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Solihull CC 5 Mile Championship 19/8/2010

August 19th, 2010 - Posted by Mike - RKC Owner

A wet night saw a diminished entry for the last evening time trial of the 2010 season. However the weather did affect the result as pre-race favourite Alistair McChesney triumphed in a time of 11min 20sec closely followed by Eddie Priddy 11min 28sec and Conor O’Brien with 11min 41sec. Conor and Euan Adams (Red Kite 11min 53 sec) were the only 2 riders on normal road bikes rather than special Time Trial ones.

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Shirley R.C & Solihull C.C 10 Mile Time Trial 12th August

August 12th, 2010 - Posted by Mike - RKC Owner

Despite overcast and blustery weather conditions a great many local riders turned out for the last evening 10 mile time trial of 2010. There was a good turn out of local female time trialists riding in memory of Cath Ward of the Solihull C.C. who was tragically killed whilst taking part in another time trial recently. Most of the riders wore black armbands.

Fastest on the night was Alistair McChesney of the Solihull C.C.in a time of 23m 16s, followed by…

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Solihull 5 Mile Time Trial

April 8th, 2010 - Posted by Mike - RKC Owner

Thursday the 8th April saw the start of the Solihull Cycling Clubs evening time trial promotions for 2010. Due to limited lighting time the first event is always over 5 miles rather than the usual 10 and riders are often greeted with cold, wet blustery conditions. Not so this year year when the weather could not have been better with a warm sunny evening with hardly any wind. This and the Easter holiday probably accounted for the larger than usual…

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Evening 10 mile Time Trial

February 21st, 2010 - Posted by Mike - RKC Owner

If anyone wants to dip their toe in the waters of competitive cycling then the local 10 mile time trial is a good place to start. Both the Solihull C.C. and the Shirley Road Club promote evening 10s from April till August.

Starting at 7pm riders set off at 1 minute intervals and complete the 10 mile course which is usually an out and back route. Here are some pictures from a Solihull C.C event which started at Knowle and went…

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