I did one or two of these back in the 90s, as a teenager, on (my only ‘road’ bike at the time) an MTB with slicks – and it’s probably one of my fondest memories of winter riding with South West RC.
One of the things that was so good about it was how relaxed the whole event was, with a simple ethos of just getting round the wet rainy course in the dark of winter. And you received a cool certificate at the end.. 🙂
I fancy doing a few of these this winter, if I can haul myself out of bed early enough on a Sunday for the inevitably God-awful early start time that these road CC clubs seem to masochistically do everything.
Do reliability runs/trials still exist? What do I need to know about them? Do they still have a satisfyingly chilled out vibe? Are there likely to be any near me in deepest, darkest Oxfordishire? Are road CC clubs always masochistic?
Cheers guys.. 🙂