he was caught on thefinal climb and the resulting gallop for the line waswon by Elliott Lipski with George Moore secondand Jo Hyatt hanging on for third.

1. Elliot Lipski (VC Elan)2. George Moore (ASL 360)3. Joe Hyatt (Brighton Mitre)4. Matt Townsend (Lewes Wanderers)

Round three in the series is on Friday the 15th June. Theevent starts with a Cat 4 race at 6.45pm & the Cat 2/3 raceat 7.25pm. See page 6 for Dan Gardner’s report from theHove Park Youth Races.

Jamie back in FranceJamie has been real busy racing in France and in theprocess very successful. He has recorded his exploits onthe Forum with some excellent reporting and plenty ofgreat photos that really capture the glamour of racing inFrance. And despite winning several giant hams, hedoesn’t seem to be putting on any weight (like some of us)!

LWCC Dunsfold Road RaceWednesday 30th May - Report: Chris Hough - To enableriders to participate in Surrey League events, we need torun 2 Surrey League events this year and have opted forrunning Dunsfold Wednesday evening vets races. I haveto admit, leaving Central London halfway through aworking day to get to Sussex and drive to Dunsfold; put mein a lousy mood, before I got there. On arrival, seeingMicky Turner and Matt Townsend and relatives alreadythere and dealing with the sign-on did a lot to lift the cloudand the fantastic backdrop of Dunsfold Aerodrome on afine summer’s evening is something worth seeing. I saythat, as Pete our road racing secretary, missed it on thatoccasion and was standing somewhere on the otherDunsfold road circuit just up the road. Enough said,because Pete is a talented racer and I’m not andfurthermore, he did volunteer to take the secretary’s job offmy hands this year.

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Ian Glen was our only representative in the race and hadsurvived a pile- up the previous week, caused according toGlyn Durrant, (the Surrey League Organiser) by riders(not Ian) not knowing how to pull off after sprinting tooearly on a runway, so wide that you can land a jumbo jet.

Dunsfold is also the only circuit in the South East whereyou may have to stop the race if a plane is landing. So it’sten laps of the circuit, where you could feel like you are ina Bond movie or even Top Gear, if you are not driving acrap Ford Fusion, like mine. A break of six riders wentaway fairly early on and Ian took a significant part in thechase, from my viewpoint in the following car. On eachlap, Matt’s daughter was jumping up and down on thefinish line encouraging the riders as they came past and itwas great to have her as a helper. 30-miles of racing andmy petrol gage worryingly indicating 1 bar, the six riderscrossed the line and Ian sprinted in towards the front of thesecond group.

The next race we are committed to is the same again onWednesday 11th July at 7:00pm. So please contact Petewho promises to be there himself and help us out at thevenue where circuit racing meets jump jets and the jumbofeatured, but not it seems, destroyed in Casino Royale. CH

LWCC Criterium Road Race Round 1Thursday 7th June - Report: CM - Chris Hough hadassembled a top team to run the opening round. There willbe specific credits in the next mag, but we had two cars,two motorbikes, an ambulance, two Commissaires in carsand a minimum of two marshals on each junction. The TriStore in Eastbourne www.thetristore.com had again,generously agreed to provide the prizes.

This team allows us to put on agreat show and gives the ridersan almost pro-feel event. Allwe need now is closed roads!We had a full field of 50 withseveral strong teams looking todo battle over the three roundseries.

Due to limited space, you’re notgetting my view from thesecond lead car and I’ll leave itto Rob to tell his tale. CMPhotos: Lawrence Watts

Todd Leckie takes a comfortable win

The battle for third by Rob Pelham - I should havejudged it better, but the fifth time into Kennel Corner was amess. I usually like to be near the front through that tightturn but this time from the middle of the pack it came up abit quick, everyone was breaking hard & I almost lifted myback wheel trying to scrub off speed.

There was already a break of two riders up the road,including team GB triantelope Todd Leckie, so 1st & 2nd

place was gone.

Out of the turn I was mid pack (20th ish).This being the last lap the pace out ofthe turn was fierce, approximately 5-7kph faster than any of the previouspasses. I could see up ahead that Pete& Andy had taken up good positionsnear the front so I battled up the outsideof the already strung out field to take abetter place in line.

