Battle Mountain '25

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   Kicks off at the weekend with an unprecedented three BRITISH teams taking part.  A preview may be found at here: https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/category/hpv/ courtesy of Viscount Admiral President Timelord Jun Nogami.  This link has in the past been the go-to place for results though since the event now has a spiffy new website – https://whpsc.org/ – this may not necessarily be the case this year.
I'm heading off at Audax o'clock tomorrow, that I might assist with setting Stuffs up on Friday and Saturday; the Automatic Diary – https://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/ – is, natch, the optimum solution for news, goss and inflammatory remarks about [“Redacted” – Ed.]

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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Battle Mountain '25 Posted: 02 September 2025 at 11:17am
	Kicks off at the weekend with an unprecedented three BRITISH teams taking part. A preview may be found at here: https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/category/hpv/ courtesy of Viscount Admiral President Timelord Jun Nogami. This link has in the past been the go-to place for results though since the event now has a spiffy new website – https://whpsc.org/ – this may not necessarily be the case this year. I'm heading off at Audax o'clock tomorrow, that I might assist with setting Stuffs up on Friday and Saturday; the Automatic Diary – https://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/ – is, natch, the optimum solution for news, goss and inflammatory remarks about [“Redacted” – Ed.] Edited by legs_larry - 02 September 2025 at 11:24am
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 September 2025 at 5:14am
	Achievement unlocked: I am in USAnia and in an hotel rather than a cell. Onwards to Battle Mountain tomorrow, or today if you're reading this in BRITAIN.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 September 2025 at 12:48pm
	Reports suggest that Team Northern Monkey have successfully entered USAnia, extracted Seventy-Seven from its lair and have crossed most of California with an ETA of later today. Fortunately they’re still far enough that I was woken this morning by jetlag rather than Barney. No news as yet of the other BRITONS. Edit: could a Nice Administrator please unpin the 2022 thread? Edited by legs_larry - 05 September 2025 at 12:50pm
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Kim Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 13 April 2018 Location: Middle Earth Status: Offline Points: 1256	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kim Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 September 2025 at 3:36pm
	Yay and indeed hurrah! (I think I've managed to unpin it...)

legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 September 2025 at 9:53pm
	Yep, that appears to be unpinned.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 September 2025 at 3:06am
	Teams Beano & Northern Monkey now arrived and hanging out at the Big Chief motel with the rest of the Cool Kids; only us wrinkly oldsters left at the Super 8 these days.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 September 2025 at 9:08pm
	Qualifying runs this morning for most of those present, though not Liverpool coz the machine wasn't ready or Cal Poly coz the machine was locked in the Civic Center. DNS for Adam Hari, who says he needs more practice after having not even seen the bike for a year and for the assorted Toronto riders with mechanical issues on the bike. DNF for Ellen van Vugt due to video glitches a mile and a half into her run. Three different models of Milan velomobile with five riders in total all ran OK as did the remaining bikes. Storming 75.03 mph from François in Altaïr 8, which may well be a record for the short course. Solid 61.04 for Russell in Seventy-Seven and a Hat-earning 51.97 from Slash in the Beano. Full SP at https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/whpsc-2025-sunday-am/ Weather forecast for this evening looks pretty good and François is clearly not in a mood for building up gradually...
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 September 2025 at 4:15am
	Wind did not read the above. Only four takers this evening, viz. Slash, François, Russell & Peter. Russell fastest with just over 70 mph but no wind-legal runs chiz. Mornings are looking better than evenings for wind, at least according to yr.no.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 September 2025 at 10:29pm
	Much better wind Tuesday morning - wind-legal runs for everyone in the qualifiers save Karen Darke in ARION 8. It picked up when we moved out to the 5 mile start but the one wind-legal run was a storming 85.84 by François in Altaïr 8. Wind doesn't look too bad for the remainder of the week but temperatures are supposed to be taking a dip for the next couple of days before going up again towards the weekend.
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legs_larry Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List BHPC Member Joined: 09 March 2005 Location: London Town Devine Status: Offline Points: 1554	Post Options Post Reply Quote legs_larry Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 10 September 2025 at 4:15am
	Tuesday pm barely worth the effort and petril. All runs into a brisk headwind; Ellen fastest with a 57.26 from Slash with 54.56 and Karen with 38.50. No takers at all for the third scheduled heat when the wind was actually starting to die down. Forecast for Wednesday looks a bit poor with the possibility of rain in the afternoon, so we're going to have the World Premier of the London South Bank movie starring Russell Bridge as himself, Barney Harle as Foghorn Leghorn and Mr Larrington as Sir Stirling Moss (decd). Red carpet on order from Mega-Global Big River Corporation Prime. Bring your own popcorn. Trailer for the fillum: https://iconictv.co.uk/thefastestbicycle/
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