Author Topic: The TT Thread (Read 417815 times)

Karla · « **Reply #950 on:** 03 October, 2011, 11:21:26 am »

6.57 on the Clifton CC hillclimb, 8th out of 23 and pleased to beat 7 minutes. This year was a very fast race, in 2009 I came 6th/36 with a time of 7.04 whereas there were 9 people under the 7 this time

The 9th was the other club member who's done PBP, so I was pleased to beat him by one second. I've now got him beat at both ends of the spectrum, I'll just have to work at everything inbetween

токамак · « **Reply #951 on:** 03 October, 2011, 11:38:25 am »

Hutch smashed the 30 mile comp record on Saturday - CTT News - an incredible 32.3mph average.

Pretty good day for it, although personally I found the heat a bit oppressive, I prefer the cool early morning starts.

Nik Bowdler also got under the hour - CTT Results

Doosh · « **Reply #952 on:** 05 October, 2011, 12:38:45 pm »

Quote from: токамак on 03 October, 2011, 11:38:25 am

Nik Bowdler also got under the hour - CTT Results

Is that he of the mahoosive chain ring?

токамак · « **Reply #953 on:** 05 October, 2011, 12:53:25 pm »

77T - that's the one, he cruised past me, 4 minutes up, just before the turn. Whereas most guys with a disc rear create a whoosh-whoosh sound as they push the pedals round at a high cadence, his set-up makes more a constant drone, it was like being overtaken by a robot!

Karla · « **Reply #954 on:** 10 October, 2011, 04:07:28 pm »

24/38 in the Huddersfield Star Wheelers hillclimb on Saturday, with a time of 5:56. Not as good as I hoped, and I felt that I could have pushed a bit harder, but at least I beat the clubmate who beat me last week! The event was won by Matt Clinton, so I didn't really have a chance of a top placing

Anyway, my next hillclimb is the Yorkshire RC 2 stage in a fortnight, so let's see what difference I can make before then. Top half of the field, here we come!

[Edit: Grr, the organiser's called me the wrong name on the results list!]

Karla · « **Reply #955 on:** 23 October, 2011, 03:48:25 pm »

I came second to last in the Yorkshire RC 2 stage hillclimb yesterday

Errors were:
Thinking and acting like the season was over two weeks ago, i.e. no training
Never getting warmed up properly
Setting off with pointless extra items for both stages: a bottle the first time and a mobile phone the second.
Doing a 2-3 minute sprint climbs in the first place, after a year of long distance stuff. Next week's climb will be about 7 minutes long like the other HCs I've done this year, so it should suit me a bit better. After that the season really will be over and I can get fat with impunity.

Karla · « **Reply #956 on:** 30 October, 2011, 09:44:09 pm »

Last one of the year for me: the BUCS hillclimb. This went up Curbar Gap, gaining 180m in 1.7km, with the steepest part at the start and a long drag up to the finish. The field looked strong, all my good intentions re: practice visits and training had come to naught and my recce of the climb was scary: it would be very easy to go too hard at the start and blow out before the finish. I was nearly last off so I had a few hours to wait around, then it was time to warm up and line up. Gulp.

I did exactly what I hadn't meant to do: go off too hard and die halfway

I sat up for the mid section, but then thought what the heck and gave it full gas to the line, collapsing on the nearest available grass bank. My time was 7:30, a bloke from Leeds won with 5:37 and I'd clawed my way into the middle third with 94th equal in a field of 150. I was fairly happy with that, except I'd really wanted to beat the UCL guy (call this University Challenge round 2) and he rode it in 7:08.

It was an excellent event, so it's a shame I've only got one more year to try it (and even that could be a little dodgy, but seeing as I won't win, nobody will care.) I'd really like to get 7 minutes but yesterday I found that nobody's done it on a tandem before, so I've suggested that we take the club tandem and set a new course record. We shall have to see which option wins out.

drossall · « **Reply #957 on:** 30 October, 2011, 09:59:49 pm »

Quote from: Mr Bunbury on 30 October, 2011, 09:44:09 pm

...a bloke from Leeds won with 5:37...

Hooray. In my day (a long time ago), it was the British Student Sports Federation, though.