From my new vantage point (10th wheel)I saw the strong Crawley Wheelers riderpull off from the front leaving in-formPete Morris to take up the pacemaking.The speed instantly increased anotherfew kph. Pete was doing a fantasticAndy & Pete chase down a Mitre man

Dom & John M further back in the line

Anticipation

CH and sign-on

Ian Glen sits in the bunch

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selfless task, intending to keep the pace high to stop anyattacks coming over the top & also try to lead out Andy,who we acknowledge as our best bet in a bunch sprint.

It's very hard to choose when you hit the front in a paceline, & the guy in front always pulls over sooner than youwant. I guess this is what happened to Pete as he foundhimself on the front with 2km's to go. When my HRreturned to somewhere at the lower end of the red zone Idecided I couldn't leave Pete to do all the last 2km on hisown & I'd try to get up there & share some of the work.

A couple of deep breaths, a couple of flicks of the rightshifter & BANG - I was off, past the line of riders strung outin Pete’s slipstream. The intention was to fight my way justin front of Andy or Pete & set Andy up for the sprint gloryhe deserves. Unfortunately, this isn't how it happened. Ican only assume I caught a freak gust of wind orsomething. My speed jumped from 50kph to 60kph & bythe time I was level with Pete, he had no chance of gettingon my wheel. The line of riders in the shadows on thetarmac to my right quickly fell backwards till there was onlyone shadow alone with 500m to go.

In poker terms I was now 'all in'. If I sat up there was noway I'd recover and be able to go again for the finale, so Ijust had to get on with it & keep going. I always say I'drather try hard & come last than sit in all race & sprint for20th place. My Garmin gps tells me that I managed tokeep a good high speed for the whole of the last 500m,only just tailing off slightly on the uphill finish to the line. Atthe time it felt like I was riding in treacle for the last 100m.I was dying a million deaths inside, & I'm glad there weren'ttoo many people about to hear the huffing, puffing,grunting & groaning I was doing.

The line couldn't come quick enough. I could literally feelthe bunch breathing down my neck as I looked up for thepaint on the road. As I lunged (I dunno why?) a fastmoving rider came up on my right shoulder & also lungedfor the line. I didn't have a clue who’d got it?

Back at the HQ the photos showed just how close it wasbut the video confirmed what I wanted to hear. My lungefor the line did the trick & I took the place from some fellafrom a 'race team'. The extra weight of his power metreprobably costing him those vital few centimetres. First fromthe bunch and third place overall. I've finished higher in a4th cat race once, but this was definitely my best place in a'proper' road race. I'm still buzzin, but will be glad to getback to team player duties next week! The big bonus isthe whole series is still wide open. Pete picked up pointson all three primes & Andy finished the bunch sprint in thetop 10. Also the LWCC team should be re-enforced forRound 2. Awooga! RP

Results for Round 1 - 7th June 2012Prime 1

Pos Name Club1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks

2nd Rob Pelham LWCC3rd Peter Morris LWCC

Prime 2Pos. Name Club

1st John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital2nd Todd Leckie Bodyworks3rd Peter Morris LWCC

Prime 3Pos. Name Club

1st Kristian Emptage Crosstracks2nd Todd Leckie Bodyworks3rd Peter Morris LWCC

Final ResultPos. Name Club

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks2nd Kristian Emptage Crosstracks3rd Rob Pelham LWCC4th Mark Poland In-Gear5th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes6th Andrew Comben LWCC7th Steve Atkinson Southdowns Bikes8th Rob Quinn Brighton Mitre9th Matthew Butt ASL 360

10th John Cordner Eastbourne RoversOther Wanderers: 16th Peter Morris, 18th Ian GlenFinished in the bunch: Dom Lowden & John MillerDNF: Dan Street

Points after Round 1Pos. Name Club Points

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks 232nd Kristian Emptage Crosstracks 143rd Rob Pelham LWCC 10

=4th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital 05=4th Mark Poland In-Gear 05

6th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes 04=7th Andrew Comben LWCC 03=7th Peter Morris LWCC 03

Points System5, 3 & 1 for first three in each prime12, 9, 7, 5, 4 & 3 for the first six on the line at the finishAll GC points are doubled on the third and final round

Round 2 - Thursday 14th JuneRound 3 - Thursday 21st June

A great start, which promisesmuch for the next two rounds.We have several riders joiningup who will bring strength indepth, add firepower andincrease our options. Theyinclude, James Ryan, MattCoombs, Matt Townsend, AlanLester & Nick Smith. See nextmonth’s mag for the concludingstory.

