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Post by David Joss Buckley on Jul 9, 2016 8:44:43 GMT
TWO WEEKS TO THE THIRD ANNUAL DULWICH FOOTPATH HILLCLIMB. On Saturday July 23rd at 2pm we'll be going contre la montre up the Dulwich Footpath from College Road to the Dulwich Wood House pub. It's a 0.5km ramp that kicks up to 18% but it's short, well-surfaced and traffic-free . Afterwards, we'll repair to a reserved area in the pub garden for hop-based recovery fluids and the prize giving. Prizes this year inc: Lezyne Zecto Drive light sets, Lezyne alloy drive CO2 inflator, packs of Muc-Off ceramic lube, "To Hell On A Bike": a signed edition by local author Iain MacGregor, keyrings… and LOTS more. Categories include: Fastest Man Fastest Woman Fastest Junior (U-18) Fastest Vet (40+) Fastest SuperVet (50+) Fastest SuperDuperVet (60+) PLUS all the old favourites: Wackiest Bike, Silliest Costume, Lanterne Rouge, The Russ Hogge Doomed Heroism Award... etc etc... It's a fun, social event with a little brief pain on the side - and not to be confused with the official October club hill-climb (which of course is terribly serious…) Friends, guests and family are welcome to come along and cheer, and join the party in the pub afterwards. Entry fee is a modest one-off £5 to cover CTT levies & insurance (and entitles you to enter as many categories as you like) and as in the past any extra will go to Athol House, Leonard Cheshire home on College Road. Sign-up here NOW! www.riderhq.com/events/69953/3rd-annual-dulwich-footpath-hill-climb-2016
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 13:35:51 GMT
Really looking forward to this one!!
DJB I can bring your socks too..!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 11:30:09 GMT
It's only happened twice and it's already one of the summer events I most look forward to, in all seriousness - a really excellent afternoon and the current forecast looks good.
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Post by Martin Headon on Jul 14, 2016 10:38:06 GMT
I'm going to be away next week and coming home Saturday, not sure what time though. If I do get home in time, can I just turn up with a fiver and ride?
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Jul 14, 2016 10:56:42 GMT
Absolutely - same goes for everyone, EoL for a fiver.
And currently the WOMEN's prize of a very nice set of Lezyne Zecto lights (rrp £55) will be contested by just TWO people. Come on, ladies… it's just a bit of fun.
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Post by Esther Drabkin-Reiter on Jul 14, 2016 13:08:11 GMT
I loved this event last year but there is a tricky conflict with the London Women's Racing League - haven't decided which to attend yet!
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Post by Joe R Booth on Jul 14, 2016 16:11:29 GMT
I am gutted to be away on holiday that weekend again this year
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Post by LibbyGordon on Jul 18, 2016 9:28:06 GMT
Just giving this a little bump as its getting closer!
And just to add again how much of a social event this really is! Do come along for a little or a lot of the time to cheer/ to join us in the pub afterwards. It's a great chance to meet other club members who you might normally not get a chance to see.
Bring your cheering voice, some cowbells if you have then and your pocket money for liquid refreshment.
See you there (I am trying to decide what I should enter into the best/ fancy dress category...)
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Post by LibbyGordon on Jul 23, 2016 19:28:15 GMT
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Jul 24, 2016 8:46:46 GMT
Another brilliant, sunny afternoon for the Dulwich Footpath Hillclimb, 3rd Edition. The sun shone, the riders groaned and the spectators, well, spectated. Slightly down on numbers from last year (although there were plenty of potential contenders in the pub at the top… hmmm) it was nevertheless eagerly contested, with the Fastest Male time spread over just a few fractions of a second - Mark Jones prevailing. The women's field was small, but our winner - Dalila Lecky - improved on her time from last year and took the prize. Titouan Barthelemy was quickest Junior - another addition to his rapidly growing palmares - and his valedictory appearance as he's Frexiting with his family this summer: France's gain is our loss. Vet (40+) Supervet (50+) and Master (60+) prizes went to Jon Puleston-Jones, Charlie Codrington and Johnno Hudson respectively. James Broughton is changing his name to Brompton after winning the Fastest Folder and Tom Hazelton honked his fixie up the slope in an impressive time. Twice. David Rees once again gave us a glimpse of his stable of bikes - more than you can shake a spoke at by the look of it - and nailed the MTB time amongst attempts with road bike, folder, cross-bike, silly helmet etc etc… Special mention to Dan Botting who turned in a great time on a bike + babyseat and son Edward. Equally creditable was James Tredray who won the Wacky Bike category with trailer bike and daughter stoking for him. Another Tredray - young Toby - won the Youngest Rider prize. The Lanterne Rouge awards went to Hannah Fishpool and John Tymukas (who had a go despite a nasty off and a bang on the head a couple of weeks ago… or maybe because of that) and the Doomed Heroism Award (awarded in honour of Russ Hogge who attempted the climb on his penny-farthing in 2014... doomed, heroically) went to Dean Wicks who insisted on attempting it with a flat front tyre. His second run with a new inner only shaved off 4 seconds proving that a flat tyre really is only flat at the bottom. There was only one serious contender for the Silly Costume category: Libby Flintstone-Gordon who came in traditional Kiwi Kavewoman-wear.
So well done all! And HUGE thanks to all our volunteers: marshals, sweepers, bike-holders, signers-on and special thanks to the timing team Liisa, Bob, Rahal, Nathan and Jeremy. And a final hat-tip to the Dulwich Estate for allowing us to use their footpath for a few hours of sweat and silliness. We'll be back for more in 2017. Here's a link to the full list of times on Bob's Leader-Board (for some reason we put the youthful Dan Botting in the SuperVet cat - and for any misspellings of names… sorry) www.bobski.org/FootPath2016.htm |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 9:17:20 GMT
Cheers chaps, what a lovely event....DP once again proving to be a superb, friendly ans slightly quirky outfit to be associated with. Sub 50 seconds next year?  |
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Jul 24, 2016 9:35:29 GMT
PS - if anyone lost an iPod yesterday, one was handed to me near the start line on the footpath.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 9:49:32 GMT
DJB.
I suspect that tihe iPod might belong to a family who came across Low Cross Gate & had asked iif one had been handed in. I suggested that they wander down & ask you, but they passed.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 9:56:57 GMT
Will have to sign up for calligraphy lessons. My handwriting legibility has seen me renamed as Mark Yum! Quite like the sound of that!
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Post by David Joss Buckley on Jul 24, 2016 11:15:34 GMT
Thanks Mr Yum - I'll wait and see if they get in touch.
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