It’s been a whole year since my first ever time trial, the 9 mile circuit hosted by both Rhyl Cycling Club and VC Melyd. Today I rode the same course, on the same bike. How did I do?
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Hill Climb Hell
My bike stands upright at the start line, held in the vice-like grip of a marshal, cold and inanimate; a dead machine. Ten seconds… the flesh and blood perched on top listens intently, and prepares mentally for the effort about to be exerted. Three, two, one… an explosive start to get up to speed quickly [...]
READ MORE »Hill Climb TT with Rhyl Cycling Club. April 3rd, 2012
What lasts 6 minutes and leaves you in a sweaty heap, gasping for breath and with your heart trying to leap out of your chest? Of course, it’s the Rhuallt Hill Climb. Essentially, it’s a very long hill which you must attempt to get yourself up as fast as you possibly can. On your bike, [...]
READ MORE »New years day Time Trial with Rhyl Cycling Club
It’s usually nice to do something slightly physical on New Years Day isn’t it? After the excesses of Christmas, it’s refreshing to ‘blow the cobwebs away’ and start the year on a positive. I’ve wanted to get involved with a cycling club for a while now, and have lurked around the facebook pages of two [...]
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