Right: Rob leads Todd Leckie inthe sprint for the first Prime

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Wanderers in Racing Action - Time Trials

Old Portlians CC 10 miles - Saturday 12th MayPos Name Time

3rd Nick Dwyer 20:5610th Mark Frost 22:3214th Duncan Fuller 22:4920th Mark Paton 23:3335th Natasha Fuller (L) 25:30

DNS Kaye Dwyer (L)

1st Peter TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:28

Course: G10/57 - Entries: 59 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 11

Natasha missed the top female award by a tantalising onesecond, whilst Nick added the 1st vet prize to his 3rd on GC

Charlotteville CC 50 miles - Sunday 13th MayPos Name Time

29th Duncan Fuller 2:00:4165th Natasha Fuller (L) 2:12:29

1st James GilfilllanContre La Montre 1:48:08

Course: H50/8 - Entries: 120 - Finishers: 95

2012 New Club Record No. 1Duncan & Natasha were our first 50 riders of the season,with Duncan just missing out on a sub-two hour ride, whilstNatasha became the first Wanderer of the year to break aclub record. Her final time was a 36 seconds improvementon the previous best, set by Heather Wimble back in 1995.

Norwood Paragon CC 25 miles - Sun 13th MayPos Name Time

2nd Nick Dwyer 0:53:508th Peter Morris 0:57:00

12th Mark Frost 0:57:3613th Tom Glandfield 0:57:3722nd Dominic Lowden 1:00:2323rd Colin Harris 1:01:0326th Mark Paton 1:01:1427th Michael Valks 1:01:1835th Neil Midgley 1:02:0337th Micky Turner 1:02:2062nd John Mankelow 1:08:2763rd Stephen Gaston 1:08:40

1st Steve DennisEast Grinstead CC 0:53:01


2012 Team Win No. 3 - See Archive for some history

Some top performances and with it a team win. FiremanTom was pipped by Frosty as our third counter.

VTTA (Kent) 30 miles - Sunday 13th MayPos Name Time

8th Alan Lloyd 1:15:54

1st Andrew MeilakData Team Allstars 1:07:57

Course: Q30/2 - Entries: 45 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 3

Our Press Secretary enjoyed a 2:20 PB performance overin Kent, where he reports they have superior road surfacesto our third world (esk) rutted Sussex tracks.

Above: Duncan at nearly 25mph on the Charlotteville 50See cover for a photo of Natasha’s record breaking ridePhoto: Dave Carlsson of Blinkman Photography

SCCU 10 miles - Saturday 19th MayPos Name Time

1st Nick Dwyer 20:3643rd Kaye Dwyer (L) 28:06

DNS James RyanCourse: G10/57 - Entries: 50 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 6

2012 Open Win No. 3Team Dwyer topped & tailed the leader board, as Nickdelivered a strong performance and with it an excellentwin. Ideal preparation for his ride on Sunday’s National 10

Sotonia CC 25 miles (Tandem) - Sat 19th MayPos Name Time

1st Peter & Tom Baker 55:21Course: P128/25 - Entries: 1 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 0

2012 Open Win No. 4 - Team Baker flying again

Worthing Excelsior 25 miles - Sunday 20th MayPos Name Time

10th Duncan Fuller 0:58:2414th Colin Harris 0:59:2322nd Michael Valks 1:00:2254th Oliver Tuckley 1:04:4657th Natasha Fuller 1:04:57



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RTTC National Championship 10 milesSunday 20th May

Pos Name Time55th Nick Dwyer 22:14

1st Michael HutchinsonIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 19:40

Course: N1/10 - Entries: 154 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 33

Nick’s words taken from the Forum - Well all I can say is'Been there done that' - A cold and blustery day with ahead wind all the way out to the turn on what proves to benot a very fast course on what was the old A1, a straightout and back course with a speed-sapping road surfaceand a slow dead-turn roundabout and one very interestingright-hander on the way out.

Not a great ride from me - didn't really push the pedalshard enough. I suspect the knee injury I've been carryingfor a couple of weeks had something to do with it. Hutch’swinning time, all things considered was quite a feat on theday. If I'm being honest with myself my time is probablyabout 30-40secs off what I could have done. I think I was3rd in my age group. At this level of competition everysecond counts and in many cases seconds divide placings

Heart-rate and power were below average for a 10, ineffect the same as the day before, but then I was holdingback a little. Dave Pollard pipped me by one sec, both theGiff and the Brog had disappointing races. Pete Tadrosnarrowly missed an age group medal by about 12secs.

