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Some video action from last night's extreme weather edition: https://youtu.be/U6jpGbmIyvg

Pedro will be leading the fastest group on a 68-mile ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12632348
. Adam will be taking the next fastest group (17-18mph) on a similar, but shorter route (56 miles): https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14042931
. Don't know which route the social group will be doing. As always, meet in the cafe from 8:30 onwards or at the gates outside the town hall at 9:00.

Week 3 results (a bit slower due to the wind):
1 T.MODELL SB 22.21
2 M.FINK V 23.38
3 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 23.41
4 O.RAMSAY S 23.58
5 T.BEASLEY S 24.11
6 E.CRALLAN S 24.15
7 E.SMITH S 24.28
8 P.ROBERTS V 24.40
9 JK.WEBB S 24.42
10 M.ROLFE V 24.46
11 A.TROTT V 24.47
12 B.GRAVENOR S 24.50
13 T.HOLMES S 24.53
14 A.SWEETING S 25.01
15 D.COOPER V 25.05
16 C.GREGORY S 25.07
17 C.CHEUNG S 25.14
18 D.TAIT S 25.20
19 B.WHITEHEAD S 25.31
20 S.BARDILL SB 25.31
21 M.EMERY S 25.39
22 G.PATMORE S 25.39
23 T.BLACK S 25.40
24 I.STRAWHORNE S 25.41
25 C.PARKER S 25.43
26 B.SMITH V 25.51
27 D.SMITH S 25.58
28 T.HEWINS V 26.03
29 J.CRUST V 26.27
30 M.EVANS V 26.28
31 J.DELVES S 26.37
32 T.GREEN S 26.38
33 R.WARREN V 26.49
34 P.HAYES V 26.52
35 N.SEXTON S 26.56
36 M.STANLEY S 27.00
37 N.WADDELL S 27.10
38 C.POLLARD S 27.14
39 K.MORRIS LS 27.19
40 S.LOWE V 27.24
41 H.MOORE V 27.28
42 T.BARNETT S 27.28
43 G.BOYD V 27.29
44 M.ROSSELL S 27.29
45 T.MITCHELL S 27.33
46 N.DAVIES S 27.38
47 I.DEUCHARS V 27.43
48 C.HAYES SG 27.49
49 J.BAKER S 27.56
50 C.WHITE S 27.56
51 T.LAWY S 27.58
52 B.FIELDS S 28.05
53 G.CUGI V 28.09
54 R.MULLINS SB 28.31
55 S.BALLANTINE RS 28.44
56 J.CLEARY V 29.00
57 L.COLWILL S 29.03
58 L.REEVE S 29.06
59 S.BURNS LV 29.10
60 D.LECKY LS 29.27
61 C.CUNNINGHAM S 29.36
62 R.FAWCETT V 29.38
63 A.BARDILL V 29.47
64 A.CUTTER LS 30.07
65 B.COLLIER V 30.14
66 L.JONES LS 30.17
67 D.HARDING S 30.21
68 A.CHAPMAN V 30.24
69 K.BURGESS LV 30.25
70 C.PIKE MULLINS SB 30.37
71 D.MCCARTHY V 30.37
72 C.CHYMERA LS 30.38
73 J.DASH V 30.48
74 A.BANERJEE N 30.51
75 S.TAYLOR V 30.57
76 S.IBBOTT S 30.58
77 T.BARDILL SB 31.38
78 Z.WEINBERGER S 31.47
79 P.COCKMAN LV 32.20
80 D.DRAPER S 32.27
81 A.MINALE SG 32.36
82 N.BIRCH LV 32.37
83 M.COOPER LV 32.45
84 E.FERGUSON LS 32.52
85 R.PIMLOTT V 33.13
86 M.BEN SHAUL LV 33.48
87 M.BIMROSE V 34.11
88 S.BOWLEY LV 34.21
89 H.GREGORY SB 35.36
90 J.RAMSAY BAGGS LS 37.37

Corrected version of week 2 - Alex Sweeting moves up to 9th place and E Huntley is three minutes better!