Dinamo · « **Reply #958 on:** 10 April, 2012, 08:56:55 pm »

My first TT of the season tonight, on the Severn RC Evening 10 course.
A very windy night with a headwind for the first 6 miles from the start to the Aust/Severn Bridge motorway roundabout and down the A403. Then headed back to Tockington.
Offical results not at HQ when I left but my computer was reading 25:48 ! Not bad for first ride.

EDIT : 25:47 : 20th out of 34 riders
Fastest time was 21:31

Ian H · « **Reply #959 on:** 10 April, 2012, 09:03:52 pm »

My first for nearly a year, on Saturday, was 25.05, but I think it might have been a better day than yours. Winner was a short 21.

Karla · « **Reply #960 on:** 22 April, 2012, 03:26:06 pm »

This has been a testing weekend. The Ravensthorpe 10 yesterday, which I got round in 25:15. Team 100%ME turned up in force and took the top six places, with the winner on 20:47 and the first non-100%ME rider on 22:05. This morning was the Otley 25, where I got a time of 1:01:21. That was my first open 25, so I'm looking forward to the BUCS 25 next week where I won't have 60 miles in my legs. Barring calamity, I'll definitely aim to come in under the hour.

I hadn't ridden either course before. Te 25 was two laps of DC, but the '10 was more of an up/out, back/down than I'd anticipated. This meant I didn't give enough on the outward leg, then span out my 50x12 top gear on the return. Drat those 15 seconds!

Anyway, now it's time to settle down and watch the pros do the hard work on telly. I think Liege has got the rain that was forecast for here - I raced in the dry on both days.

Dinamo · « **Reply #961 on:** 24 April, 2012, 09:56:40 pm »

Good conditions tonight on the Severn Evening 10 course, UC186.
Going well for 8.5 miles until something didn't feel right .............. puncture

Dinamo · « **Reply #962 on:** 25 April, 2012, 09:52:54 pm »

My second TT of the week tonight and what a difference in the weather, wet and very windy.
Only 8 brave souls turned out for the first 'Sodbury Cycle Sport' Evening 10 of the season.
This season the club has managed to lengthen the course to make it a proper 10.

Here is my Garmin link to the course details and an elevation chart.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/171758579

Karla · « **Reply #963 on:** 29 April, 2012, 12:11:48 am »

Quote from: Mr Bunbury on 22 April, 2012, 03:26:06 pm

I'm looking forward to the BUCS 25 next week where I won't have 60 miles in my legs. Barring calamity, I'll definitely aim to come in under the hour.

'Twas not to be. ~~March~~April winds and April showers joined forces with the unfitness of my legs to deny me the hour. 1.02.49. Now I need to find another 25 to have another go!

GrahamG · « **Reply #964 on:** 30 April, 2012, 03:05:40 pm »

This is my first year of TT'ing after dipping my toe last year on the audax bike. So far I've gone off course on a 25, done a 1.02 something on a hilly 23 and 1.04.36 for the local 25 course known as 'the graveyard' (CR is about 52.30). Got some serious work to do to go quicker... this wednesday is the 10mile version on the graveyard. I'm aiming for sub-25 minutes.

Jasmine · « **Reply #965 on:** 30 April, 2012, 03:29:31 pm »

I missed the very beginning of the TT season for 2 reasons:
1. Easter Arrow travel
2. The first 2 weeks were 4 milers - who does that? It takes me nearly a mile to get to full speed, so there's not much point for me.

First TT was a regional league event on 19th April - 10 miles on A5/A55 toward Holyhead. It was grim - massive headwind on the way out over the cob brought my average down to 20 mph to the turn. Sections of the return leg hit 32 mph on the flat and I geared out. 27.39 in the end, so not so good, but first lady. The super-fast boys didn't seem to feel the wind, fastest was 21.20, a new course record.

Second TT was another regional event the following Tuesday on the A5 from Llanfairpwll. It's a horrible course, with a massive hill in the middle (not even straight). Tailwind out, and down the hill, headwind on the return. I broke a cleat on the start line, which was a bit of a bummer, as it seriously restricted climbing. 28.06 to finish, again first lady, but about 2/3rd down the men's field. The winner pulled a 20.43 on a shocking day.

Lady Cavendish · « **Reply #966 on:** 30 April, 2012, 03:39:07 pm »

I'm loving having evening TT's back again

This will be my 2nd season, did my 1st one at the end of May last year.

Our club uses a couple of 'slow' courses at this time of year, I've done a 25.58 on one and 26.28 on the other. On a faster course but awful weather I've got a 24.27 in 3 weeks ago, but I want to get our evening club ones onto the faster dual carriageway course- I think this is the last 'slow' week.