On the positive side the knee is improving and it's gettingwarmer next week! ND

Farnham RC 10 milesSaturday 26th May

Pos Name Time2nd Nick Dwyer 20:41

1st Richard PrebbleNode4 - Gordana RT 20:38

Course: H10/8 - Entries: 114 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 11

Farnham RC 10 miles (Women)Pos Name Time

13th Kaye Dwyer 29:26

1st Rachael ElliottNewbury RC 23:15


Again, it was just a matter of a few seconds as arevitalised Richard Prebble kept the Flyer off the top step.

Brighton Mitre (various) 10 milesSunday 27th May

Results: see top of next column

2012 New Club Record No. 2Some good results from Robins Johnson’s multi disciplineevent. Natasha stared with a new club ladies ten record,knocking 19 seconds off her previous best set last year.No wins, but two seconds and two thirds and a secondteam. Mr Paton was denied a 22:55 because of a latestart and Adrian had a ‘Tin Can’ failure.

Brighton Mitre (Flat) 10 milesSunday 27th May

Pos Name Time2nd Nick Dwyer 20:32

=18th Michael Valks 23:2225th Alan Lloyd 24:2636th Mark Paton 35:55

1st Pete TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:21


Brighton Mitre (Ladies) 10 milesPos Name Time

2nd Natasha Fuller 24:39

1st Emma RichardsEastbourne Rovers CC 24:36

Course: G10/97 Entries: 3 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 0

Brighton Mitre (Hub Gear) 10 milesPos Name Time

3rd Simon Yates 28:53Adrian Hills DNF

1st David EcclesRedmon CC 26:10


Brighton Mitre (Hilly) 10 milesPos Name Time

3rd Duncan Fuller 23:28

1st Pete TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 26:10

Course: GS/995 - Entries: 17 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 1

VTTA (Surrey/Sussex) 10 milesSaturday 2nd June

Pos Name Time2nd Tom Glandfield 22:07

31st Stephen Gaston 26:16DNS Mark Paton

1st Richard GiffordIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 21:54


A flying Tom Glandfield just missed the top spot, whilst ourchums at Eastbourne Rovers cleaned up the VTTA prizes.

West London CA 30 milesSaturday 2nd June

Pos Name Time4th Nick Dwyer 1:03:32

55th Natasha Fuller 1:19:57

1st Richard SimmonsNode4 - Gordana RT 1:02:19


2012 New Club Record No. 4Natasha adds the 30 record to her new 10 & 50, as shecloses in on the full set. Some work will be needed to takeRuth Elliott’s 25 best of 1:02:38 set in 2005, but it is inreach. Then it’s the 100, 12 & 24-Hour for total dominance

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Crawley Wheelers (Sporting) 41.9 milesSunday 3rd June

Pos Name Time3rd Peter Morris 1:38:354th Rob Pelham 1:39:239th Tom Glandfield 1:42:19

18th James Ryan 1:46:0125th Micky Turner 1:48:032nd Tom Glandfield 22:07

31st Stephen Gaston 26:16DNS Neil Midgley

1st Wouter SybrandyTeam IG-Sigma Sport 1:32:21

Course: GS/196 - Entries: 73 - DNF: 2 - DNS: 19

Classic League Competition Round 7

2012 Team Win No. 4Some top performances and a great team win. Mr Lloyd’swords taken from the Forum - A horrible drizzly day, butsome cracking times. We won the team prize. Great rideby all three, particularly Pete who sliced over 4 mins fromlast year. Micky T flew round. I had a near deathexperience with Mr White Van man as he executed a threepoint turn at the foot of the hill. I slammed the brakes onand was nearly catapulted over the bars. AL

Kent CA 50 miles - Sunday 3rd JunePos Name Time

29th John Mankelow 2:13:39

1st Kevin TyeData Team Allstars 1:43:24

Course: Q50/11 - Entries: 77 - DNF: 7 - DNS: 20

With this being an Association event and the Wanderersnot being a member of KCA, John had to join the RyeWheelers as a second claim member to ride.

VTTA (East Anglia) Inc VTTA National Champ.25 miles - Saturday 9th June

Pos Name Time3rd Nick Dwyer 51:59

1st Kevin TyeData Team Allstars 49:54

Result on StandardPos Name Time

8th Nick Dwyer +15:35

1st Kevin TyeData Team Allstars +18:13

Course: E2/25 - Entries: 142 - DNF: 5 - DNS: 26

Nick’s words taken from the Forum - Whilst all the fastyoungsters were doing battle at the RTTC Nat Champs inTeeside, I went off to ride the old geezers and girls VTTANat Champs on E2/25. Last year it was a warm andwindy, this year it was less warm and more windy.

