For those of you who don't know Duncan Hards - he's a long time local rider and friend of the club. He's also a physio who works out of Farnham Sports Centre. If you ask around club members he's treated you'll find he couldn't be more highly recommended.
http://www.midasphysiotherapy.co.uk/
If you can't get to see Duncan or his manly Scottish ways are too much for you then below is the second in our spam series which might be useful:
"I'm writing to introduce our sports injury clinic to the VC Meudon members and yourself.
We are a new sports injury clinic based in Camberley, we have a fantastic team of therapists who have worked with all types of athletes from recreational to professional levels. Several of our running clients have improved their PB's already this year with help from our therapists and I believe that with our help, some of your members will be able to get that extra help this season to meet their goals whether that be to move up a Cat, reduce injury or just get more power to those pedals!
Along side our usual appointments we are now offering a biomechanical assessment for cyclists. This assessment covers general flexibility, core stability, muscle balance, range of motion and pelvic alignment. Once the muscles are working in a balanced way you will find that there is a reduction in injury, less strain on the ligaments and increased power.
The cost for the biomechanical assessment is £60 for an hours appointment. Should any of your members wish to have follow up appointments for a sports massage or any rehabilitation to correct any weakness or imbalance the cost is £45 for a 45 minute appointment. If your members would like to book an appointment for any of our other services that are listed on our website, we will offer them a 10% discount on their initial consultation if they mention VC Meudon.
Please have a look at our website www.optimumperformanceclinic.co.uk or contact us to make an appointment or for further details.
Wishing you and your members a safe and enjoyable cycling season,"
Jenny McGuinness
Clinic Manager
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Bikebox hire - local service
1st is a series of postings of spam we have received which is either local, useful or nicely customised (ask about club member discount):
"Bicycleboxhire.co.uk is your local Bike Box Hire specialist.
Based near Farnham on the Surrey Hampshire Border, we are your local specialists offering the
award winning BIKE BOX ALAN hard bicycle travel cases for hire.
Why buy when you can rent the best bike box around?
Renting makes more sense:
· No big up-front cash outlay
· No ongoing storage headaches
Bike Boxes can be hired for short weekend trips or for longer periods.
Our bike boxes can accommodate high-end road and TT bikes as well as mountain bikes.
Our boxes can even accommodate bikes with integrated seat posts.
Collection is flexible including nights, early mornings and weekends from our base near Farnham.
For more information, including details about the bike box, packing instructions, hire rates and location please visit
www.bicycleboxhire.co.uk"
Kind regards,
Steve
Bicycleboxhire.co.uk
www.bicycleboxhire.co.uk
email: bookings@bicycleboxhire.co.uk
mobile: 07763 615 115
"Belgian Team Cars" by Steve Barnsley
On May 20th 1979 a classic bike race took place in the UK; the 260 mile London-Bradford pro race….riders included Paul Sherwen, Sean Kelly and National pro road race champ Geoff Wiles who is still giving us vets a hard time today as well as a number of French and Belgian pros and most of the UK pros at that time. The race was won by multiple Tour de France stage winner Barry Hoban riding for the famous Miko-Mercier team.
Gs Vecchi rider Steve Barnsley was in the field that day and here are some of his memories;
The race was something like 265 miles if I remember correctly, and as a new pro and basically a trackie I decided that it was pointless doing the 10 hour+ training rides that friends of mine like Steve Heffernan were doing, I’d just do my usual thing and see how far I could get – I was getting belted in every race, although going ok on the track. There were no pro – am races in those days, so it wasn’t easy to re-build my confidence.
Two friends of mine were going to follow the race in my car (I had a sponsored car in those days) and feed Steve Heffernan and me, and we agreed that I might, if they started steady at 5am in the morning, get to the first feed at 70 miles, but after that they should keep with Heff as he had a chance of winning.
At 3am we were all up for breakfast, and Heff and I were feeling smug! While Sid Barras and the other ‘traditionalists’ tried to force down steak and rice, we’d been out for a vegetarian nut cutlet the evening before, and just went for a bowl of cereal at 3am and some toast!
The race didn’t start steadily, Paul Sherwen attacked from the flag and we were lined out at 5am!! This is when I started to realise that physically I was the same as the others, it was my confidence that was the problem – because it was place to place we only hit every hill, every corner, once, so I was much more positive...and basically didn’t get dropped in that initial purge!! The race then settled into a bit of a pattern, which was full on for about half an hour, then a bit steadier for the next half hour, broken up by the occasional primes which were something like £1000 each, which in 1979 was a lot!
I remember us riding near to Wolverhampton and Hugh Porter, who had only retired the year before, joining the peleton for a few miles. He was my hero when I was growing up!
