The latest news from the North Bucks Road Club, including club news and announcements; club events and results; news relating to the wider cycling community. Club event results are periodically moved to the "Club Events" area, accessible from the menu above.

Dick has delivered another of his occasional Club Newsletters - it can be accessed as a pdf here.

After last year's lack of racing, once we restarted our club events in 2021, things have gone rather well. Using ResultsBase to handle the entries has proven successful (and popular). Not having to handle a cash box at each event is part of our Covid precautions and clearly simplifies each event. We don't always have enough smartphones at the event, so sometimes the automatic delivery of results via the ResultsBase a=has been missing. The club is grateful for those who's efforts to place signs and do the timekeeping has meant we've been able to put these events on. As always, volunteers are always welcome!

We've made a couple of changes to the 2021 club event calendar:

  • The Brogborough '10' scheduled for 21st July has been cancelled owing to roadworks. For 2022, we will list alternative courses in case of roadwork disruption.
  • The Astwood '10' scheduled for Saurday 18th September will now be a 20 mile event, over two laps. We are planning this as an event to which we'll invite clubs that regularly participate in our club events to enter teams of four riders, with the beast three counting for prizes. More details later (see also the newsletter linked above).
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The Club is delighted to announce the resumption of our Club TT League. We will start with the event on 14th April, and we are making changes to how we manage our events to ensure we are compliant with CTT guidance. In particular, we will be partnering with Results Base to handle entries and results. As this system is still being set up, we will add further details to this announcement over the next few days. Entries will be required in advance, with payment online. 

Coronavirus precautions: We have provided detailed guidance on how we plan to organise this event to ensure that riders and officials are protected. This guidance is based on official CTT guidance.

New CTT Regulations: All competitors must have a functional rear light on their bicycle. No light, no ride. This regulation would have been in force for 2020, but we cancelled our events due to the pandemic!

Links: 2021 Club Time Trial Calendar  | Coronavirus precautions | 2021 Time Trial Reports

 

 

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Here's the latest in the series of our occasional Newsletters. Also available as a pdf download. The pdf is a bit better laid out!

 

The President's Occasional Newsletter January 2021

Members Update

After a rather tumultuous 2020 season, how the 2021 season will play out is still not very clear.   Nationally, we are in lockdown, which clearly impacts on sporting activities and on meetings.   This email seeks to clarify where we are as a club.

Membership

You may recall that in the light of Covid restrictions in 2020, the Committee decided to roll over everyone’s membership for 2021 at no extra cost.   We will not be requiring people to submit membership applications for 2021, but if you wish to leave the club, please let us know.   

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The NBRC Committee had been deliberating whether it was wise to hold the 2021 New Year's Day '10' given the ongoing Covid-19 situation. The recent move of large parts of SE England to Tier 4, including Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, has convinced us that we should not proceed with this event.
 
We have published a draft list of 2021 club time trials on the website. The first of these events is on Saturday 20th March. We hope that we will be able to present a full season of events in 2021.
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NBRC Committee Update August 2020

Over the last few weeks, the Club Committee has held a series of meetings to discuss our approach to club activities as England relaxes Covid-19 lockdown restrictions (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are managing these independently).

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Dick Selley has prepared another of his occasional newsletters, which can be obtained at this link: May 2020 NBRC Newsletter.

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In light of the ongoing Coronavirus situation, we have decided to abandon our time trial series until further notice.

We kick off the 2020 club time trial series with our opening event on the Astwood course using the version starting in Astwood, on Saturday 21st March, starting at 10am. Entry is £4.00 for members, £6.00 for non-members.

All are welcome: make sure you turn up in time to sign on. You'll need a mechanically sound bike and a bike helmet. We recommend the use of a rear light. You need to be 12 or over to ride time trials; if you are over 12 but under 18 you will need permission from a parent or guardian to take part (download a permission form in pdf format and in Word format).

PLEASE REMEMBER: REAR LIGHTS ARE NOW MANDATORY FOR ALL TIME TRIALS. If you don't have a working rear light, you won't be allowed to start.

The North Bucks Road Club will review our club time trial series in light of the current coronavirus situation. Please continue to take all precautions. Check the Facebook page and this website for latest updates. 

The course has a route description and a risk assessment. Make sure you have familiarised yourself with the course, and remember that time trials are held on open roads - take care and be observant of other road users!

Download the latest Course Description and Risk Assessment (pdf)

For riders new to time trialling, here's a brief introduction to time trials.  

Results, including rider names and club affiliations, will be posted online following the event.

Please remember that the Salford bridge over the A421 is still closed, and won't re-open until May 2020 at the earliest - please factor this in to your ride to the event.

Results to follow

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Membership fees for 2020 are now due.

Forms can be downloaded from this page, in Word, PDF and Open Document formats. Membership fees have not changed for 2020.

UPDATE:

As a consequence of the UK lockdown, the club cannot hold group rides or club runs, nor can it organise sporting events until further notice.
British Cycling and Cycling Time Trials have both suspended activity until June 30th, and this may be extended further as the pandemic runs its course. Our club time trial calendar for 2020 can be found on our website, and if possible we will start running these events once lockdown is over – though this would obviously depend on detailed guidance on how sporting events may take place.
We are also unable to hold club meetings or face to face committee meetings.


In light of this situation, we have decided that members who join or renew for (or during) 2020 will have their membership extended for 2021.

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  1. 2020 Time Trial Calendar