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ATS System made it into the comic, but helpfully didn't give any of my contact details, lol.

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cough spam :P

Your name is there. I'm sure interested people will track you down.

No-one on here is going to buy any, I'm quite sure of that :D

Hutchinson thinks they're shit of course. But forgets that I'm putting them on the legs rather than on arms and torso like he used to do.

Wanna bet? You'll have to test me first but I want to compare them with my compression socks.

Since my training has been hampered I want to throw money and aero at the problem instead :)

Couldn't you put on ON your compression socks?

I think I asked Xav about this already.

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/142537/?offset=8225#comment12051420

"The trips will stick to fabric, and will stay stuck onto lycra even through multiple machine washes. I haven't done testing with calf guards however, as there are numerous different makes/materials/shapes etc. and all of those would have interaction effects. So I advise people to use the trips only with no fabric underneath."

I've enetered my first TT.

http://www.westerley-cycling.org.uk/racing/time-trials/hillingdon-evening-time-trials

Have fun.

Having been encouraged by my (running and tri) club to get involved in TT this year, I was thinking of those Hillingdon ones.

I signed up to CTT, but it doesn't seem like you need to for those. Does anyone know if you can pay on the line?

As a n00b I'm a bit confused about club vs. open events, paying in advance, registering in advance etc. How do you find out about local club events? Just go on your local clubs' sites and look?

How do you find out about local club events? Just go on your local clubs' sites and look?

A brief bit of internetting would suggest yes, or I can buy a 'Yellow Book' from someone called Su Balcombe for £4. Apparently. This will tell me all the TTs in my local district.

As a n00b I'm a bit confused about club vs. open events, paying in advance, registering in advance etc. How do you find out about local club events? Just go on your local clubs' sites and look?

There are basically 2 kinds of events, Type A and Type B. Type A events are listed in the CTT Handbook and on the CTT site, entry is selective based on previous performance (or whatever Special Conditions have been agreed) and they have to be entered in advance on the Standard Entry Form, or via the Internet Entry system where the Event Secretary has arranged for it. Entry is only open to members of Affiliated Clubs or holders of racing licences issued by the relevant national cycling organisation in the case of forrins riding UK events.

Type B events are listed in the relevant District handbook and/or website, usually on the promoting club's website too, and are Entry On the Line, with entries restricted at the discretion of the promoting club; usually that means preference to members of the promoting club. Some, but not all, Type B events are listed as Come & Try It, in which case you don't even have to be a member of an Affiliated Club to ride. You don't have to fill in an entry form, but you do have to complete and sign your part of the signing on sheet.

A few Type B events have to be entered in advance (notably Combine events which are a weird hybrid where the Promoting Club is actually a special purpose vehicle with no racing members), and some very popular ones (e.g. VC10 events on the F11) recommend entry in advance to avoid the disappointment of turning up and finding there are no places left.

So, first look at the club websites and see what they're doing, then have a chat with them and see whether they will let you ride, and if so whether you should ask for a place in advance or just turn up.

Bear in mind that there is more traffic on the Hillingdon circuit than there is on most open road courses :-)

Sincere thanks. That info, plus a bit of googling last night has shed some light.

So there's a chance that my application for some open events could be turned down if popular, based on the fact I have no PBs? I'm mainly looking to enter 10s like the Dulwich Paragon one here.

Our club has no club events because we're only doing TT as of this year, but I know one guy has Kingston Wheelers as his 1st claim so I'll ask him if I can do some of theirs. Dulwich Paragon also seem to have a lot on, but it's not clear who can turn up to their Harry Must events.

Only opens on the very fastest of courses tend to fill up.

And only 10s and 25s because everyone riding them is pissweak and can't ride proper distances.

So there's a chance that my application for some open events could be turned down if popular, based on the fact I have no PBs?

It's possible, but as @hippy and @umop3pisdn point out, usually only for short distances on fast courses. The times you do in club events count as qualifying times for all open events apart from National Championships. FWIW, in the last couple of years my family has had their entry returned on about 3 occasions, with the following details:
F11/10 closed on 21:36 😲
H10/22 (90 riders) closed on 27 ish
H25/8 closed on 1:08:something

As there are no fast courses in London South, you should be fine.

Just listening to @xavierdisley on the Cycling Time Trial podcast.

Much less forrun sounding than I was expecting from the name.

You wanted some more lisping? Have you been to Bathelona?

Remember, one of Michael Portillo's middle names is Xavier.

Michael Portillo's middle name is Xavier

So is Andrew X. Payne's, and he doesn't sound Spanish either.

Xav's first name is Benedict, so he should talk like Mr Cumberbatch

Australian?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-X8dxsuOOw

I haz friend called Xavier. He's French. Was expecting French / Spanish / Portuguese or sutin. Slightly disappointed tbh. Forrun is more fun somehow.

I'm not sure what to make of the fact you know Portillo's middle name @WillMelling

That explains B. Xavier Disley on start sheets.

A famous and joyous moment in British politics

https://youtu.be/BVvWE6V9ulE?t=1m35s

Yep, the Hillingdon ones I decided upon essentially as they were a) easy for my head to comprehend and b) I am assuming fairly forgiving of idiots. I am am member of CC-London and they are suggesting some of the Hertfordshire TTs too. I'll look at those after my first Hillingdon one.