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2 do Nationals up Pea Royd...stripped down with the best in the UK!!

danmon_81's picture
on Mon, 27/10/2014 - 16:11

Yesterday (27.10.14) 2 of HMCC's club members and now official HMCC Grimpeurs (read that as mountain goats....nutters....skinny whippets) took to the slope of Pea Royd Lane in Sheffield for the 2014 National Hill Climb Championships......yes thats right NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS..........

The best the UK has to offer when it comes to going up hill on 2 wheels!!!

Tom (100) and Rick (78) both gave monumental efforts up what i would call a 'shit kicker' of a hill (and one that still hurts my quads from just walking up and down) .....

Pea Royd Lane

11% average

approx 1 mile

fastest time - 3:24 (Dan Evans - 2014)

http://www.strava.com/segments/3368031
 

Race time

Both Tom and Rick have been preparing for this since they got the acceptance email...Tom was number 100 and Rick 78...having spent the previous 40 mins watching everyone drag and gurn their way to the top on an array of fixies, stripped down, lightweight bikes, with as little lycra on as possible i began to get nervous for them....1st up Rick....who was powerfully swinging his way up the steep 17% section i was stood on....he powered past me on onward towards the top....Tom next, with his tall, effortless-looking churn past me and towards the top, both looking pro and sleek!!!

Rick put in a time of 04:23.3

Tom put in a time of 04:28.8

Both unbelieveable efforts efforts, with a field of 180 competitors and riders such as.... Simon Warren (100 climbs bible) 04:15.8....Paul Roby (Coveryourcar.co.uk) 03:58.7....Tejvan Pettinger 03:32.1

I'm sure you'll agree a brilliant perfomance......for me it was not only the efforts of the lads but the fact that they represented our club....HMCC on the list at a National Championships 2014....i for one am very proud of them!!! 

Now I did hear talk of the 2015 Hill Climb Champs.... plans and training from Tom and rick....i think we're in for a beasting on some of our local climbs over the winter!!!
 

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