Yes I'm a member of the Maldon club only joined as it was the closest to me & to date I've not rode with them yet , yes the TT scene is very active & right on my doorstep & the Maldon 10/25 TT course makes up my training rides most nights , may well try a TT but know that I'll be well of the pace by my Strava segment tines best over the 10 so far is 29:04 & that was me rolling through the start , trying to avoid getting into it to much otherwise it's going to be another bike just for the TT .
I spoke to a member of another club who races on set courses on disused airfields think North Weald was one , Dunton ( ford proving ground another ) & think he said one @ RAF Woodbridge as well , this kind of event appeals more to me than a TT , can I ask what LVRC means please ?
From that Strava segment that was posted, I know someone else on that ride and you did it faster than him, me and him are very much on a par with each other, and I can post well under 28 for a 10 mile TT on a normal road bike, so stick a number on your back and I would not be surprised if you did a 26-27 minute on a normal bike.
North Weald racing is TLI racing,
http://www.tlicycling.org.uk ( Not BC or LVRC) you have to join but ts fairly cheap. I used to to do them, very good intro into racing, generally no one gives a monkey's about the result and I found it fairly safe and you get to race against all sorts,pro cyclists, racing snakes, young,old,female etc. Usually split into 2 groups, fast boys and then the odds and sods. I used to race in the odds and sods.
Dunton is BC go-race usually though the LVRC do race there as well. The Go-Races can be really fast as well but in a lot of peoples opinion not as safe as the LVRC.
LVRC
http://www.lvrc.org.uk is the League of Veteran Racing Cyclists, its who you race when you want the poop kicked out of you. You have to be over 40 to join. Then its broken down into 5 year age groups. So I'm a C ( 50-55) , you would be a B ( 45-50) . The races may well put A+B together then B+C all the way up to over 80's or sometimes they put ABCD in one race the rest in the other.However your result is only against your age group, so you can come 10th in the actual race but 1st in your age category. They are serious, I have raced with them in the past and always got a good pummeling. You will find ex pro's, people who have been racing all their lives then the likes of me who are late starters and fancy themselves. Its very safe I found, just very fast. Its cheaper than BC ( britich cycling) . They do road races( the road races sometimes get critisised for the lack of safety vehicles usually just one from what I have seen but the experience of the riders usually negates that fact IMO) and also criterium races mainly at Hog Hill ( redbridge cycle centre) , Dunton and the cyclepark in Kent. Its worth just turning up for one race so you know how much of a mountain, performance wise you may or may not need to climb. I used to think I was quick overtaking most people on my commute, I then raced with the LVRC and realised my true place in the league of fast old boys.
Sorry for the long post, get more involved with the club and I think you will have a good racing form ahead of you.
