CUCC Newsletter. November 1993 (Clothing, hillclimb results, other general news)

3 Nov 1993

"IT'S A BIT NIPPY, ISN'T IT?" 
aka CUCC Newsletter. 
early November edition.

Hello again - it's newsletter time ('What 
already?') although this one is going to be somewhat 
shorter than the last one as I've hit a bit of a work 
crisis (yes, postgrads get them too!).
Straight down to business – the CLOTHING 
ORDER is to be sent off by the end of the month, so 
get your orders and cheques to James Farnhill (St. 
John's) as soon as possible. THIS CLOTHING IS 
NOT Just FOR THE DIE-HARD RACERS – IT SUITS 
ALL TYPES OF CYCLING AND KEEPS YOU 
WARMER/COOLER (as appropriate) AND MORE 
COMFORTABLE THAN ORDINARY CLOTHES. 
Tourers and leisure riders are advised to buy some 
thermal ('Lombardia') kit and/or a pair of (bib-)shorts; 
Racers MUST have a club jersey for road racing and 
team TT's and are encouraged to get club kit even for 
solo TT's. ALEXA are supplying us this year – their 
stuff is really good and much cheaper than Assos....
Prices have not been finalised yet – the club is 
going to pay the set-up fee of f45 and the postage; if 
club funds allow, we'll discount the clothing. The size 
of the discount will obviously depend on how much 
clothing is ordered, so to claim a big share, order 
yourself lots of clothing! The system to be operated is 
as follows: use the prices below to work out how 
much money to give James - this will all be recorded 
and you will be refunded the appropriate amount 
when you collect your clothing....


Don't be put off by the prices - this kit is very good 
and will out-perform most brands on the market AND 
comes in CUCC colours – what more could you want? 
SIZING: Alexa use the continental number system 
(e.g. a 38" chest requires a '3', 40" a '4', etc.) but you 
can just send us your waist and chest sizes – get a 
(close!) friend to measure you up if you don't know 
them.

THE SOCIAL SCENE: 'Variable' attendances have 
been reported for the club evenings (with Aled 
managing to miss his own !!!); the Formal Hall this

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week won't be the most sociable we've had in the 
past few years - is Churchill really so far away from 
you all? Future events for your diary:
NOVEMBER 11th: Michael Colbert hosts – 54 
Natal Rd., off Perne Rd. (in the south of the city).......
NOVEMBER 18th: James Farnhill (well, a pub 
near John's) hosts again -he lives at B3 NORTH 
court (sorry about last time's mistake there - the map 
was correct, mind you...) at St.John's - come and get 
membership cards, order dub clothing and chat about 
things totally unrelated to cycling (and cycling!).
These are both WEDNESDAYS (in case you'd 
forgotten) and begin "after 8 sometime..." – keep the 
following Wednesday free if you can, so you can 
attend the Christmas party/do/thing.....
P.S. Volunteers are required for the hosting of 
events early NEXT term....

THE MEATY BITS (i.e. on-the-bike stuff!)..........

TOURING and ATB rides continue to leave the 
Guildhall at 10 am every Sunday; destinations etc. 
will be decided by those who turn up.....anyone 
interested in ATBing should contact MARTIN 
THORNALLEY at Queen's – or turn up to this week's 
Sunday ride (8th Nov.).

(RACING) TRAINING rides will now leave Brookside 
at 2p.mm. on Saturdays due to failing light by 4.30 - if 
you can't make it until 2 then turn up anyway -you'll 
probably find others are in the same situation. 
PLEASE BRING MUDGUARDS (preferably fitted to 
your bike) – lights are a good idea too if you can fit 
them to your steed.
RESULTS: – I still don't have the '10' results as 
Aled hasn't got them to me yet, but here are the 
results of last Saturday's outing.....
Hill Climb, Chapel Hill (Haslingfield), 31/10/92
Timekeepers: James Farnhill, Paul 13ird.
1 - Stephen Morphet (Churchill)	1:47
2 – Cameron Smith (Peterhouse)	1:52
3 – Jeremy Turvey (graduate)	1:56 on an ATB !
4- Andrew Blain	(Pembroke)	1:57
5 – Cesare Hall	(King's)	2:01
6 – Tony Hornbuckle (Trinity)	2:02
7 – Phil Boaleh	(Christ's) 2:03
8 – Iestyn Jones	(Corpus Christi) 2:32
.........which just goes to show that being a light rider 
on a light, stiff bike
(o.k., a Cannondale) is quite useful if you want to go 
uphill fast!
Andrew Blain won the freewheeling contest which 
followed (proving that
being 'long' is useful aerodynamically) while I placed 
second and humiliated
myself when my Look pedals decided not to release 
my feet and I sampled the
tarmac at close range....!
Varsity results and '10' results WILL follow in a 
future edition.....

Well, that does it for this issue - more from this 
keyboard soon !