Feeling faster and more back into the swing of things than when I did the 24.27, I'd like to get back into the 23s pretty quickly now I've remembered how to ride the TT bike.

Now could we please switch off the wind as my last 3 TT's have been freezing, wet, and windy. I thought this was a summer sport?!

Ian H · « **Reply #967 on:** 30 April, 2012, 05:24:13 pm »

Quote from: Jasmine on 30 April, 2012, 03:29:31 pm

I missed the very beginning of the TT season for 2 reasons:
1. Easter Arrow travel
2. The first 2 weeks were 4 milers - who does that? It takes me nearly a mile to get to full speed, so there's not much point for me.

Don't worry, it gets worse as you get older. I seem now to be faster over 25 than I am over 10 miles.

Karla · « **Reply #968 on:** 30 April, 2012, 05:49:33 pm »

Quote from: Ian H on 30 April, 2012, 05:24:13 pm

Quote from: Jasmine on 30 April, 2012, 03:29:31 pm
I missed the very beginning of the TT season for 2 reasons:
1. Easter Arrow travel
2. The first 2 weeks were 4 milers - who does that? It takes me nearly a mile to get to full speed, so there's not much point for me.

Don't worry, it gets worse as you get older. I seem now to be faster over 25 than I am over 10 miles.

So far this season, so am I!

Fixedwheelnut · « **Reply #969 on:** 06 May, 2012, 02:49:22 pm »