1 T.MODELL SB 22.05
2 M.WILLIAMSON V 22.47
3 M.FINK V 22.52
4 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 23.07
5 R.MAIDMENT V 23.38
6 M.NOBLE S 23.50
7 O.RAMSAY S 23.51
8 T.BEASLEY S 23.57
9 A.SWEETING S 24.10
10 M.ROLFE V 24.13
11 A.TROTT V 24.13
12 E.CRALLAN S 24.16
13 J.SELLARS V 24.16
14 S.DENNISON RV 24.19
15 A.ELFERINK V 24.21
16 P.ROBERTS V 24.22
17 P.SKINNER V 24.23
18 T.HOLMES S 24.27
19 D.COOPER V 24.36
20 B.WHITEHEAD S 24.41
21 B.BARFORD S 24.42
22 J.WILLIAMS RV 24.52
23 J.STEVENSON V 24.56
24 S.BARDILL SB 25.00
25 B.SMITH V 25.01
26 D.SMITH S 25.06
27 JK.WEBB S 25.17
28 S.EVANS S 25.20
29 M.EMERY S 25.30
30 G.HUTCHISON V 25.36
31 C.GREGORY S 25.37
32 A.BEAUMONT V 25.38
33 J.DELVES S 25.49
34 J.HILL S 26.01
35 E.LEVEY V 26.15
36 J.CRUST V 26.20
37 K.MORRIS LS 26.24
38 G.EDMONDS N 26.24
39 A.BRUNTLETT S 26.35
40 E.HUNTLEY J 26.36
41 S.LOWE V 26.38
42 M.BAGWELL V 26.40
43 J.MORRISH S 26.46
44 N.WADDELL S 26.59
45 G.PATMORE S 27.00
46 I.DEUCHARS V 27.21
47 H.MOORE V 27.33
48 S.BURNS LV 27.35
49 G.BOYD V 27.41
50 B.FIELDS S 27.47
51 J.BAKER S 27.48
52 K.WATTS SB 27.48
53 G.CUGI V 27.59
54 R.PIMLOTT V 28.28
55 C.HAYES SG 28.33
56 CO.DASH SB 28.40
57 I.HASKINS V 28.40
58 L.COLWILL S 28.43
59 H.STACEY LS 28.45
60 D.LECKY LS 28.49
61 A.CHAPMAN V 29.00
62 C.WEST V 29.03
63 O.SANDERS V 29.06
64 A.BARDILL V 29.09
65 K.BUNYAN V 29.27
66 F.ISAAC S 29.28
67 C.RIGBY LV 29.32
68 E.MALENFANT SB 29.37
69 H.RAMJEE S 29.42
70 S.BALLANTINE RS 29.42
71 N.JARMAN LS 29.51
72 B.KURTZ S 29.52
73 R.FAWCETT V 29.58
74 J.DASH V 30.43
75 I.HALL V 30.50
76 T.BARDILL SB 31.00
77 C.DASH SG 31.26
78 P.COCKMAN LV 31.32
79 T.HAZKOTO LS 31.51
80 N.BIRCH LV 32.02
81 Z.WEINBERGER S 32.03
82 R.WHITEHEAD V 32.05
83 M.BEN SHAUL LV 32.10
84 A.ROBINS V 32.17
85 S.REDDY LV 32.38
86 MT.TARLTON SG 32.49
87 M.BIMROSE V 33.04
88 A.HERSCH V 33.57
89 A.MINALE SG 34.07
90 H.GREGORY SB 34.19
91 S.BOWLEY LV 34.31
92 S.BOYD SB 35.07
93 M.COOPER LV 35.35
94 R.SKINNER S 37.06

Hello Sam - yes, it is (Chrystyna sent an e-mail out yesterday about it - should be details soon - maybe text her?)

