FCA Midweek Series – Event 22 – 1 Mile Sprint

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Report from north of the border by Paul Lawson.

The final FCA evening event of the season was run off in fine weather with no wind to hinder the riders on a quiet B road in Fife. Having never ridden a 1 mile TT before I was unsure of what sort of time could be accomplished but my hope of covering the distance in 2 mins (30mph average) was not too far wide of the mark. I recorded a 2-03 with the winner clocking 1-51. Reviewing the data from my Garmin though the statistic I was most pleased with was 0 to 31.6 mph in 6 seconds. Although staying at that speed was perhaps a little harder than for those on TT bikes and disk wheels my WVCC powered Bianchi road bike was probably quicker off the line.

Position	Name	Club name	Time
1	Mr Stephen Davidson	Perth United Cycling Club	00:01:51:000
2	Mr Robert Carson	Team Leslie Bike Shop - Right Move Windows	00:01:52:000
3	Mr Graham Barclay	Team Leslie Bike Shop - Right Move Windows	00:01:53:000
4	Mr Keith Johnston		00:01:54:000
5	Mr John Woodrow	Sandy Wallace Cycles	00:01:54:000
6	Mr Paul Gallacher	Fife Cycling 2000	00:01:55:000
7	Mr Brian Thomson	Team Leslie Bike Shop - Right Move Windows	00:01:55:000
8	Mr James Davidson	Pedal Power RT	00:01:56:000
9	Mr Graham Jones	Edinburgh RC	00:01:58:000
10	Mr Andrew Allan	Team Leslie Bike Shop - Right Move Windows	00:01:58:000
11	Mr James Trevor	Hull Thursday RC	00:01:58:000
12	Mr Brian Christie	Team Leslie Bike Shop - Right Move Windows	00:01:59:000
13	Mr Robert Aird	Fife Cycling 2000	00:02:00:000
14	Mr Barry Duncan	Kennoway RC	00:02:00:000
15	Mr Iain Taylor	Dunfermline CC	00:02:01:000
16	Mr Donnie Macleod	Kinross CC	00:02:01:000
17	Mr Paul Lawson	Weaver Valley CC	00:02:03:000
18	Mr Kenneth Ogilvie	Kinross CC	00:02:03:000
19	Mr Stewart Herd	Kinross CC	00:02:04:000
20	Mr Robert Marshall	Fife Cycling 2000	00:02:06:000
21	Mr George Carratt	Fife Century RC	00:02:06:000
22	Mr George Graham	Fife Cycling 2000	00:02:07:000
23	Mr Steve Wallace	Dunfermline CC	00:02:08:000
24	Mr Neil Patterson	Sandy Wallace Cycles	00:02:08:000
25	Mr Alan Solway	Kennoway RC	00:02:08:000
26	Mr Robert Murray		00:02:09:000
27	Mr Fred Turvey	Sandy Wallace Cycles	00:02:10:000
28	Mr Alistair Speed	Fife Century RC	00:02:12:000
29	Mr Stevie Ogg	Dunfermline CC	00:02:12:000
30	Mr Thomas Cummings	Fife Century RC	00:02:13:000
31	Master Gavin Laffoley	Fife Century RC	00:02:18:000
32	Mr Craig Buchanan	Dunfermline CC	00:02:19:000
33	Mr John Dobbie	Kennoway RC	00:02:27:000

The only bad news up here is that a landslide on the Crow Road has caused the cancellation of the Tour of the Campsies TT that I was due to ride on Sunday.