Quote from: Fixedwheelnut on 30 May, 2010, 01:02:54 am

Date Distance/Time Course type Weather conditions Bike ridden

05/07/06 10mls/26.39 Rolling Q10/26 cleardry Raleigh 76" gear
12/07/06 10 mls/25.38 rolling Q10/26 clear dry Raleigh 86" gear
21-22/07/07 24hr TT/334 rolling cold drizzle Lambert 72" gear
15/08/07 10mls/26.45 rolling Q10/26 clear dry Lambert 72" gear
30/03/08 9mls/29.37 Hillyish Qs/30 wet Lambert 79" gear
20/04/08 10mls/28.42 Hillyish Q10/3 dry and cold Lambert 79" gear
26/04/08 10mls/27.09 rolling Q10 /22 warm & sunny Lambert 76" gear
25/06/08 10mls/27.24 rolling Q10/26 hot/windy Lambert 76" gear
28/06/08 10mls/27.16 Hillyish Q10/3 dry and hot Lambert 79" gear
9/7/08 9mls/30,23 Hilly QS 30 pouring down/windy RonCooper71.22"gear
23/07/08 10mls/ 25.33 rolling Q10/26 hot & windy Graham Weigh 83" gear
26/07/08 10mls/25.30 flat Q10/24 hot /windy Graham Weigh 83" gear
29/07/08 10mls /25.40 rolling Q10/26 hot slight wind Graham weigh 83" gear
6/8/08 10mls / 25.10 rolling Q10/26 hot Graham Weigh 88" gear
13/08/08 10mls/26.0 rolling Q10/26 very windy Graham Weigh 88" gear
19/04/09 10mls/27.01 rolling Q10/18 cold/windy Graham Weigh 88" gear
25/04/09 10mls/25.28 flat Q10/19 slight wind Graham Weigh 83" gear
20/05/09 10mls/26.07 rolling Q10/26 slight wind/warm Graham Weigh 83"gear
30/05/09 10mls/25.39 rolling Q10/22 warm/cross wind Graham Weigh 83" gear
03/06/09 10mls/25.14 rolling Q10/26 warm Graham Weigh 83" gear
10/06/09 10mls/25.34 rolling Q10/26 cool/ slight wind Graham Weigh 83" gear
17/06/09 10mls/25.20 rolling Q10/26 cool/windy Graham Weigh 88" gear
21/06/09 10mls/25.25 rolling Q10/18 warm Graham Weigh 88" gear
24/06/09 10mls/25.05 rolling Q10/26 warm Graham Weigh 88" gear
05/07/09 25mls/1:05:34 rolling Q25/8 hot Graham Weigh 88" gear
15/07/09 10mls/25.45 rolling Q10/26 windy Graham Weigh 83" gear
19/07/09 25mls/1.08.22 rolling Q25/20 windy Graham Weigh 83" gear
01/08/09 10mls/26.02 flattish Q10/24 bloody windy Graham Weigh 88" gear
05/08/09 10mls/25.11 Q10/26 rolling/warm Graham Weigh 88" gear
19/08/09 10mls/25.15 Q10/18 rolling/hot Graham Weigh 88" gear
20/09/09 25/1:09:50 G25/89 rolling, damp Raleigh Ti Proffessional 14speed
11/04/10 9.5mls/28:07 QS/30 Hilly/cold Lambert Proffessional 76" gear
24/04/10 10mls/25.47 Q10/19 flat with a drag dry/mild Graham Weigh 88" gear
19/05/10 10mls/26.14 Q10/26 cool/ breeze Graham Weigh 88" gear
26/05/10 10mls/25.51 Q10/26 cool breeze Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
02/06/10 10mls/24.58 Q10/26 warm/breeze Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
15/06/10 10mls/25.50 Q10/29 flat warm/windy Graham Weigh 90" fixed
17/06/10 10mls/25.15 Q10/29 Flat warm/windy Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
23/06/10 10mls/25.32 Q10/26 Rolling warm/windy Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
07/07/10 10mls/24:53 Q10/26 Rolling warm/breeze Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
14/07/10 10mls/25:44 Q10/26 rolling/cool/windy Graham Weigh 90.5" fixed
15/07/10 9.5mls/27:33 QS/30 Hilly breezy Lambert Proffessional 76" gear
18/07/10 23.4mls/1:05:41 Q25/20 modified hilly Graham Weigh 90" fixed
21/07/10 10mls/25:14 Q10/26 hilly breezy Raleigh Banana 94" fixed
28/07/10 10mls/25:12 Q10/26 hilly/breezy Raleigh Banana 94" fixed
11/08/10 10mls/24:56 Q10/26 Hilly/calm Raleigh Banana 85" fixed
15/08/10 50mls/2h:22m:25sec Q50/1 hilly/windy Raleigh Banana 85" fixed
05/09/10 12hour/190.03mls Q12/1 rolling/windy Raleigh Banana 85" fixed
26/09/10 25mls/1:08:38 G25/53 Cold/windy brake rubbing Raleigh Banana 85" fixed
09/04/11 10mls/24;38 Q10/19 cool no wind Raleigh Banana 85" fixed Personal Best
02/06/10 10mls/24.58 Q10/26 warm/breeze Graham Weigh 90.5" gear
04/05/11 10mls/27:12 Q10/26 slight breeze Holdsworth Typhoon 72" gear
11/05/11 10mls/26:04 Q10/26 warm Holdsworth Typhoon 84" gear
25/05/11 10mls/25:48 Q10/26 warm Holdsworth Typhoon 84" gear
31/05/11 10mls/25:06 Q10/24 warm/ windy Raleigh Team Professional 84" gear
01/06/11 10mls/25:08 Q10/26 cool Raleigh Team Professional 84" gear
07/06/11 10mls/25:54 Q10/24 windy Raleigh Team Proffesional 84" gear
03/07/11 25mls/1:03:20 Q25/10 warm Raleigh Team Proffessional 97" gear
13/07/11 10.4mls/31:21 QS/30 warm/hilly Unknown 531C tourer 73" gear
19/07/11 10mls/24:42 Q10/24 cool/slight wind Raleigh Team Proffessional 97" gear
24/07/11 10mls/24:36 warm/slight wind Raleigh Team Proffessional 97" gear
27/07/11 10mls/24:20 slight breeze Raleigh Team Proffessional 97" gear
02/08/11 10mls/23:58 Q10/24 slight wind Raleigh Team Proffessional 97" fixed gear
14/08/11 50mls/2:23:17 Q50/1 hilly Raleigh Team Proffessional 86" fixed gear
16/08/11 10mls/24:32 Q10/24/ Windy to turn Raleigh Team Professional 97" fixed
18/08/11 9.5mls/27:57 Q30S/very windy & raining & hilly Raleigh Team Professional 84" fixed
21/04/12 10mls/25:46 Q10/19 cool breeze Planet X multiple gears
02/05/12 10mls/25:18 Q10/26 wet and breeze Planet X TT bike
05/05/12 25mls/1:07:07 E33/25 cool wind Raleigh Team Proffessional 86" fixed [2 up TT]
06/05/12 25mls/1:09:11 Q25/8 Very wet/windy and freezing cold Planet X TT bike
02/05/12 Q10/26 10mls/25:18 muggy drizzle Planet X TT bike
23/05/12 Q10/26 10mls/25:30 Very hot Raleigh Team Professional 86" fixed
29/05/12 Q10/24 10mls/24:03 cool breeze Planet X TT bike
27/06/12 Q10/26 10mls/24:36 hot muggy Raleigh Team Professional 97" fixed
21/05/13 Q10/24 10mls/24:43 mild breezy Raleigh Team Professional 97" fixed
04/06/13 Q10/24 10mls/23:57 mild breezy Raleigh Team Professional 97" fixed
16/06/13 Q100 100mls 05:00:24 mild fairly windy Raleigh Team Professional 86" fixed
27/08/13 Q10/24 10mls/23:43 Warm no wind Raleigh Team Professional 97" fixed

