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HQ: Broughton Village Hall Gate Lane, Broughton Northants, NN14 1ND HQ open from 13.00 Please respect the facility & park courteously. The HQ is at the end of a residential area so please take care & be courteous. Parking only at the HQ car park please, no parking on the course except for officials. Please park on the tarmac car park & basketball court initially. Please avoid parking on the narrow lane due to wide tractors using the road. Distance from HQ to start is 2 miles. Distance from finish to HQ is 2.1 miles. Please take care on the A43 Safety: Hard-shell helmets are recommended (compulsory for under 18 year olds). In the interest of your own safety, Cycling Time Trials and the event promoters strongly advise you to wear a hard-shell helmet that meets an internationally accepted standard. Any rider performing a “U” turn within the sight of the start or finish will be disqualified & reported to the district committee. A working rear red LED- type light is recommended to increase your visibility to other road users Other information: Competitors in the solo events must ride entirely alone and unassisted and not ride in company or take shelter (commonly known as drafting) from other riders or vehicles. A competitor overtaking another must pass without receiving or giving shelter. The onus of avoiding company riding shall be upon the rider overtaken. Clothing – Sorry, no trade jerseys (Team Sky etc.) are allowed, due to advertising / approved sponsorship etc Road Bike category info: To comply with the ‘rules’ to compete for the old skool / road bike awards, competitors are required to compete on a standard road bicycle (No rear disc wheel; no deep section (>60mm) wheels, no less than 12 spokes per wheel; no tri-bars & no aero (pointy) hats). Apart from that, anything goes! Notice to novice / first time racers Aim to get the HQ 1 hr before your start time. Report to the numbers clerk to sign on, collect your number (& free energy drink). Numbers are to be placed on the lower part of your jersey at the back so they can be seen from behind while in the ‘racing’ position. Get to the start area around 5 mins before your start time, don’t be late or you will miss your start! Familiarise yourself with course description beforehand. Keep safe & keep your head up. No pacing allowed, if you are caught by another rider, please do no ‘jump on’ their wheel, instead, drop back & allow them to ride away. On reaching the finish SHOUT OUT your number to the finish timekeeper. Carefully return to the HQ where you can exchange your number for a tea / coffee. Replenish your energy reserves with cakes etc. that will be on sale. Your results will be added to the result board at the HQ. Please stay for the presentation if you can. Check out the event photos after the event (see below) Photography: Brian Jones of Kimroy Photography will be in attendance at this event to take your action picture. Pictures will be available for viewing & purchase within a day or two of the event via: http://www.kimroy-photography.co.uk/ Please support Brian, who has travelled down from Leeds to take pictures of the event. Please check out the images (Brian gets several shot as you zoom by). Why not buy that special picture of you on that bike / new kit / 2-up/ first time race etc. Digital copies will also be available for you to purchase as well as various sized prints, coasters, place mats, mugs, key rings, fridge magnets & T-shirts – what lovely presents for that special loved one that gave you permission to spend all Saturday afternoon out on your bike! Pat Houghton – Cycling Art Kettering CC’s very own Pat & Dot Houghton will be exhibiting Pat’s fantastic cycling based paintings & prints. Lots to view & some for sale. Pat normally has a selection of cycling related gift cards too; a lovely present for another cycling enthusiast or long-suffering spouse of an obsessive racing cyclist!! Mercedes Formula 1 TT challenge We are incorporating the Mercedes Grand Prix (“The F1 car”) vs Mercedes HPP (“The F1 power unit”) vs. Force India F1 (“The Customer Team”) time trail competition for employees of the local companies. (MGP is at Brackley, HPP is at Brixworth, FIF1 is at Silverstone). It’s just a fun thing……as none of us are really that competitive… ….… but there is a trophy at stake ….& we like trophies. Most riders are first time racers, mainly on road bikes. Great to see so many new riders. The fastest MGP/HPP/FIF1 finisher will be awarded 20 points down to 1 point for the 20th finisher, then the calculations begin…..