Me either.. although I did beat BMMF so maybe I should enter.. now that I'm a climbing god. :P

Sunday 12th October this year. Who's gonna come down and watch/take part?

I'll be there along with my dweeb brother.

My training hasn't happened this year for one reason or another. And I'm 5kg heavier than the first time I did it.

Still wondering about riding it geared, but not bothering with riding the Bec in the afternoon. If the weather was alright, I'd be into riding down there, competing/watching, then riding home for lunch.

would love to go. to watch not to compete. was great atmosphere last year. nice ride down as well.

might get down and watch it again this year. was a good crack last year.

BMMF - you got to do it dude - we need someone to cheer!

8 weeks to train for it. mmmm.

go for it dogs, should be a piece of piss for a Cat 3 like yerself ;)

just u and the hill!

Now that this is being talked about again elsewhere, I'll throw my hat in the ring and say I'm up for riding down to watch again.
Nice crisp Autumn morning and a pleasant ride last year.

cant find the actual date of the hillclimb. when is it?

12th October.

i'll be riding and racing. btw do we enter on day or online?!?

It's usually by post, closing date around 3 weeks before the event. Details will be on their website or in the CTT handbook or whatever.

Are you doing the Bec? If I do one, I might be tempted to do the other if it's a team effort...

I was planning on taking part this year. Just for fun, you know. Geared I suppose.

dogs, bmmf, illy. good stuff - plenty to cheer on this year. come on lads

HT/FU

but everywhere's sold out, I'll be halfway up, roaring like a lion with tourettes.

^ Do you mean Tourettes or do you mean coprolalia? I'm sure roaring will be one of some poor fuck's vocal tics, so there's no right or wrong answer here. Just put my twitching mind at rest, please.

hey man I'm not into fucking dead people!

I am, but I just tell people it's one of my tics.

asking the internet questions about Bec Hill Climb gave me this:



Winston?

He's been submitting photos to Londoncyclesport for ages.

WTF has happened to that site anyway - never updated anymore...

12th ,

hmm i might be up for that, never done a hill climb without gears though,
its painful enough with them :|

http://www.londoncyclesport.com/foru...last/1/V/6/SP/

http://www.londoncyclesport.com/foru...0/cp/1/v/6/sp/

Thanks - thought as much.

where doing a recce this sat on road bikes. anyone welcome. broadway market 9am.

BMMF i can't find an entry for Bec?

Have a good ride down, up then back!

I can now answer the original OP'ers question. I rode up at the weekend on 50" fixed, my lungs nearly burst out of my stomach. Need to loose at least half a stone to be vaguely non-disappointing, so am going to miss out entering this year. Will defintitely pencil it in for next though!

Does someone want to start a new thread for the ride down on the 12th? I would, but seeing as I'm already in Kent it would be a bit of a waste of time me coming up to town to come back down.

If you're not sorted by this evening, email me - I've got an email from Garry (Bec) in my trash folder with all the details.

sorted.

The Catford Hill Climb has been won on 54" fixed before and Matt said he was spinning out at the beginning but you need a low gear for the last 1in 4 bit.
If I'm not marshalling I shall be watching, see you all there.

i find it hard enough getting over waterloo bridge on 46tx17t.... not recommended for the Bec Hill climb...

... good luck!.x

I just looked on the site to see where in catford the hill is... (cos I thought to myself, theres no big hills in catford) ...its bloody miles away!! looks like a good day out though, have fun!

I'm in for the Recce. Don't want to come North to Broadway market just to go south again, so do you know the route you'll be taking and I'll work out to meet you somewhere?