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Rider:

Climberruss member online

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Location:

Nottingham, England

Club Affiliations:

Audax UK
yACF
Beeston Cycling Club

Member Since:

May 2009

5 Year Distance Chart

2024 Miles Traveled:

2024 Rank:

currently unranked

Lifetime Odometer:

52,923 miles

Rider Comments:

My wife has a KOM from 1986 same style and purple too. But a wee bit smaller. Picked it up in Derby when stationed at RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk.
posted by MajorDave on 8/3/2009

Russ,
I really admire your number of centuries, double centuries and of course the 700. You sound like RAAM material. You should give RAAM a shot.
DexT
posted by DexT on 12/13/2009

History:

JogLe (1985)
2 x PBP (2007,11)
8 x Super Randonneur Series (1987/88/06/07/09/10/11/15)
PAC Tour 2009 Portland Transcontinental (3684 miles)

2009 final tally -Century rides = 62
Double Century rides = 4
Triple Century rides = 1
1 x 700 mile plus!

2010 final tally - Century rides = 17
Double Centuries = 4
Triple Centuries = 2
1 x 24hr TT - 354 miles

2011 final tally:- Century rides = 23
Double Century rides = 3
Triple Centuries = 2
1 x 24Hr TT - 333 miles
1 x 700 mile plus! (PBP)

2012 final tally:- Century rides = 5
Double Century Rides =2
1 x 24hr TT - 339 miles
1 x 12hr TT - 206 miles

2013 final tally:- Century rides = 16
Double Century rides = 2

2014 final tally - Century rides = 14
Double Centuries = 1
1 x 24hr TT - 357 miles

2015 rides to date - Century rides = 12
Double Century rides = 2
Triple Century rides = 1

Bicycles

	2007 Van Nicholas Yukon Road bike
	Description: Fast and comfortable! Dura Ace / Chris King / Mavic Open Pro Built this up as a 40th birthday present to myself! This is my summer Audax bike. It has now completed its second PBP and PAC Tour. Lifetime Odometer: 41,175.9 miles

	2012 Cube HPC Elite Pro Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	Description: The insurance replacement for the stolen Trek. What a machine!! Very light and stiff. Lifetime Odometer: 4,473.5 miles

	2013 Trek 1000SL Road bike
	Description: Winter Bike - built up Nov 2013 mainly with parts from Ebay and the parts bin. Lifetime Odometer: 3,373.4 miles

	2005 Trek 9.8 OCLV Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	Description: Stock Trek bought off EBay. Great bike,stiff frame, comfortable. Upgrades include Hope headset,red anodised Hope ProII hubs, DT Swiss white special edition rims,black Sapim Force spokes and red alloy nipples. Very good ride, if a little dated. UPDATE: 20/3/12 - some fucker nicked it out of my garage. not happy! Lifetime Odometer: 2,171.5 miles

	1985 Mercian King of Mercia Touring Road bike
	Description: Custom built frame for my 18th birthday - now 26 years old. Frame refurbished Aug 2008. This is now my defacto winter bike but is currently borked due to stripped bottom bracket - requires (another) rebuild. Lifetime Odometer: 11,411.2 miles

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