I quite like the course, but again it was frustrating to ride12.5 miles into a stiff headwind, average to the turn was26mph, on the way back - 32mph. I finished about 25 secsslower than last year. (8th on actual last year). Not a badride, but not a great one. Power stats were below par butmany riders who did the same event last year complainedof being 1-2mins slower. ND

Team Axiom 10 miles (Tandem) - Sat 9th JunePos Name Time


2012 Open Win No. 5

Team Axiom 25 miles - Sunday 10th JunePos Name Time

24th Mark Paton 58:09

1st Stephen WalklingVC St Raphael 51:39

Course: P885/25 - Entries: 83 - DNF: 5 - DNS: 20

Team Axiom 25 miles (Tandem)Pos Name Time


2012 Open Win No. 6

Reading CC 50 miles - Sunday 10th JunePos Name Time

3rd Jamie Lowden 1:56:12

1st Gavin AtkinsHemel Hempsted CC 1:49:20


Sussex CA 50 miles - Sunday 10th JunePos Name Time

10th James Ryan 2:01:4614th Mark Frost 2:04:2121st Neil Midgley 2:06:3326th Sam Ramsey 2:08:1532nd Alan Lloyd 2:11:2337th Oliver Tuckley 2:15:1041st John Mankelow 2:21:22

Micky Turner DNF



Some good performances, with Ollie getting one of Robin’sbottles of wine for fastest in his age category.

Top four in the Classic League Competitionafter 7 of the 10 events

Pos Name Points1st Peter Morris 1012nd Tom Glandfield 0913rd Nick Dwyer 0804th Rob Pelham 074

With just the Open 30, ESCA 50 & ESCA 25 to go - will MrM be caught by any of the chasing power pack? They alloutgun him on power and we know he's not a fan of theA22. A little bird told me that Nick can't do the ESCA 50(Holiday fun at altitude). Is Rob going to ride his own (30)event this year (no reason why not, Simon rides his 50)?Or is it going to come down to a two-way battle with theman of bronze. Get your tickets and back your man for the'Rumble on (and on) on the A22'.

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Non-Racing Saturdays & Sundays - Club Runs

Club Run to Tulley’s Farm, Turners HillSunday 13th May by Stuart Kirkham - The first day forwhat seemed like an eternity, saw the sun poke its headout from the clouds on what turned out to be a great dayfor a ride. Eight met outside Boots (a pair of Stuarts, Rob,Nick S, Ian, John M, Martyn & Chris). We set off towardsHaywards Heath via Fletching over some familiar roads.Once into Haywards Heath it was out towards Balcombeand then we veered off towards Cuckfield. Ansty quicklyfollowed before turning towards Slaugham and Staplefield.

Now, having lived in Haywards Heath for many years Ithought I knew all the roads around there, but MrMcGuckin is nothing if not full of surprises. He took us upa road around the back of Staplefield which was superb.Quiet, which is a good start, a constant climb and quitelong. Rob put the power down and we all went backwardsrather quickly apart from Nick who went with him. It helpswhen you are only seven stone!! At the top, the twocool customers were waiting for us where we had a shortrecovery chat before Rob went off to keep the wheels ofindustry turning.

Someone then mentioned Ardingly (I don'tlike Ardingly) and we were off. Notsure what to write at this stage,apart from it's rides like thiswhich remind me why I ride a bike,just for pleasure. Tulley's farm soonfollowed and then we were off again. I wasloitering at the back of the ride when I had astrange experience. It came in the form of a deer whodecided to come from my left to the right in a straight line.

Thankfully, my brakesworked and we missedeach other by awhisker. Now I canadd venison to mynear misses, whichinclude a horse, a dogand a goat (large withhorns). Ardingly cameand went (have Imentioned I don't like

Ardingly). We headed back over to home to conclude agreat ride. Well done Ian. SK

Club Run to Bodiam CastleSunday 20th May by various - First up, the official clubrun report from Stuart Anderson - With numbers whichbarely constitute a club run, Martyn C. and myself set outon a hilly route to Bodiam Castle. Martyn had thoughtfullyprinted out a route map which took us through Mayfieldand along Witherenden Road and Peartree Hill up toStonegate. From there we ventured up through Ticehurstand down the B2009 and A21 before turning off to gothrough High Wigsell to the tea stop.

