My 20 minute Cragg Vale hill climb challenge

[Rob3rt]

To enter a CTT event you must be a member of an affiliated club. As in, it needs to be a cycling club (or tri club or whatever) that has paid the annual levy to CTT. Additionally, you may only enter in the name of your 1st claim club. You may only change club once per season.

 

[ColinJ]

To enter a CTT event you must be a member of an affiliated club. As in, it needs to be a cycling club (or tri club or whatever) that has paid the annual levy to CTT. Additionally, you may only enter in the name of your 1st claim club. You may only change club once per season.

Thanks, Rob.

 

[Rob3rt]

You may also only ride in clothing that does not include any branding other than the manufacturers name (i.e. no Team Sky or Wiggle Honda kit or club kit with sponsors names on it), unless you are in a club that has paid an additional levy to be allowed to display sponsors logos. Although I doubt this is enforced strictly tbh.

All regulations regarding clubs, clothing and bikes can be found here: http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/Information/Procedure/Regulations/tabid/79/Default.aspx

Many rules are fairly lax and not enforced strictly, but it is best to do your best to stay within the rules and not take the piss.

 

[ColinJ]

I was just reading the rules on the CTT site and was wondering about logos. The rules did state that manufacturers' logos were acceptable (DHB, whatever).

Rule 24 could be considered to affect me because I am on Warfarin for life. (Having said that, there are a lot of people on the drug and surely they are not all barred from competitive sport?)

No person may compete whilst knowingly suffering from any disease, mental or physical disorder or is undergoing medical treatment which makes it unsafe or undesirable to do so.

 

[Rob3rt]

The last part of that rule is critical.

 

[ColinJ]

The last part of that rule is critical.

I feel happy enough riding around solo (as in a TT) or in small groups, but I would feel worried about taking part in a road race where significant injuries are probably more likely. (When my anticoagulation is on track, I would bleed 2.5 times more than an average person, and for a head injury that could be very serious.)

However, since I have no intention of ever doing any road racing, that isn't going to be a problem!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

However, since I have no intention of ever doing any road racing, that isn't going to be a problem!

Colin,

I would have thought the better intention would be not to fall off or have an accident

Alan...

 

[ColinJ]

Colin,

I would have thought the better intention would be not to fall off or have an accident

Alan...

I think I could manage that in an uphill TT, but racing into a tight bend when surrounded by other cyclists would be a much more risky proposition!

 

[Rob3rt]

I think the rule is simply asking you to exercise some sensibility and not race if you are liable to have a health scare or worse during the event i.e. don't risk your life to enter the event!

 

[ColinJ]

I think the rule is simply asking you to exercise some sensibility and not race if you are liable to have a health scare or worse during the event i.e. don't risk your life to enter the event!

I'd like to do a respectable time on that climb, but I do not intend to risk putting myself back in hospital to do it!

I am having to be careful, but I should be ok. I can't push as hard as I used to so it will take longer to get fit again, and my maximum power may always be limited compared to what was possible before I got ill.

I am getting to the point where I am enjoying my cycling again, which is the main thing. Hopefully, next year I'll be able to do audax 200s at a reasonable pace and that would do me if TTs turn out to be too much for my battered body.

 

[Milzy]

Ridden the 'Snake' quite a few times over the years, it's a little toughy
After starting from Wakefield, up to Midgely roundabout, down into Denby Dale, then the long drag from there, up to 'Sovereign cross-roads'
Down into New Mills, Holmfirth
Over 'the Moss'
Over to Glossop
'Snake' & Lady Bower
Mortimer Road ('Strines' - the tough way), & home via Penistone and Denby Dale

The Dark Peak challenge more or less. Epic sportive!!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Aagh! I can't believe I haven't replied to this thread, yet. Cragg Vale hill reminds me of a hill only about 9 miles from where I live, which winds its way up Mt Dandenong east of Melbourne. This hill ascends about 985 feet over a distance of 4.2 miles, giving it an average grade of about 4.3%, and is very popular with local cyclists. Here's a site describing it: http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/mt-dandenong/the-1-in-20/. I feel lucky to live so close to it, and plan to ride up it several times during my upcoming annual leave, as I need to be fit for the upcoming Audax Alpine Classic (I'm doing this ride option : http://www.alpineclassic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:ace&catid=6:ace250 ).

Anyway, enough of me yakking on about hills, I need to get to sleep for my commute to work tomorrow (is it wrong that I actually look forward to my commute to work, because it involves cycling?).

Best of luck with the Cragg Vale hill attempts, Colin .

 

[ColinJ]

Aagh! I can't believe I haven't replied to this thread, yet. Cragg Vale hill reminds me of a hill only about 9 miles from where I live, which winds its way up Mt Dandenong east of Melbourne. This hill ascends about 985 feet over a distance of 4.2 miles, giving it an average grade of about 4.3%, and is very popular with local cyclists. Here's a site describing it: http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/mt-dandenong/the-1-in-20/. I feel lucky to live so close to it, and plan to ride up it several times during my upcoming annual leave, as I need to be fit for the upcoming Audax Alpine Classic (I'm doing this ride option : http://www.alpineclassic.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:ace&catid=6:ace250 ).

Your local climb does look similar to Cragg Vale. Actually, it reminds me more of the Keighley Road climb out of Hebden Bridge which is slightly shorter but steeper than CV, and is another climb that I have a 20 minute target pinned to.

Your audax event looks great! That's the kind of thing that I really like and aim to get back into if/when health and fitness permit.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Well off I went at 5.30 this morning over past Todmorden and Hebden bridge to the start of Cragg Vale , off I went at a pace I knew I could keep up and felt ok with.
All the way up the bottom section I had the nagging feeling the wind was waiting for me to pop out of the trees, and i was not wrong , although more of a crosswind than a head wind.
So my time was 31mins 30 sec which is around the best ive done up there.

 

[Steve H]

Going for another crack at it this morning...