2021 Round 7: Shrewsbury, Sunday 1st August

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   The discussion on FB is about 1 or 2 races. Not very many signed on, so one long race should be OK, but there is a new junior rider. Solo rides take a while and people won't want to stay late.

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JDub Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 01 November 2005 Location: Egham Status: Offline Points: 480	Post Options Post Reply Quote JDub Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2021 at 10:19am
	The discussion on FB is about 1 or 2 races. Not very many signed on, so one long race should be OK, but there is a new junior rider. Solo rides take a while and people won't want to stay late.
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Andrew S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 March 2005 Location: Hornsea, UK Status: Offline Points: 2433	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andrew S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2021 at 5:32pm
	Sign-on for Shrewsbury and Stourport will be extended in the shop until 10:00pm on Thursday (July 28th) instead of the usual 12:00 noon cutoff because of the various uncertainties.

ChrisH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Committee Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: South norfolk Status: Offline Points: 747	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChrisH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2021 at 8:24pm
	Have spoken to Shrewsbury Sports Village today. The finishing touches to the cycle track are now complete and are awaiting awaiting a final safety inspection tomorrow to get it officially signed off as good for use. They will contact me tommorrow to confirm when this has been done. As soon as I hear, I will post on Facebook 'n' Forum to let everybody know for definite whether Sunday 1st Aug will be at Shrewsbury.

Kim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 13 April 2018 Location: Middle Earth Status: Offline Points: 1256	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kim Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 July 2021 at 11:57am
	Meanwhile, it seems likely that the race timing system isn't going to be available, so I suggest anyone that can brings a notebook and pen to count laps with, and stopwatches if you've got them. If someone (or multiple someones) can bring about 50m of mains extension lead(s), we can at least use the LED race clock (which I currently have) as a simple time display. I've got a 25m reel, but we need about 75m to reach the finish line at Stourport. Also, something we can use for flags and bells. I believe red petticoats are traditional :) If any videographers feel like paying extra attention to covering the race finishes in their entirety, that would be helpful for resolving quibbles. Racers, keep your GPS recordings!

ChrisH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Committee Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: South norfolk Status: Offline Points: 747	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChrisH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 July 2021 at 4:04pm
	GOOD NEWS !! We'll definitely be racing at shrewsbury on Sun 1st Aug, (as originally advertised). The track has just this afternoon been signed off and approved for use. Don't forget (for anyone who has been holding off booking, race registration for Shrewsbury (sun) as well as Stourport (on sat) is open until 10pm this eve.

Kim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 13 April 2018 Location: Middle Earth Status: Offline Points: 1256	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kim Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 01 August 2021 at 9:36pm
	And I've uploaded the times to the usual place: http://www.bhpc.org.uk/Data/Sites/1/media/events/events21/07shrewsbury/index.html I've manually entered the flying lap times into CrossMgr as if it were a time trial, as that gives the most sensible output. (Pay no attention to the way it thinks everyone started simultaneously at 20:57 this evening.) Pretty solid results from the timing system for the 90 minute race. I merely had to set a couple of DNFs and remove some phantom laps recorded during a comfort break. So I'm not expecting much in the way of quibbles. Anyone got any class changes or anything?

AlanGoodman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8036	Post Options Post Reply Quote AlanGoodman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 August 2021 at 10:00pm
	Many thanks Kim! My Strava seems to agree exactly with the manual timing of the flying lap... :)


LWaB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 13 August 2016 Status: Offline Points: 277	Post Options Post Reply Quote LWaB Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 August 2021 at 11:19pm
	I was hoping to be car-free today but not so. Only one in the car-free category today.

GeoffBird Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 20 September 2005 Status: Offline Points: 2396	Post Options Post Reply Quote GeoffBird Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 August 2021 at 12:36am
	Thank you for your hard work Kim
	Right Time - Right Place - Wrong Speed

speedy381 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 05 June 2006 Location: North Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote speedy381 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 August 2021 at 8:03am
	The surface does not appear to have suffered too much. I have just checked my Strava entry from July 2017. My average speed from the hour race was 25.4 mph; very close to the 90 minute speed this weekend.
	Bream no longer. I'll ride anything, slowly