Nine have tea & cakes at Bodiam

Tasty homemade scones proved too hard to resist but wemanaged to spare a few crumbs for our feathered aquaticfriends and a bold sparrow. We were just about to leavewhen a second group of Wanderers arrived (RichardMeed, Peter Price, Chris x 2 {Hough & Martin}, BobColeman, Tony Gale & Paul Gibbons) and so we stayedon for a second round of refreshments.

The return route took in the long climb up to Brightling andthen on to Heathfield where Simon Farmer was sprung asurprise visit from the LWCC building inspectors (PG &CM). The already fragmented return group split furtherwhen Martyn and I headed back to Uckfield (Martyn doingall of the work I might add). Stats: 83km, Ave speed 24.6,elevation gain 914 metres. SA

Peter Price sent me the two photos and reports on hisride out - We started from Hailsham town centre car parkat 8:45am. With me, Tony G, Chris H, Bob C & Dirty Dick.Bob and Tony rode to the meet! We did 28 miles toBodiam following a circuitous route by Tony - a lot of whichI recognised as being portions of Mad Jack but backwards!Such was the pace; we arrived with but one minute tospare for 11:00. I thought the cafe was excellent, nothaving been in there before. The sausage roll, scone andfairy cake clearly did the business as I got back toHailsham without distress. Finished with 48 miles. PP

CM reports - And the third and final group or is that duo (Ithink you need at least four to form a group, as three is atrio, two a duo and one a solo artist).

Phone rings just before 9:00 (I’m still in bed!) and it’s PG.“Morning, fancy a ride to Bodiam?” “OK” I say and headoff to Paul’s house. He then (as per norm) finds the hilliestroute possible, with some lovely third-world goat tracksurfaces to get me to the castle for tea & scone. I even gotwheelspin trying to get up one climb out of the saddle! CM

Somethingfor the BBQ

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Club Run to Pevensey BaySunday 27th May by various - First up it’s Chris HoughThis club run was one of those where you gather ridersalong the way. And so on a warm sunny day, I spottedPeter Price from my bedroom window at 7:50am. He rodeover from Haywards Heath to get some miles in and weset off towards Ringmer meeting Richard Mead along theway. The Roebuck Laughton at 9:00am is a regularmeeting point for riding out with messrs. Gale, Landless,Coleman etc. and those of us who go a bit slower and styleourselves as Audax riders.

Just before Berwick, (Tony, help me here I don’t know thename of the lane), we were swept up by the Uckfield grouplead by Ian McG. There was a split at Arlington with Ianand Martyn Crawford deciding to take the run up Exceatand over Beachy Head. Peter P Bob C and I decided tojoin them from our original group and from there on, it wastime to chat and catch up with those you could stay with onthe climb, in my case, Alan Stevens. Dispiritingly, Martynwent faster than all of us up both major climbs ona hefty fixed gear and was close behind me onthe descent of the switchbacks into Eastbourne,which I thought might dampen or rather numbhis enthusiasm.

Martin Komen headed back to a son’s sportingcommitment just after Sovereign Harbour,leaving the rest of us to cruise into the PevenseyBay café stop. It was great to meet the othersincluding our club chairman and treasurer. Theonly frustration of the day was the café, badly inneed of a time and motion study in servingcustomers. Is that just me being picky, as wedon’t get wooden spoons with numbers on in CoventGarden? CH

Photos and the following from Peter Price - Good ridetoday, although very hot. I got home around 4:00pm with95 miles, after very nice tea provided by Liz Hough atOffham. I had started by riding over to Chris for 8:15am(according to Mr Hough’s report it was 7:50?) and fromthere we met the others at Laughton. The Uckfield mobwe bumped into just after setting out from Laughton. Assome were feeling a bit fragile, Dick John and Ian wentacross the marshes and the rest of us went up Exceat andBeachy Head which was very hard work into the wind.Once down into Eastbourne of course it degenerated into amad dash towards Pevensey and the café. PP

Having one of my (far too many) lazy days, I rode straightout to the café on my own, a mainly downhill ride fromHeathfield to Pevensey. CM

And to finish, I got the following from Lawrence WattsAfter Sunday's elevenses at Pevensey Bay I rode on toBexhill, and eventually Hastings. On the Bexhillpromenade an elderly gentleman (with zimmer-likeapparatus) spoke to me saying "Ahhh, you're a LewesWanderer I see". I acknowledged his friendly comment andsoon learned that he was one of the original post-warWanderers who regularly rode with the club during the1950's. I don't know many details from the club's earlyhistory but I am sure his name - Bill Richardson - will beknown to a few. I updated him on various details of theclub's current status and listened to his stories of MickBurgess and Dick Whittington. Now aged 86, Bill lives inRingmer, and I hope that it might be possible to get himalong to the next awards-dinner.