My friends cheered me on at the first feed, and at the second feed, I think after about 130 miles, they were jumping up and down when they saw I was still comfortably in the bunch. At the third feed, I can’t really remember when but I think about 200 miles, they just handed my mussette up gob-smacked, as I was still there!! I didn’t have the heart, or the breath, to tell them that I was never going to get over the next manhole cover, never mind any hills, we were really racing by then and the lack of miles was always going to come back and bite me!
I went off on the next climb. I remember one of the Belgium team cars coming alongside me and handing me food – and I was so out of my head that I was just stuffing it all into my pockets rather than eat any of it!! I eventually sat down on a kerb in Oldham...I had had it!! It was ‘only’ 40 odd miles to go, and looking back people ask why I didn’t finish, but that 40 miles included some major climbs like the Snake Pass or Cat and Fiddle or something like that, and I was done for!
Driving back down south after the race, neither Heff nor I could walk down the steps at the motorway services, we had to slide down on our backsides....really!
What I really found amazing was that this was on the Sunday...on the Tuesday I won pretty much everything at Paddington track, I was flying!! How does that work!
I was offered a contract on one of the big teams of the time based on that ride and that year’s Champagne 10 at Herne Hill when I was also flying, the MAN – VW team, but it was scuppered at the last moment by politics.
Since then I’ve always found that I go well in the long place to place rides – I’ve done the Milan San Remo Gran Fondo twice, the first time finishing right up there in top 100, and even last year I went ok for an old git in the Picardie!
Two friends of mine were going to follow the race in my car (I had a sponsored car in those days) and feed Steve Heffernan and me, and we agreed that I might, if they started steady at 5am in the morning, get to the first feed at 70 miles, but after that they should keep with Heff as he had a chance of winning.
At 3am we were all up for breakfast, and Heff and I were feeling smug! While Sid Barras and the other ‘traditionalists’ tried to force down steak and rice, we’d been out for a vegetarian nut cutlet the evening before, and just went for a bowl of cereal at 3am and some toast!
The race didn’t start steadily, Paul Sherwen attacked from the flag and we were lined out at 5am!! This is when I started to realise that physically I was the same as the others, it was my confidence that was the problem – because it was place to place we only hit every hill, every corner, once, so I was much more positive...and basically didn’t get dropped in that initial purge!! The race then settled into a bit of a pattern, which was full on for about half an hour, then a bit steadier for the next half hour, broken up by the occasional primes which were something like £1000 each, which in 1979 was a lot!
I remember us riding near to Wolverhampton and Hugh Porter, who had only retired the year before, joining the peleton for a few miles. He was my hero when I was growing up!
My friends cheered me on at the first feed, and at the second feed, I think after about 130 miles, they were jumping up and down when they saw I was still comfortably in the bunch. At the third feed, I can’t really remember when but I think about 200 miles, they just handed my mussette up gob-smacked, as I was still there!! I didn’t have the heart, or the breath, to tell them that I was never going to get over the next manhole cover, never mind any hills, we were really racing by then and the lack of miles was always going to come back and bite me!
I went off on the next climb. I remember one of the Belgium team cars coming alongside me and handing me food – and I was so out of my head that I was just stuffing it all into my pockets rather than eat any of it!! I eventually sat down on a kerb in Oldham...I had had it!! It was ‘only’ 40 odd miles to go, and looking back people ask why I didn’t finish, but that 40 miles included some major climbs like the Snake Pass or Cat and Fiddle or something like that, and I was done for!
Driving back down south after the race, neither Heff nor I could walk down the steps at the motorway services, we had to slide down on our backsides....really!
What I really found amazing was that this was on the Sunday...on the Tuesday I won pretty much everything at Paddington track, I was flying!! How does that work!
I was offered a contract on one of the big teams of the time based on that ride and that year’s Champagne 10 at Herne Hill when I was also flying, the MAN – VW team, but it was scuppered at the last moment by politics.
Since then I’ve always found that I go well in the long place to place rides – I’ve done the Milan San Remo Gran Fondo twice, the first time finishing right up there in top 100, and even last year I went ok for an old git in the Picardie!
World Cross Champs - Highlights
Check out the videos from yesterday's race - especially the one showing the start and first lap, at the bottom of the list...
http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1207803
Mechanic's Corner
Garmin-Barracuda mechanic adjusts gears out on the roadside - Nick, can you book him for Mallorca?
Little Lumpy Sportive - 27th May
Date is now out for the popular local sportive, the Little Lumpy. 3 distances - 38, 59 and 100 miles. This is usually a very good event with food stops etc. run over some challenging scenic local countryside.
www.littlelumpy.co.uk
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