Recommend me a TT

[Dan_K]

Can someone recommend me a flat 10 mile TT for within the next few weeks please.
I'd like to get a benchmark time to aim to beat in the evening 10s.

Thanks.

[Andrew G]

Well pre-May in TT World is more "Sporting" so not a lot for you to pick from that are within a reasonable distance.
Sat 9/4 Charlotteville CC 10 on the Bentley course (A31 near Farnham) - 2pm first rider. A faster course than the Holmwood so may give you a hard target to chase in the club 10s.
Sat 23/4 South Western Road Club 10 - same course and start time as above.
Sat 7/5 Farnham Road Club 10 - same course and start time as above.
Sat 7/5 Kingston Pheonix 10 - Holmwood course (same as club 10s) 2pm first rider.

[Dan_K]

Thanks Andrew. I think a 90 mile round trip for the Farnham ones could be excessive but i'll look into the Holmwood one.

[Jon H]

There are some other club events on the Holmwood and Horsham (G10/57) courses before ours start. Generally you can ride other club's events if you ask nicely and there are enough places.
Check the District Calendar on the [url=http://www.aqvm78.dsl.pipex.com/LSDC/]London South District website[/url]

Or you could do a 400 mile round trip to the V718 on Good Friday and rule yourself out of contention for any handicap prizes.
Been there, done that, got the PB

[George]

You could ride the Q10/19 on the 9th of April at 6.30 in the morning.

It is one of the fastest courses around and I had my fastest 10 ride on it last year.
Lovely 40+ mph ski slope start that you don't have to climb back up.

[Phil H]

I can't recommend a 10. 10s are horrible.

That said Dan, I'd almost be tempted to go for one before the club events. The one George mentioned looks OK (Google/Bikely) but also on 26th March there's one on [url=http://www.routeyou.com/route/view/74841/cycle-route-q1033.en]this course[/url] and that looks pretty damned flat. Which is handy as I'm doing a 25 a week later on the same road.

If you're interesting in sharing lifts etc. let me know.

[Andrew G]

Q10/19 has a nice start but the rest of the course has some horrible surface. Due to constraints it can only be used very early and in April so it's normally cold. Personally I don't like it because of that, used to be very fast in the 80s as they had evening events and the surface was smoother.

[Dan_K]

[quote="Phil Hawkes"]I can't recommend a 10. 10s are horrible.

That said Dan, I'd almost be tempted to go for one before the club events. The one George mentioned looks OK (Google/Bikely) but also on 26th March there's one on [url=http://www.routeyou.com/route/view/74841/cycle-route-q1033.en]this course[/url] and that looks pretty damned flat. Which is handy as I'm doing a 25 a week later on the same road.

If you're interesting in sharing lifts etc. let me know.