Video from today's ride: https://youtu.be/5CDFWvLXjhY

Hi Johnny. As Adam says, depending on how many / who turns up, there may well be three or four different groups out tomorrow. Personally, I'll be in either the 'fast' group, or the second group - it depends if the really fast guys are there, if they are, I'd prefer the not quite so fast group, but still looking to do 17.5-18 mph average. Several people have said they need to be back home by 1pm and the route is 60 miles, so there won't be time for a stop. This should be the route we use tomorrow: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13722640

Note: it does actually go through High Beach this week, so we can pick up people there

Results from the first night of the series:
1 T.MODELL SB 22.15
2 J.LOCAL S 22.32
3 M.FINK V 23.26
4 B.GEOGHEGAN HART SB 23.30
5 E.SMITH S 23.48
6 M.ROLFE V 24.21
7 E.CRALLAN S 24.23
8 A.TROTT V 24.23
9 P.SKINNER V 24.54
10 M.NOBLE S 25.05
11 B.WHITEHEAD S 25.30
12 S.BARDILL SB 25.37
13 G.PATMORE S 25.41
14 B.SMITH V 25.41
15 A.BISHOP V 25.45
16 M.EVANS V 25.52
17 J.LYCKE V 25.54
18 P.HAYES V 25.59
19 C.PIKE MULLINS SB 26.07
20 N.TAYLOR S 26.40
21 K.MORRIS LV 26.58
22 C.POLLARD S 27.14
23 N.IRONS V 27.17
24 G.BOYD V 27.30
25 J.BROADBENT V 27.33
26 C.HAYES SG 28.26
27 E.MCNICOL SB 28.36
28 CO.DASH SB 28.43
29 A.BARDILL V 28.52
30 B.PRUM S 28.57
31 L.COLWILL S 28.58
32 H.STACEY LS 28.59
33 D.LECKY LS 29.04
34 S.BURNS LV 29.07
35 L.JONES LS 29.08
36 B.COLLIER V 29.22
37 H.RAMJEE S 29.30
38 C.CHYMERA LS 29.41
39 J.DASH V 29.51
40 C.WEST V 30.01
41 C.RIGBY LV 30.02
42 M.MOONEY SB 30.06
43 T.BARDILL SB 30.06
44 E.MALENFANT SB 30.21
45 P.TAYLOR V 30.31
46 S.IBBOTT S 30.55
47 C.DASH SB 31.09
48 R.PIMLOTT V 31.52
49 T.HAZKOTO LS 32.40
50 H.GREGORY SB 32.46
51 A.HERSCH V 33.33
52 M.BIMROSE V 34.28
53 M.COOPER LV 34.33
54 M.BEN SHAUL LV 34.48
55 S.BOYD SB 34.52
56 S.BOWLEY LV 35.15
57 P.BEDFORD LV 37.09

Matt: yes, Adam & Chrystyna have both posted on Facebook that they'll be doing a normal one

Hi Ed. As ever, I'm totally snowed under with work at the moment, but hopefully things will be better in a couple of weeks. I want to make a survey and put it on Facebook / the forum and get Steve to e-mail it to all members - when I've got the results of that I should have some suggestions for the committee (probably in time for your June meeting).

In the meantime - what's happening about club circuit races? The two at the velopark in 2014 and the one we did at Hog Hill last year were very popular. It's clear that lots of members want to take part in them (far more than want to TT on the E2), but it's not clear what's happening in terms of organizing them.

We always have the 'Len Cooper' circuit race as our club championship each year. Ideally, this should be in the summer when everyone is fit and racing. In 2014 we did it in early September, which worked well, but in other seasons it's ended up being shunted to late November which is far from ideal - a lot of people have switched into 'off season' mode by then. In June 2013, as an experiment, we had an extra circuit race (distinct from the Len Cooper) at Hog Hill which was very popular. As a result of that, the plan was to organize four or five of these per year (in addition to the Len Cooper). However, in 2014 there was only one circuit race in addition to the Len Cooper (and this ended up being held about a week before Christmas in the freezing cold), and last year there was nothing other than the Len Cooper.

I'm not aware of any dates having been set for any circuit races this year. People make plans and enter races well in advance, so really things need to be booked and announced at least two months beforehand. Running the Len Cooper as a TLI event worked well last year and using the lower circuit of Hog Hill seems to be the most cost-effective approach - could we get two or three of these lined up for the second half of this season? Who is in charge of this - is it Trevor as the road race guy or someone else or nobody in particular? If the latter, I'm sure there are plenty of us that would be willing to work together to get it organized.

