Author Topic: The TT Thread  (Read 408602 times)

Karla

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1800 on: 02 February, 2017, 03:29:42 pm »
The Etwall reserve list will probably be stuffed with riders who have done 4:32 or thereabouts, so probably not worth it tbh. 

If it fits in your schedule, it might be a good idea to do the Anfield 100 on the May bank holiday, as that's on some of the same roads as the Mersey and will allow you to scout out the area.  It's not a fast course but will get you a time if you want to enter a faster event later.  If that doesn't work for you, where do you live these days?

Oh and by the way, look what just appeared on Cycling Weekly
Dr Hutch - Long time trials are more like an awkward eating competition

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1801 on: 02 February, 2017, 03:36:16 pm »
Hounslow in July ?   2 weeks before the 24hr and can't be that far for you (course runs between Alton and Farnham - same roads as the Newbury 12hr).

Might work. Will have a look at that.

...where do you live these days?

Darzet for the last 12 years, so Brittany is significantly closer than Anfield.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1802 on: 02 February, 2017, 03:41:25 pm »

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1803 on: 03 February, 2017, 11:24:05 am »
Good piece but Doctor Hutch from yesterday.   I did snigger several times.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/comment/dr-hutch-long-time-trials-awkward-eating-competition-309587

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1804 on: 03 February, 2017, 11:44:05 am »
^^I linked to that three posts up  :smug:

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1805 on: 03 February, 2017, 11:50:03 am »
^^I linked to that three posts up  :smug:

Oops.   Oh well everyone can read it twice then.   I follow him on twitter - can be pretty entertaining.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1806 on: 03 February, 2017, 05:51:00 pm »
The Etwall reserve list will probably be stuffed with riders who have done 4:32 or thereabouts, so probably not worth it tbh. 

Hmm, I have a 4:32 but hope to improve on that in the June ECCA 100 if I get in.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1807 on: 06 February, 2017, 09:28:37 am »
The organiser of the ECCA 100 has said over on TTF that last year it closed on 4:09, though reserves got rides up to about 4:30.  The problem is that they have to get riders off the Cambridge ring road by some time in the morning when the traffic builds up, so they restrict it to 80 riders - as well as starting stupidly early.

If you can make it up to Yorkshire, the YCF 100 is a fast event that never fills.

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1808 on: 06 February, 2017, 09:59:27 am »
The organiser of the ECCA 100 has said over on TTF that last year it closed on 4:09, though reserves got rides up to about 4:30.  The problem is that they have to get riders off the Cambridge ring road by some time in the morning when the traffic builds up, so they restrict it to 80 riders - as well as starting stupidly early.

If you can make it up to Yorkshire, the YCF 100 is a fast event that never fills.

I think his memory is a bit off as I got in with a 4:10 last year - and I wasn't a reserve.   That said IIRC it closed on about 4:15.

Fast course, chuffing early start.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1809 on: 06 February, 2017, 10:30:08 am »
Fast course.

Unless I get up at 3am and go there, in which case it blows a gale!

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1810 on: 11 March, 2017, 07:27:52 pm »
Me first this year.   Scunthorpe RC 10 on the C10/27.   Rode to/from to make it a decent day out.

Fast out, annoying side/cross wind in the way back.   Couldn't quite get under 23mins and finished with 23:12 taking 30secs off my PB from last year.   

Decent start to the year especially since I was in A&E getting straightened out just over a week ago.

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1811 on: 18 March, 2017, 06:59:14 pm »
ECCA 10 on the E2.   Fast course on it's day but today was pretty hard with a fair bit of wind and it then tipped it down on me.   I reached the turn averaging 24mph and, to be honest, backed off a little.   It got quite a bit faster on the way back and, in the end, I was only 4 seconds slower than last week.

Both 10s this year have been inside my old PB so I have to be happy with that.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1812 on: 27 March, 2017, 09:58:39 am »
So, money where my mouth is, I raced my first TT in 8 years yesterday.

I'd hoped to do a bit of under the radar prep on at least one of the two Saturday morning CC Weymouth Club 10s so far, but failed to make it to either.

Consequently it was in at the deep end, my club's Open 24 mile hilly...which just happened to be the first round of a National 'Classic TT' Series this year. :facepalm: Having no LTS times whatsoever I was first off in the Seniors, which meant 3 minutes behind Dame Sarah Storey and 1 minute behind Hayley Simmonds. Oh the laffs the timekeepers at the start had "when I catch them".

However, in the end I did better than I expected, aiming for a 1:05 but paced it well and did a 1:03:35 / 22.6mph av, not bad for a 6'2" rouleur on a hilly course on his road bike, less than skintight jersey and normal road helmet. Hayley did a 55 and the mens winner smashed the course record doing a 49 (that's 29.6mph round a hilly course :o)

Crucially, I did well enough that it's not put me off more time trialling. ::-)

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1813 on: 27 March, 2017, 10:53:55 am »
 :thumbsup:

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1814 on: 03 April, 2017, 06:33:53 pm »

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1815 on: 03 April, 2017, 10:03:36 pm »
3cm rule ?

Sorry don't know my way round the regs very well.

*EDIT* ignore me - just caught up via the TT forum.   Pretty sure I'm compliant but should probably take some photos.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1816 on: 04 April, 2017, 10:34:41 am »
... just caught up via the TT forum.  ...

You read the WHOLE 130 page thread?   :o

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1817 on: 04 April, 2017, 10:40:33 am »
It is quite amusing.
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rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1818 on: 05 April, 2017, 08:50:11 am »
... just caught up via the TT forum.  ...

You read the WHOLE 130 page thread?   :o

Just the last couple of pages.   Ridiculous waste of time.

I probably need to double check my position but I think I'm compliant.   Would hate to be DQ'd on a long one.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1819 on: 05 April, 2017, 01:11:53 pm »
I've no idea if my position was ever compliant, but I'm glad that I gave up time trialling before it stopped being fun.

rob

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1820 on: 08 April, 2017, 09:48:40 pm »
Lea Valley 25 on the E2 today.   My 25 PB was a bit of an outlier as it was set on a very fast day last year.

However, today turned out to be very fast as well and I knocked another 1:04 off to record 53:46.  Headwind on the way out didn't take much of an edge off and the return leg was faster.   Time to move up to the longer distances now.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1821 on: 09 April, 2017, 07:58:24 am »
I've no idea if my position was ever compliant, but I'm glad that I gave up time trialling before it stopped being fun.

After about 6 miles?

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1822 on: 10 April, 2017, 02:12:14 pm »
 :thumbsup:

Karla

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1823 on: 14 April, 2017, 06:09:43 pm »
The 3 cm rule's been binned and my BBAR certificate's arrived.  I love the CTT!

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #1824 on: 26 April, 2017, 10:01:37 pm »
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