hillingdon- 13th of jan

[Stu Merckx Man]

im planning to do my first race next saturday (13th) at hillingdon if my racing licence arrives..
just a few questions:

how long does it take to get there from coulsdon by car, and any quick routs to get there ?

isit ok to do a little warm up?

and is anyone else planning to do it

(any other hints and tips welcome)

cheers,
stu

[Stu Merckx Man]

cheers sean!

[Dr Frigo]

I'm planning on going (didn't yesterday). Think the route from Coulsdon would be about 25-30 miles, but I don't really know the way.

What I usually do is take the train from East Croydon to Victoria (20 minutes-ish), then ride the easy route to Hillingdon (along Uxbridge road, about 13 miles / 50 minutes), If you time it right you don't even have to do a warm up when you get there (unlike most of the guys there applying warming oil to their legs!).

If the weather is nice enough I could be up for getting there in time to watch Stu, John and Paul (or have you quit now you have your points Paul?).

And there's got to be a few hints and tips in the various reports from Hillingdon!

[Stu Merckx Man]

cheers sylvain i shall have a look at some of the reports.
and oh god johns gonna destroy us!

[Paul H]

To get there by car you go via M25 and M4 and turn off at J3.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x ... search.srf

I'm probably not experienced enough to give tips apart from the usual like keep at the front of the bunch and try to spot the stronger riders. The club runs are far harder and you are a good sprinter so you shouldnt have any problems.

Good Luck

[Dr Frigo]

Ah yes via the M25 of course!

I drove to Heathrow today, took 45 minutes from Croydon.

But that was at 5am.

[Stu Merckx Man]

cheers paul

how long did it take to get there?

[Paul H]

It only took about 40mins but that was over xmas so I would allow at least an hour to get there plus at least 1/2 hour to sign on and warm up.

[Dr Frigo]

It looks to be dry (but probably windy!) on Saturday.

[Stu Merckx Man]

as long as its dry....i found limescale growing on my rear mech!!! took me ages to get rid of.

also my racing licence arived so its a definate for me, anyone else going?