Club Run to Washbrook’s, HurstpierpointSunday 3rd June by Ian McGuckin - Only three of usturned up for the Jubilee ride; me, Stuart K and Dr. Stuart.As you’ll probably remember, it was a typical wet BankHoliday, but no wind and fairly mild conditions made for avery pleasant ride.

We headed out through Fletching, which was bedeckedwith lots of bunting, all set for a closed road Jubilee-fest.Around the back of Lingfield and Borde Hill, and then up toCuckfield, where we then headed down Deak’s Lane,which, at the bottom of the hill, resembled a river bed, andwe had to pick our way through as the road had completelydisappeared under rocks and sand. The further west wewent, it became clear that the overnight rain must havebeen torrential, and the wash out onto the roads was asbad as I’ve seen in a long time. Having said that, as therain was overnight, the roads weren’t too bad by the timewe were heading over them. Having arrived atWashbrook’s we all agreed that, considering the weatherconditions it had been an enjoyable ride over.

After coffee & cakes we stuck to the tried and tested routehome via Danny, Underhill and Plumpton College, back toOffham with Dr Stuart heading off at Westmeston, and meand Stuart Kirkham splitting at Barcombe. 60 miles intotal, and all things considered, not a bad morning. IMcG

Bank Holiday Tuesday to Rye HarbourTuesday 5th June by CM - Ian Landless, Chris Hough andmyself joined our leader, Tony Gale for a great ride to Rye,featuring two café stops!

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Seaford 100km Cycle ChallengeSunday 10th June 9:00am by Rob Pelham - The idea ofthe Seahaven 100 was to have a mass start ride aroundthe Sussex countryside for road cyclists. Target audiencewasn't just club riders, but all cyclists regardless ofaffiliations and experience. This was to coincide with theSeahaven Cycling Festival & be a grand celebration of allthings 2 (or 3) wheeled.

Unfortunately due to the rather unseasonable weather (&some horrific forecasts) a lot of what was supposed tohappen simply didn't. The festival was scaled down & aconsiderable amount of planning laid to waste.

Many of us hardened Wombles have Audaxed in snow (it’swhat our furry coats are for) so the threat of a little bit of aSummer shower wasn't gonna stop the ride I'd organisedfrom happening. As a result approx 60 riders signed onwith a good mix of experienced club riders, local cyclists &customers from the shop I work in (you may have noticeda fair amount of Giant bikes on the route?)

100km was the distance. From the Salts RecreationGround in Seaford all the way up to the Ashdown Forest.A free (and very well stocked, thank you Cliff Bar) feedstop just outside Nutley and then the blast back to thecoast. Directions we're Reliability Trial style, which proveda bit of a challenge for those new to this type of event, but Ibelieve they all appreciated that it made the event a bitmore enjoyable and satisfying rather than just ploddingaround and following arrows.

Feedback from all was that the route was a corker (thanks- I worked hard on it) and that organisation was spot on(thanks again - I had the reputation of my club to uphold).

Massive THANK YOU to all the Wanderers who turned outand supported the event. You made me very proud in themanner you just 'get on with it' & take this type of event inyour stride - I think you steadied the ship a little for thosewho aren't so used to it too. Thank you.

BTW: absolutely all the profits (& then some) will bedonated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association, sothanks again! RP

View from the saddle by CM - Sitting on the seafront witha healthy cross-section of Wanderers, Rob described thedamp stuff falling from the sky as sea mist. I set off in myrain-jacket, although hard men Gale & Jeffs didn’t need one

The 4:30 group was quite large and stayed together overthe early miles, including that little 16° punch towardsAlfriston. Tony and I led the way and at a comfortablepace through the scenic and mainly peaceful countryside.When Tony dropped back in search of Bob Comben,Graham stepped up and we continued to drive the train.Graham took the polka-dot jersey on the climb toCrowborough, as with 100m to go I realised my plan to rideup on the big ring had nearly run out of steam.