21/04/12 10mls/25:46 Q10/19 cool breeze Planet X multiple gears

Our club 10 on the A21 Tonbridge course, I am still overweight and spent half the ride getting used to gears again

02/05/12 10mls/25:18 Q10/26 wet and breeze Planet X TT bike
The Wednesday evening 10 was wet and very slippery this week plus I discovered my seatpin had slipped down so reset that again after the ride.

05/05/12 25mls/1:07:07 E33/25 cool wind Raleigh Team Proffessional 86" fixed
My friend Paul and I rode this 2 up event on 86" fixed it is a rolling sporting course consisting of two laps of a triangle
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/175078802

06/05/12 25mls/1:09:11 Q25/8 Very wet/windy and freezing cold Planet X TT bike
Todays Wigmore 25 or Wetmore/Windymore TT was horrible I struggled on tired legs in wet windy freezing rain and my seat pin still slipped by 7mm during the ride again

Verdict so far = gears are not making me quicker

Karla · « **Reply #970 on:** 06 May, 2012, 10:03:12 pm »

I got my first win today! This was Roses, the annual York vs Lancaster Uni sporting competition. The cycling contest, which for the first time actually counted for points towards the overall competition, was a 10 mile TT over 12.5 laps of a circuit. I finished in 24:08, with 2nd place going to another Yorkie in 25:42. That was fun

[EDIT: In a change to what was written above, I'm now faster over 10 than 25 miles. Phew!]

Dinamo · « **Reply #971 on:** 07 May, 2012, 07:58:53 pm »

Quote from: Mr Bunbury on 06 May, 2012, 10:03:12 pm

I got my first win today!

Well done, Mr Bunbury

Dinamo · « **Reply #972 on:** 09 May, 2012, 08:59:52 pm »

Beat my PB by 49 seconds tonight on the new UC108 course

Conditions much the same as last time with heavy rain and a strong southerly wind.
Only a field of nine riders - I came 3rd

Karla · « **Reply #973 on:** 09 May, 2012, 10:50:31 pm »

Well done Dinamo!

In other news, I've entered the Anfield 100 on Liz's bank holiday. Ooh-er!

Frank9755 · « **Reply #974 on:** 13 May, 2012, 09:04:20 pm »

Well done both!

I've not done much so far this year - even thought I've got a new bike, which is based on one of the carbon frames direct from the manufacturer in China which I've built up myself.

I did a hilly 30-miler back in March which went ok. I did get overtaken by CET, who started a minute behind me, within seven minutes of starting. My excuse was that on a downhill I had had to stop behind a horse. Otherwise, he may not have passed me within 10 minutes!

I then did a 10, which I used more as a training ride. I did it on my audax bike and had a 25-mile ride out each way. Those bits went fine but it was the slowest 10 I've ever done.

Otherwise, my club organises evening TTs at the Hillingdon track (11 laps is about 10.35 miles). My first one was ok (26:15). The second one was hilarious as it was blowing a gale. One guy with a disc wheel got blown off the track and a couple of others decided not to ride for fear of being blown off. Everyone was a couple of minutes slower and I did 28:55 - another personal slowest time. Last week the conditions were better and I did 26:04, 4 seconds faster than at the same stage last season.

Yesterday, I had entered a 100 in Norfolk but decided to do the Severn Across instead. On the way back from Reading via the A4 at 2:30 this morning, I suddenly found myself on familiar territory as the Reading-Marlow section is part of one of our regular 25 courses.