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To clarify I could have pushed harder on a higher gear. Above around 110rpm I'd really like to shift up.
You do know that you can only save 12s/mile by going 10mph faster than that, don't you?
I don't understand your point (or maths TBH). 12s a mile saved would be very welcome :)
miro_o-
I don't understand your point
My point is that there is not very much time to be made up by going faster when you're already going fast. If you're doing 110rpm on 50/12 (36mph), you need to add 4mph to save 10s in a mile. If you're crawling up hill at 12mph, you can save 10s/mile by adding just 0.4mph. Time trialling is not about going fast, it's about not going slowly :-)
gbj_tester
Do you mean spinning out, or just that you felt you could have gone faster on a bigger gear? Not sure what cadence you think counts as spinning out, but 150rpm on 50/12 is 50mph. You do know that you can only save 12s/mile by going 10mph faster than that, don't you?