Signs / Marshalls needed
If you can help with putting out the signs for the events in July and August, please contact
Likewise, we are still short of marshalls for a couple of events. If you can help, again, contact Glenn.
| Wed 13th June | Haverthwaite 25 | 1 Marshall required |
| Wed 18th July | Haverthwaite 25 | 1 Marshall required |
Fred Whitton Challenge
Congratulations to all club riders who completed the Fred Whitton Challenge on Sunday 13th May.
A wild windy day made it hard going in places! Over 1300 riders finished the event this year.
Apologies if I've missed anyone.
| Chris Burrow | 7:51 |
| Anthony Forrest | 8:17 |
| Peter Leviston | 9:47 |
| Roger Lindsay | 8:14 |
| Paul McKenny | 9:00 |
| Paul Rodger | 9:00 |
| Christian Taylor | 8:18 |
And a special mention for ex club member Scott Smith who finished in a fine 6:26.
Bowland Forest Populaire (Audax)
CTC Lancaster & South Lakes will once again be hosting its Spring Audax on 10th June.
The Bowland Forest Populaire has been re-designed to avoid the initial treck northwards along a section of the Lancashire Cycleway before
settling into the serious business of traversing the Bowland Fells.
The basic route is as follows: Bull Beck, Caton [start]; Wray [info.]; Cross of Greet; Slaidburn [check]; Grindleton Fell; Grindleton; Waddington [info.]; Higher Hodder Bridge; Chipping [info.]; Jack Anderton Bridge; Tootle Hall; Oakenclough; Harrisend Fell; Five Lanes End; Quernmore XR; Knotts Wood; Caton [Bull Beck Car Park]. The new distance is approx. 91km.
Entries are now being received and you are invited to join us on a grand circuit of the Bowland Forest - lots of hills, open moorland roads and
spectacular scenery.
An entry form is available here, alternatively, entry can be on the day, but please arrive early if you wish to do this.
Mike Hutchinson (Secretary: CTC Lancaster & South Lakes) -
mikehutchinson@fastmail.fm
Circuit of Coniston
A record turnout of 30 starters for the first of the Circuit of Coniston TT's of the season.
Chris Anderson (Biketreks) came out on top with an excellent 40:45 (a course PB for Chris) for the roughly 17 mile course.
Colin McKenna (Lakes RC) was second in 41:22 and the first BCW rider home was Paul Boardman who recorded his course PB (by some margin) of 41:39.
Full results here
This has to be the most picturesque TT course in the country. Look forward to seeing you all at the next one on Wednesday 30th May.
Wigan Wheelers 10
Two club riders took part in the Wigan Wheelers 10 on Saturday 28th April 2012
Paul Boardman's form continues to rise and he finished a fine 9th out of the 70 starters with a time of 22:45.
Martin Uttley recorded 24:14 to finish 25th overall.
Full results here
Hospice Hill Climb - Bigland Pictures
Martyn Uttley now has the Gill Cycles sponsored Bigland Hill Climb pictures available on his web site...
http://www.martynuttleyphotography.co.uk/hospice-hill-climb-series-no3
Photos are £5 for hi-res digital images with ALL proceeds going to St Mary's Hospice.
A nice memento for all that suffering, and all for a good cause.
Circuit of Bassenthwaite
Two club riders took part in round 3 of the RTTC Rudy Project
Circuit of Bassenthwaite on Sunday 22nd April.
Riding in the Vets category, John O'Callaghan and Martyn Uttley
recorded times of 36:49 and 38:42 respectively for the 15.31 mile
course.
Full Vets results here
Club Dinner - Speaker sorted
I've just had confirmation from Dave Barter that he'd love to
come and speak at the club dinner in November. (He's cracked
the Swindon WI so he reckons we'll be a push-over).
For those of you who aren't aware, Dave is a cycling nut who's
written many articles over the years. Among other things, he's
in the process of writing a book on Tommy 'Mile Eater' Godwin and
he's just published a selection of cycling related tales as an
e-book called 'Obsessive
Compulsive Cycling Disorder'. It's available from Amazon
for 77p and is well worth a read. My kind of humour.
