Thanks to Ron and Gladys Purdy for these.
(Results at the bottom)
Results
| Peter Dixon | 22.58 | Scr. | 22.58 |
| Jayne Paine | 24.56 | 6.30 | 18.26 1st Handicap |
| Tom London | 25.23 | 5.00 | 20.23 2nd Handicap |
| Rich Cooper | 27.43 | 6.00 | 21.43 |
| Chris James | 28.00 | 5.30 | 22.30 |
| Halil Mehmed | 29.17 | 7.30 | 21.47 |
| Joanna Austin | 29.28 | 8.00 | 21.28 |
| Gill Reynolds | 30.23 | 4.00 | 26.23 |
| Ray Kelly | 31.14. | 7.30 | 23.44 |
| Brian Moon | 32.26 | 6.00 | 26.26 |
| Harmeet Dhiraj | 32.59 | 11.00 | 21.59 |
| Balneet Dhiraj | 33.49 | 10.00 | 23.49 |
| Brian Wright | 34.16 | 11.00 | 23.16 |
| Mick Paddington | 34.46 | 7.30 | 27.16 |
| Suzanne Cooper | 35.19 | 8.30 | 26.49 |
| 2nd Claim Members | |||
| Lance Woodman | 26.57 | ||
| Ian Birch | 29.30 | ||
| Annie Birch | 33.19 | ||
Tom’s got a good aerodynamic position, even on a road bike.
Agreed. No idea how he gets so low!
Please can someone explain the Scr including how this is calculated if you’ve not ridden one before. Thanx
Scr = Scratch, or a handicap of 0:00. The Scratch rider is the fastest on past form. The handicapper then assigns a h/c to the other riders based on how far they are expected to finish behind the scratch person. This is based on a rider’s best ride in the last 3 years, knowledge of a rider’s form and/or a conservative guess (in that order). The handicap is then subtracted from your actual time to give your h/c time. So you, Sooz, as a newbie, were expected to finish 8 and a half minutes behind Peter (conservative guess as it’s your first event). This is subtracted from your actual 35:19 to give you a h/c time of 26:49. Your next h/c will be based on your new personal best.
Well ridden by the way.
Scratching, itching! Thanks Lance for the helpful explanation. It all makes sense now. However, the expected 8 and a half minutes behind the fastest rider assgined to me, whilst flattering was rather unlikely – having twice ridden a 10 mile at Hillingdon coming in at over 36mins i would have put it at higher (around 14), but never mind- it doesn’t really matter, i know, it’s all about the next ride, if there is one ;)!
The club did have a rule once No time no handicap. However I felt it made it more interesting for new riders if I gave them one based on half the maximum plus 2 minutes for the gents and 3 minutes for the ladies.
Handicaps for the 25 will be on actual times ridden in the last 3 years or if no time I will calculte it on recent 10 times. Don’t forget that I have access to previous rides so no” porky pies” Gladys
Okay now I am also confused.
Sooz’s best 10 time (Minuet park last year) was 36:30 (or something close to that).
Subtract 22:58 (scr time) = 13:32
Divide by 2 = 6:46
Add 3 minutes for being a lady = 9:46
Is that right?
Sooz did not give me a time to work on. Peter Dixon on Scratch has done just over 20 minute for a 10 so handicaps were based on this.