Some (energetic) people even do the two-up at about 8am and then go again in the solo event at about 9am

Victoria CC run a series of four time trials on the final Saturday of the month in May, June, July and August. If you're one of our many relatively new members and thinking of trying out time trialing, these events would be ideal. The distance is nice and short - just 10.2 miles. You might think that's a strange distance - basically it's because it's more convenient for the time keepers to have the start and finish lines right next to each other, so the course is 0.2 miles longer than you might expect in order to accommodate that.
The course is the E1. This is a 'sporting course' (i.e. not a flat dual carriageway) based on a rolling B-road. You start in layby to the west of Saffron Walden / north of Audley End, then basically follow the B1383 north. At two villages (Littlebury and Great Chesterford) you bend right into the village and left out of it. There's a drag up to the turn at the Stumps Cross roundabout - here you go right round and take the fourth exit and retrace your steps back to where you started. It's not flat, but you can keep it in the big ring the whole way. If you've done one of our own 25-mile TTs on the E1 course, you'll have already ridden the entirety of the 10 course.
The event HQ is the Victoria CC 'hut'. They are one of the historically East London-based clubs (along with us, Eagle, Shaftesbury and a few others) who have club buildings up in northern Essex at Ugley (a bit north of Stansted Airport). Their hut is just round the corner from ours. If you drive up and park at the Lea Valley race HQ, just walk out, turn left and walk for two or three minutes and you'll see the Victoria one on the right. Here is how to find our race HQ: https://leavalleycc.microcosm.app/conversations/253853/
They are not just solo rider events. You can also enter a separate tandem competition or ride with a partner in a two-up or even do a three-up. See the attached file for details. To enter, go to the CTT website and in the 'District' filter choose 'London East': https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/find-events

Probably using this route, by the way: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13293791

Yes, there should be Josh

Pedro's story of the training camp in Portugal, our recent 25-mile TT with a new club record and racing tales from Hog Hill: http://leavalleycc.tumblr.com/post/143080584658/april-2016-a-portuguese-adventure-the-hill-with

Event leaflet not there, Ed!

Actually, apparently we had four groups yesterday - there were two slower groups (so I think one was going under 15mph). Everyone was waiting for me, so when I arrived at the town hall at about 9:05 both fast groups left immediately and I didn't get a chance to see who else was there and what they were up to.

Hi - that would be fine. A glance at Strava says the fastest group went at nearly 20mph today, the next group (my one) went just under 18mph, and another group went at about 15mph. Depending on who's around, there is sometimes a slower one than that as well.

People are understandably keen to get back in time to see the cobbled sections of Paris-Roubaix tomorrow. There was talk of a fast group setting off at 8am, but this has now been abandoned. The faster fast group should be led by Barnaby and Soren and plan to do about 64 miles on this route out round Hanningfield Reservoir: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12290106
. I'm planning to hang onto the back of them for the first ten miles or so and then ease off and do a shorter version of the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13020874
which should be about 50 miles. Happy for that to be a fastish-but-not-quite-so-fast group if others want to do the same. Who knows, they may even catch me up again on the return leg if they really put the hammer down (or a mechanical strikes). I'm hoping to be back in Walthamstow by about 12:15.

Yes, Dave - I think I've just managed to make you an admin. Try it now.

Round-up of January, February and March: http://leavalleycc.tumblr.com/post/141569525998/march-2016-spring-is-here

32nd Association = collection of clubs, I think all originally from East London, that had 'huts' built out on the same strip of land in northern Essex not far from the 32nd milestone on the old A11 route from London to Cambridge. Not sure how many of those clubs are still going concerns, but I think it includes Lea Valley, Eagle, Shaftesbury, Victoria and possibly one or two others (Crest? Easterly?). I think there is some kind of season-long competition, based on position in events rather than on your actual times, should be some info on the Shaftesbury website: https://www.shaftesburycc.uk/tt/2015/POINTS32.HTM

First rule of the 32nd Association is you do not talk about the 32nd Association...

Colin - each year that I've been in the club (every season from 2009), I've been asked to provide my fastest TT times in any event (i.e. not just ones promoted by the club) to whoever works out who wins the prizes. I'm not sure how it works: there seem to be some prizes related to club events (which, presumably, you don't have to provide your times for as the club should already know them) and others that are across all competitions.

Hi Anders. I don't know if anyone was able to measure anything. I'd echo what was said before: if you go
for a race pro top, get a size bigger than you would for a normal club top.