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General Category => Time Trials => Topic started by: Steven on May 23, 2021, 05:26:36 PM

Title: Hartlepool CC 10
Post by: Steven on May 23, 2021, 05:26:36 PM

I'm always up for a new experience so this morning I rode the Hartlepool CC 10 on my road bike. I have ridden 115 open '10's in 45 years but never one on a course like this! It was a mixture of pipelines, redundant oil rig platforms and a nuclear power station. The course was flat but exposed to a strong wind and the road surface resembled pave!

With all those excuses, you won't be surprised to find I did a 28, which is my slowest ever ride. The conditions did not seem to slow down the winner, pro Harry Tanfield, who got inside 20 minutes.

An added bonus was bumping into a fellow Oggie at the event! Paul Sander has returned to the UK from Mexico and now lives in Stockton.

Title: Re: Hartlepool CC 10
Post by: Mark B on May 25, 2021, 03:06:03 PM

Sounds brilliant, Steven! Road bike, gravel wheels perhaps the perfect combination 😂