Come & Give it a Go Rides 2013

The second Come & Give it a Go Time Trial took place last Sunday under much better racing conditions and 35 riders took part recording some very impressive times.

Of the 35 riders participating, several were new to the sport of cycling and many took part on a conventional road bike opposed to some of the specialist time trialers who had aero bikes, skinsuits and helmets.

Many of the riders who took part in the first of these events saw an improvement of approximately 45 seconds on their own time due to the warm dry conditions and favourable tail wind along much of the course.  But all the riders demonstrated what potential they each have and the high level of stamina and fitness needed to compete in a time trial event.

Congratulations to Julie Edwards  who won the women’s novice competition, Dan Ward who won the men’s novice competition and to Callum Breeze who won the juniors competition.  All three had never ridden a TT before but produced excellent times and showed what potential they all have as a ‘Tester’.

In the overall competiton we had two exceptional rides on the day.  The first by Stafford RC rider Martin Moor who finished in 9:09 and the star of the day Dan Bigham  who finished in 8:38 with an average speed of  33+mph.

Chris Lees sports photographer rode this week but luckily his assistant was out on the course to capture pictures of all the riders taking part.