(You can download a free app from Amazon to read Kindle books on
your PC). Dave's
website/blog is here. Have a browse around - I don't know how he
gets time to ride!
Lakeland Loop Sportive
Several riders from Barrow Central Wheelers and Lakes Road Club
took part in the annual 70 mile Lakeland Loop Sportive on Sunday
15th April. Somehow always blessed with good weather, this
year was no exception. Although on the cool side it was a
bright clear day with the added bonus of a headwind all the way
round apparantly for the 654 starters.
Sifting through the
result sheet, here's the club riders I spotted - apologies if
I've missed any.
| Scott Smith (a superb 6th place) | 4:01:06 |
| John O'Callaghan | 4:29:03 |
| Jeremy Copland | 4:35:34 |
| Chris Burrow | 4:43:04 |
| Glenn Rhodes | 5:01:39 |
| Roger Lindsay | 5:12:41 |
| Christian Taylor | 5:30:13 |
| Paul McKenny | 5:32:48 |
| John Lever | 5:37:01 |
| Richard Dixon | 5:37:02 |
| Graham Pitcher | 6:05:54 |
Message from Mike Speight - Thank you to all
I would like to thank everyone for the book & all the good wishes.
I am waiting to have some more tests next week & then I will be going to Blackpool for a new heart valve. Hopefully this will happen quickly.
This proves everyone wrong. I do have a heart. I have every intention of upsetting all my friends & recovering. Then I hope to go quickly again.
At the moment I can just about walk into Ulverston, rest & then walk home again, so I can't really come & watch on a Wednesday.
I hope everyone has a good racing season & hope to see you all soon.
Something to read while the rain lashes the windows...
Writing the Book...You've probably read "In Search Of Robert Millar", "Flying Scotsman" and loads of other cycling books. Well, there's a new one due out next year, and reading this chaps blog on its progress, it should be a cracker.
This stuff is funny, yet embarrassingly accurate and I can guarantee you will recognise yourself in there somewhere. Everything from 'Mechanical Ineptitude' to 'A sink full of cycling crap'.
It's long so something you can dip into over the winter to follow his progress in...
Writing the Book
Bad Weather Riding...
So, with the snow, rain and wind we've had lately you think you've been a bit of a hero venturing out on the bike do you?
Or perhaps you think that Andy Hampsten's ride over the Gavia in the 1988 Giro was the pinnacle of suffering?
Naaah -
This is heroic - Milan - San Remo 1910 edition
Getting the miles in...
A few people have heard of Tommy Godwin the track cyclist, and very good he was too. Unfortunately, not many seem to have heard of another Tommy Godwin.
If you think you're going to get some serious miles in over the winter, then read this and weep.
As if breaking the year record with a phenomenal 75,065 miles wasn't
enough, he carried oon to break the 100,000 mile record in
exactly 500 days - at least it makes it easy to work out!
I can't help feeling you'd have to be a bit bonkers to do this, but as the write up says, this record will never be beaten,
and you can't say that about many cycling records. The 1939
Stats link is interesting - you can compare your days mileage with
what Tommy did on that day ;-)
Dave Barter who's "Writing the Book" (see above) is also writing a book on Tommy 'Mile-Eater' Godwin
and the distance record in general, using Tommy's original diaries etc to chart the mileage.
Tommy 'mile-eater' Godwin
Rules is rules...
A bit of light relief after all those heroics. The UCI might have their rules, but really these are the ones that matter.
The Rules
About the Club
The Barrow Central Wheelers was formed in 1933 when two of the clubs of that era combined. The club gets its name from the Barrow Central railway station where the first club runs started from.
Over the years, the club has taken part in all forms of cycling and cycle
racing with some of it's members representing Great Britain at the highest level.
At the present time the club is predominantly a time trialling club promoting 3 open
events and 21 club events each year with an annual prize giving held at the end of October.
The club still has a small active road racing section and a touring group that have very close ties to the Cumbria Cycling Club which is active most weekends and organises weekend runs and at least one major continental tour each year.
Please send any ideas / news / feedback to the