The first UK individual time trial on public roads is reputed to have been held on 5 October 1895 over a 50-miles course just north of London, organised by Frederick Thomas Bidlake. For many years in the UK, time trials were the main road-based cycling competitions ('massed start' road racing only gained grudging approval after the Second World War. the main season is from March to September.
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ReplyDeleteIan Cammish, Roger Queen and Ceri Pritchard.
Martin Pyne and Paul Bennett.
Alan Rochford.
Bob Downs.
.... not a slow one in there!