After a brief refuelling stop on the forest, with someexcellent freebies, we cracked on. Then the Pelham,Miller & Glen train sailed by and as you do, I jumped onthe back for a few miles of up-and-down chain-gang stuff.When I let them go, I was all alone and that was it on thecompany front, I rode back to Seaford solo. Thanks to myriding chums + Rob and his team for an excellent day. CM

Odds & SodsFollowing Alan Lloyd’s Cryptic Quiz in last month’smag, Paul Gibbons phoned me about ten minutes aftergetting the mag to claim first prize. I pointed him in thedirection of Mr Lloyd and I hope he was suitably rewarded.

Apologies to Team Landless (Ian and Julie) havingforgot to credit them with marshalling duties on the Circuitof Danehill. My excuse is - I remember a jolly (as ever)Peter Price turning me left after Sheffield Park, but the restof my ride was a bit of a blur due to lack of oxygen. Yes,you can really go that slow and suffer for it!

Favourite Tweet - After trying to find some info aboutTony Gale’s ride to Rye on Bank Holiday Tuesday, PeterPrice posted the following on Twitter

@chairmanslow Mr gale not wired up ..he notbelieve in electricity.

A three-wheeled Frosty - Why was Richard Frost ridingalong with several other riders on Bank Holiday Tuesdaywith a carbon wheel in his hand? We passed him on ourway to Rye.

At last month’s Committee Meeting (29/05), along withnormal club operational business, we discussed two biggerpicture subjects: Road Conditions and Motorist Attitude.

Leading the way on road conditions, especially the A22(Ten course) is Simon Yates. Simon is putting a lot ofeffort and energy into contacting and keeping the pressureon to get some pothole repair action, before someonecomes a cropper, courtesy of some pretty horrific holes inthe carriageway. Do your bit and report holes, keep thepressure on, it may not seem worth the bother, but it’s anumbers game and the more people complain, thenmaybe, someone will take action.

We then moved on to adiscussion about a perceptionthat there is an increased levelof aggression towards cyclistsfrom motorists and what, if anyaction we can take. Variousrecent examples were raisedand discussed and it wasagreed to do some follow-up

work and an article in a future mag. It was agreed thatthere is no simple fix, but a non-aggressive response,despite provocation was generally deemed the best action.Do use the Forum to post-up any unpleasant encounters.

Top three in the Points Competitionafter 6 of the 14 events

Pos Name Points1st Alan Lloyd 5402nd Chris Martin 5263rd Simon Yates 471

Where are the fast men I hear you ask? Well, they’rebeing selective in their choice of events, whilst the abovethree are the only riders to have ridden all six rounds.

Good luck to Dan Gardner on the GHS - Saturday 23/06

Promoter: Mick KilbyHQ: Laughton Village HallFirst rider:10:00am

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Back Page - Every picture tells a story!!

Slow down, you move too fast,you've got to make the time trial last

Just peddlin' down the A22, lookin' for potholes and feelin' groovy

Issue 259: The July-August Summer Special edition should be with you via 2nd Class post on or before the 15th August. Itwill also be available as PDF download on the club website at www.leweswanderers.co.uk by the 11th August

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Always Wanted: Articles, reports, results, photos and anythinginteresting and or entertaining to share with our readers.

Next Edition: Will have results from the second half of the TenSeries, along with reports from round’s 2 & 3 of the crits and allthe latest on the various season long competitions. Chris Martin

Mark Paton’s latest tactic? - captured by Bob Evans

Right: You know Ian’s had one toomany sherbets when he comes out ofthe pub and checks the pressure ofthe (solid) tyres on his penny-farthing

Above: I can’t dance!Alan & Stu pay theirown tribute to RobinGibb. Is it Night Fever?

A choice of headwear?Aero hat or bucket!

Sadly, the picture of PG on the cover doesn’t relaythe fact that his aero hat didn’t fit and to me lookedmore like a bucket, and then Lawrence sends me a picof Adrian in the back of his van with a selection of hats,two in Chelsea blue! Wonder what they’ll wear on the 30?

Comedic Moustache?Peter Baker is well knownfor his silver (nowadays)moustache, but what’s withthe second black pencil tashand why’s it stuck on theend of his nose?!

Left: An insight intothe dream-world ofStuart Kirkham, Iwonder if he watchedDonnie Darko? Seepage 21 for more andbottom right for anmmmm old deermmm on a bike

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