Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Yeah I think Hillingdon is supposed to be a good first one.

@mdcc_tester - they claim to be largely traffic free. Mind you until yesterday I didn't even know this circuit existed.

See you on the 22nd?

they claim to be largely traffic free.

Yeah, it was a comment about how many bikes you have to avoid when there are 20+ riders on a circuit of less than a mile.

Aha.

Oh you!

@Pifko see youre down for good friday Ringwood, fixed? whatever go on bang it out

Cheers! Yeah, fixed. First TT (Tri don't count), so all a bit of an unknown to me, including my fitness...We'll see what happens.

Keen on those Westerley CC evening TTs; can only manage after 22nd. Never done TTs; what is different than doing this on my own in Richmond park?

You can measure your bikes length against other people.

Yeah, fixed.

Doin' it right!

You'll go faster with a number on your back.

And you can stand around with other testers after the event and compare excuses.

and dogs, dog walkers, walkers, skaters...

It's an officiated race. No number, no race. No race, no talk. #lookingatyoustrava

Actually the drag values of a number on your back are quite and interesting topic.... fades out tester waffle

When I used to run [doing it wrong] a windy race I would duck tape my number to my vest so it didn't parachute me a few mm off course. #marginalgains and so on...

I've seen others use clear tape wrapped around the whole number and tape under the number but I never bothered.

It's all about nopinz these days anyway.

Fair; will sign up on road bike. Who is up for 22nd? Jake Martin seems to be crushing all of them .. isnt @umop3pisdn London based now? @dan you keen?

Just a commuter for the time being. It's actually on my train line home but I'd struggle to get there in time, and more importantly with a bike.

I am signed up for next week but will sign up for 22nd unless I loathe it.

I'm signed up for 22nd. On a not-very-tt bike. I hope I can get out of work in time. What's Uxbrodge road like to cycle down?

Got the start sheet for the Friday 10. I'm gonna get spanked.

My bike is made for going a long way in comfort, not a short way in pain. Like you my first TT will be the one to get to the start on time.

People pay good money for that sort of thing

I think it was about a tenner. I'm sure that's well below the going rate.

I'm thinking about testing my legs for the first time this year (road bike, no TT) but will need to find something closer to SE London that I can ride out to after work. Out of interest, on a road bike is it daft not to use clip on aero bars or are you at such an aero disadvantage that you're only really racing yourself anyway?

the problem with clip on aero bars is that its likely to be a pretty odd position, as unless you move your position to accommodate, you'd probably be better staying in the drops as its a position you are likely to be used to and actually allow you to put some power down.

if its anything like any TT I've ever done even with a tiny field you'll have a range of people from those verging on elite level through to people pootling round.

In my experience there only a handful of people who are racing for the actual win, and you're always just racing yourself (although if you do the same race a few times there will be people you'll benchmark yourself against...)