The TT Thread

[mattc]

A lot of those 9-up teams at Silverstone are a shambles. Averaging slower than most of the riders do on their own!

Of course it's not easy finding 9 riders with TTT/chaingang experience, (of vaguely similar speeds), and then getting enough practice time together. Which is basically why I avoid the things.


_{(Nothing to do with it being a lot of money. Or not being fast enough for team selection ... )}

[Karla]

Mersey Roads update: Messrs Crossley, Bullyment and Buck have all packed.

[αdαmsκι]

Mersey Roads update: Messrs Crossley, Bullyment and Buck have all packed.

  How come? Weather?

[Karla]

Rain early on, really quite heavy at times.  It was meant to stop in time for riders to dry out for the night but it's restarted as a nocturnal drizzle, my rider turned up ap Prees 20 minutes late and really quite chilled on his last stop, half an hour ago.

[rob]

Mersey Roads update: Messrs Crossley, Bullyment and Buck have all packed.

  How come? Weather?

Fuckity.   There will be other times.   Form of my life and nothing to show for it.

[Karla]

Cold drizzle on and off throughout the night, more on than off.  It got a bit heavier in the morning but has now stopped and brightened up.  The riders will be sent to the finishing circuit within the hour though, and Rob tells me the rain is still pouring in Wrexham.

[Ian H]

How many still on the road? 

[Karla]

About 40.

Paul's doing well.

[Ian H]

About 40.

Paul's doing well.

Several of them.

[Ian H]

Any news?

[rob]

Mike first with 530.   Victor second with 482, then Jasmijn third with 450 ish.

Lot of people well down on last year, but the finishing circuit was warm and sunny. 

[Paul D]

Utterly broken at the finish having been fine & on schedule in the torrential rain for the first 12hrs, then dawdled and wasted time sitting at Prees in the wee hours cause I couldn't stay awake. When dawn came and I  went back on the Quina Brook circuit I got the bit between my teeth and hammered a couple of laps...which broke me. Another shower and I was a shivering wreck. Helpers to the rescue, they brought sarcasm, dry clothes and an absolute refusal to let me in the car, so off I went just wanting to make it to the finish circuit and get a distance.  Felt human on the transition so upped target to 600k / 373 miles but bloody hell did I have to dig deep to get up the climbs on the finishing circuit. Got given 374 which should go up to 376 or maybe 377 but hugely short of the 400 mile target or the 414 club record. Maybe next year...

[Karla]

Helpers to the rescue, they brought sarcasm, dry clothes and an absolute refusal to let me in the car

  I hear T0by can be a big bully when he wants to be? 

[rob]

Utterly broken at the finish having been fine & on schedule in the torrential rain for the first 12hrs, then dawdled and wasted time sitting at Prees in the wee hours cause I couldn't stay awake. When dawn came and I  went back on the Quina Brook circuit I got the bit between my teeth and hammered a couple of laps...which broke me. Another shower and I was a shivering wreck. Helpers to the rescue, they brought sarcasm, dry clothes and an absolute refusal to let me in the car, so off I went just wanting to make it to the finish circuit and get a distance.  Felt human on the transition so upped target to 600k / 373 miles but bloody hell did I have to dig deep to get up the climbs on the finishing circuit. Got given 374 which should go up to 376 or maybe 377 but hugely short of the 400 mile target or the 414 club record. Maybe next year...

Well done, Paul.  Great debut in awful conditions.   Anyone that finished that is a hero.

[Karla]

It seems the Breckland 12 has passed with both men's and women's comp records intact - the women's by about 5 miles, the men's by less than a mile.  I must admit, that wasn't the result I was expecting.

[Karla]

Fifty years since it was set, the women's 12 hour record is within an hour of being beaten!

[rob]

Stood in a couple of lay-bys for 2hrs watching the riders fly past.   Alice looked pretty together ?

Where were you ?

[Karla]

Where were you ?

In the office, doing work that's come up that I'm currently trying to ignore while checking WoF's twitter feed for the closing scores!

[EDIT: Aaaaaaand it's done.  She's done 278.53 miles and has 20 minutes remaining.  Congratulations Alice!]

[Legs]

Awesomeness abounds.

[David Martin]

Was that the National 12? Just heard that one of our local riders was hit by a car during the event and has several broken bones.

[rob]

Was that the National 12? Just heard that one of our local riders was hit by a car during the event and has several broken bones.

Yes. On the E2. I watched for a while and chatted to a couple of the timekeepers.   Didn't hear of any incidents but I did leave a couple of hours before the finish.

As an aside I'm already p'd off with some of the technology nay-sayers on social media, upset that Beryl's record has been taken.

[Wowbagger]

Without knowing what the race was, the ride I was on yesterday crossed its path.

[rob]

Without knowing what the race was, the ride I was on yesterday crossed its path.

Having never met you before I thought it was you.   Were you on a folder/airnimal type bike ?   

[citoyen]

As an aside I'm already p'd off with some of the technology nay-sayers on social media, upset that Beryl's record has been taken.

People can be so mean-spirited. Congrats to Alice, that's a great achievement.

[Ian H]

As an aside I'm already p'd off with some of the technology nay-sayers on social media, upset that Beryl's record has been taken.

People can be so mean-spirited. Congrats to Alice, that's a great achievement.

My comment elsewhere was that it was sad & wonderful at the same time.