Author Topic: The TT Thread  (Read 408677 times)

ChrisO

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #325 on: 30 January, 2009, 04:44:23 pm »
Not a TT as such, but the cycle leg of a half-ironman triathlon in Dubai (I was just doing the cycle bit in a team). No drafting so effectively a TT.

Mostly flat course but a moderate and changing wind as it's next to the sea.

91.4km, 2hrs 33mins.

Average just under 36km/h. Funnily enough did the same course last year on fixed (though just 40km) and was faster.


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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #326 on: 30 January, 2009, 04:55:43 pm »


Here I am on my first and only time trial.  This was Exeter Clubs year news thing.  I came 26th out of 38 entries :)


gonzo

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #327 on: 30 January, 2009, 05:03:24 pm »
I guess I should point this out here, but for those amongst us who can't afford to splash out on discs, you can get wheel covers which are indistinguishable (to the wind at least)

ChrisO

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #328 on: 30 January, 2009, 05:09:58 pm »
Really, do you have a link.

I just use my normal road bike - haven't got aero bars or TT rests or anything.

There was a bloke on a Kuota with no seat tube - I must look it up, I've never seen anything like it before.

gonzo

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #329 on: 30 January, 2009, 05:12:27 pm »
Really, do you have a link.
To the data or the people who make them?

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I just use my normal road bike - haven't got aero bars or TT rests or anything.
Get some aero clip ons - that'll save you about 1minute per 10 miles

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There was a bloke on a Kuota with no seat tube - I must look it up, I've never seen anything like it before.
Yeah, there have been quite a few of them made, but they've never been particularly commercially viable because they aren't allowed for UCI events.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #330 on: 12 February, 2009, 08:54:27 am »
Well, well, club MG TTs are back soon, Jacques is ready, but am I?!
Frenchie - Train à Grande Vitesse

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #331 on: 12 February, 2009, 10:30:30 pm »
 I am definitely out of shape, this chest/throat infection has done me in for over a month now, just to inspire me I found a set of pics by Roger Bunnett on Flickr last night of the Bexley CC evening tens and it includes two of me pulling race faces.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kent-guy/sets/72157606727518642/

 The reason my tongue is hanging out is my lungs were pushing it  :P
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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #332 on: 12 February, 2009, 10:43:09 pm »
Our club's first open event of the year is on Sunday  - 25 mile 'Hardriders'.

I had intended to enter this year, but have hardly trained for 2 months due to a virus.

Oh...


... and there's 3 " of snow on the circuit at the moment!  :o :o :o
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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #333 on: 13 February, 2009, 06:42:56 pm »
Its the first of Nottingham Clarions medium gear series tomorrow, I'll hopefully ride out with Frenchie and do a lap for a laugh.

Nottingham Clarion Medium Gear Series 2007 Information and Results

My Pompino is not exactly cut out for serious time trialling with 32mm Marathon Plus's and full guards!

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #334 on: 13 February, 2009, 07:31:43 pm »
Our club's first open event of the year is on Sunday  - 25 mile 'Hardriders'.

I had intended to enter this year, but have hardly trained for 2 months due to a virus.

Oh...


... and there's 3 " of snow on the circuit at the moment!  :o :o :o

And I will be taking part.....as a Marshall  ;D ;D ;D  ( I am not that foolish )

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #335 on: 22 February, 2009, 09:29:00 pm »
Not counting last Octobers' hill climb, it was my first 'proper' time trial since 2006 today.

It hurt! 27km not-very-hilly-but-laney course so I took the road bike as I thought it would be a bit filthy on the lanes. A little bit on sunshine in the last couple of days meant an amazing turnout of 33 riders, most with proper TT bikes hence a disappointing 26 place for me at 48mins 35 seconds. Never mind, rode to the HRM so we'll call it 'training'.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #336 on: 24 February, 2009, 10:35:26 am »
28-08 in the wind on Saturday on a 72'' gear... Tough but made me feel well alive!
Frenchie - Train à Grande Vitesse

ChrisO

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #337 on: 24 February, 2009, 05:46:51 pm »
Really, do you have a link.
To the data or the people who make them?



Sorry for late reply - the to the people who make them. Or just a name.

gonzo

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #338 on: 24 February, 2009, 06:34:04 pm »
Really, do you have a link.
To the data or the people who make them?
Sorry for late reply - the to the people who make them. Or just a name.
It's been so long that I can't work out what we were talking about!

ChrisO

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #339 on: 25 February, 2009, 03:54:54 am »
The "like-a-disc" wheel covers.

gonzo

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #340 on: 25 February, 2009, 05:51:31 pm »
The "like-a-disc" wheel covers.
wheelbuilder.com is a site frequently recommended on another foum I use.

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #341 on: 01 March, 2009, 02:12:41 pm »
First race as a vet this morning, haven't done any TTs apart from 3 club 10s in the last 4 years. It was a two-up 25 and we did 1:05:59. We had 8 teams entered from our club and only one of them beat us. I saw a couple of 56-minute times go up on the results board.

So, overall,  :thumbsup:

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #342 on: 02 March, 2009, 08:48:27 am »
I went backward at the WE; dear, dear... 28-17. Not happy.  :( I should be going faster!
Frenchie - Train à Grande Vitesse

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #343 on: 07 March, 2009, 01:09:03 pm »
Well, I have some new tyres for the Fuji (Fortezza TriComp - should be worth a few seconds over the old Spesh tyres), so I'm doing this season's "10s"  :o

84" fixed to start with, moving to a headbanging 90" when it gets warmer.

Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

gonzo

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #344 on: 08 March, 2009, 07:34:43 pm »
The "like-a-disc" wheel covers.

I should point out that you can build your own rather cheaply; I made one last week for under a fiver!

rogerzilla

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #345 on: 08 March, 2009, 07:35:44 pm »
Do CTT allow them now?  The old Uni-Disc was classed as a "fairing" and banned - you had to have a proper disc wheel.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #346 on: 08 March, 2009, 09:49:51 pm »
Well, I have some new tyres for the Fuji (Fortezza TriComp - should be worth a few seconds over the old Spesh tyres), so I'm doing this season's "10s"  :o

84" fixed to start with, moving to a headbanging 90" when it gets warmer.



So you've not started with a MG?! (72'')

My club has just completed the MG championship this Saturday; I couldn't put the power down on such a gear (!) on Saturday but spun quite a bit and practised my stop/start courtesy of a Jaguar driver. 27-58 was the verdict. Bring on an 81''...
Frenchie - Train à Grande Vitesse

rogerzilla

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #347 on: 14 March, 2009, 08:25:40 pm »
Hats off to anyone who can beat 25 minutes on a medium gear.  Like you, I can't get the power down - I can spin at 150rpm, but that's just keeping up with the pedals, not propelling the bike. 

The 90" gives 85rpm on the flat at 23mph, which is a reasonable cadence for a TT, but it's really needed because the first half mile, where a PB can be won or lost, is slightly downhill and 30mph is normal.  In fact, a few years ago in an open TT I did 30mph all the way to the turn with a stiff tailwind directly down the course (an old Roman road). 15mph all the way back though.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #348 on: 15 March, 2009, 12:01:07 am »
The best guy in my club is just over 25' on a 72'' gear; amazing considering the course!
Frenchie - Train à Grande Vitesse

rogerzilla

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Re: The TT Thread
« Reply #349 on: 15 March, 2009, 09:04:08 am »
Someone went just over 20 minutes on our course (U48/10) although I don't think it's fast at all, with three 180 degree roundabout turns.  I've often had to wait for traffic and ruined my time.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.