Well thought I'd stick a number on my back & have a go !

[Tiny01]

And happy that I did !

Well only been riding since April this year & took part in a few sportives & the London to Brighton etc but I fancied a go at a race !

I was introduced to TLI racing @ North Weald airfield on a Tuesday night think they have 12 races per season & this was there 6th event .

So I went along and had a go , I opted to start with the slow group ( vets ) as wasn't sure on where the course went & the 2 fellas I'd joined were in this group as well .

A quick warm up in the heat of 30 degrees & I was ready to go , we made our way to the start line & gathered in 3 groups I'm guessing there was 60/70 entrants .

The fast boys went , then the 2nd group & then us , we was away at a steady pace & it was really comfortable for me & I enjoyed my first 2/3 laps of racing !

After a few laps the pace slackened & I felt I could go faster as the 2nd group ride past us I thought for a bit ( mistake 1 ) & then decided to get on the back of them ( mistake 2 ) it took me a lap to get on & come another lap I was off & thinking that I should of stayed where I was , but guess I got a bit carried away , lesson learnt after 5/6 horrid solo Laps I was hurting & not really enjoying it like I was so I decided to pull over to one side & await another group & joined them for the final few Laps boy oh boy that was better & far more enjoyable for sure !

We ended up racing for 1 hour & 5 Laps & I throughly enjoyed it & will probably have another go this coming Tuesday .

It was a steep learning curve but think I'll start straight away in the medium group & see how that go's this time around .

Anyone thinking of having a go I reccomend it I loved it

 

[Wetdog]

Good effort marra

 

[Lee gg]

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And happy that I did !

Well only been riding since April this year & took part in a few sportives & the London to Brighton etc but I fancied a go at a race !

I was introduced to TLI racing @ North Weald airfield on a Tuesday night think they have 12 races per season & this was there 6th event .

So I went along and had a go , I opted to start with the slow group ( vets ) as wasn't sure on where the course went & the 2 fellas I'd joined were in this group as well .

A quick warm up in the heat of 30 degrees & I was ready to go , we made our way to the start line & gathered in 3 groups I'm guessing there was 60/70 entrants .

The fast boys went , then the 2nd group & then us , we was away at a steady pace & it was really comfortable for me & I enjoyed my first 2/3 laps of racing !

After a few laps the pace slackened & I felt I could go faster as the 2nd group ride past us I thought for a bit ( mistake 1 ) & then decided to get on the back of them ( mistake 2 ) it took me a lap to get on & come another lap I was off & thinking that I should of stayed where I was , but guess I got a bit carried away , lesson learnt after 5/6 horrid solo Laps I was hurting & not really enjoying it like I was so I decided to pull over to one side & await another group & joined them for the final few Laps boy oh boy that was better & far more enjoyable for sure !

We ended up racing for 1 hour & 5 Laps & I throughly enjoyed it & will probably have another go this coming Tuesday .

It was a steep learning curve but think I'll start straight away in the medium group & see how that go's this time around .

Anyone thinking of having a go I reccomend it I loved it

How can you enter , on the day ? When will the next one be ? Think I may turn up and embarrass myself for fun.

 

[Tiny01]

How can you enter , on the day ? When will the next one be ? Think I may turn up and embarrass myself for fun.

Hi lee , the next one is this coming Tuesday mate the racing starts @ 7.15pm a few start arriving from 6pm to sign on etc , you can either apply for a race licence on line from ( TLI ) or just do what I did & turn up on the day & paid for a day licence think it was £10 & £10 to race iirc .

Then get ready & have a ride to warm up a bit from 6:30 - 7pm then make your way down to the bottom of the airfield for the start area where it gets sorted out into groups depending on numbers , last week there was in the region of 60/70 riders & that got split into 3 groups , very fast ! Fast , medium inc veterans , we rode for 1 hour & 5 laps , a lap is approx 5 mins .

You certainly won't embarrass yourself mate there's loads of mixed abilities there & it's really quite easy going & a very good introduction to racing , this appeals to me more than doing TT's , I'm making plans to have another go on Tuesday if you want to come along I'll show you the way round no probs

 

[Lee gg]

Hi lee , the next one is this coming Tuesday mate the racing starts @ 7.15pm a few start arriving from 6pm to sign on etc , you can either apply for a race licence on line from ( TLI ) or just do what I did & turn up on the day & paid for a day licence think it was £10 & £10 to race iirc .

Then get ready & have a ride to warm up a bit from 6:30 - 7pm then make your way down to the bottom of the airfield for the start area where it gets sorted out into groups depending on numbers , last week there was in the region of 60/70 riders & that got split into 3 groups , very fast ! Fast , medium inc veterans , we rode for 1 hour & 5 laps , a lap is approx 5 mins .

You certainly won't embarrass yourself mate there's loads of mixed abilities there & it's really quite easy going & a very good introduction to racing , this appeals to me more than doing TT's , I'm making plans to have another go on Tuesday if you want to come along I'll show you the way round no probs

Thanks you hope to see you their.