Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Plenty of vets and non-vets race both road and tt.

Just annoying having vets-only races in the TT world. I can understand it in road racing - oldies being a bit more careful as they don't bounce so well any more but seems pointless, especially when it's mostly vets winning non-vets races anyway.

Maybe I need to get old and retired so I have enough time to organise races as well as train to win them..

Anyway, enough of this old people shit, find me the coolest extensions in the WORLD!

What shape are you after? I've got an old pair of these I need to sell.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/profile-carbon-stryke-aerobars/

Already offered them to @Greenbank so he has first refusal, but if he doesn't want them...

Just annoying having vets-only races in the TT world

It's a VTTA promotion, the organisation was set up to put on races for vets. Many vets, especially older ones, simply couldn't get a ride on fast courses based on scratch, but VTTA event entry is based on standards, so people over 70 have as much chance as the 40-somethings who dominate the scratch prizes in open events. It works for people with "middlemarker" in their genes too, last time I raced against my dad, I beat him with +4:05 to his +3:49

If you think there are hundreds of young riders being crowded out by all the fast vets, I suppose you could always put on an event with special conditions to keep the over-40 mob out :-)

I have entered two more little 10 milers. The next Hillingdon circuit one (where I am taking American colleague over from the US office) and the "London Nth Millennium 6 of 8". Ho hum

H10/17r this weekend followed by the Beacon Mountain TT the week after (road bike for that one). Have chucked in an entry to the V718 on the 25th, preference to Yorkshire clubs but might get in! Then a week off from racing.

Last day to enter my promotion on the H10/2 (25th April, 4pm start). Accepting entries from Vets and non vets alike!

Organising my own event sounds much easier than beating Tops, Bottrill, Wilko, etc, etc, etc

Funnily enough PX now have these in stock (I checked again last week), so have ordered a pair. Paid extra to avoid using Yodel, but knowing Planet X they probably won't be here in time for the weekend :0(

I rode the E21/10 TT again tonight. 3rd time ive ridden it.
ive gone from
26m24s
to
25m35s
to
25m09s. Tired now as i rode 18 miles there and 18 miles back . winner was 23m02s and course record is held by Dowsett on a mid 19.

First entry form + cheque I've had to write out in 3 years it seems... either that or I've lost some files along the way.

Coolest part is writing in my 24hr distance, then Winner's distance, oh look it's also mine.

Started on the HCC234 tonight with very low expectations (first ride of the year, not properly recovered from last week's man-flu). Fell short of them.

Ha, an honest race debrief :)

I miss HCC234 :(

250w for 24h.
http://www.power2max.de/europe/en/896-km-christoph-strassers-24-h-world-record-an-analysis/

Pain!

Fun!

By a miracle I've got into a Yorkshire clubs preference event on the V718 next Saturday. Big question is do I go 116" or 120" (ie do I think I'm a legend or not) ...

120"

p.s. 59t?

Do you think you'll go under 18 minutes? If so I'd say 120" would be best.

Bit spinny, you'd want more like 135" for that.

I don't get out of bed for anything under 200"

Isn't V718 where Wiggo is going to have a go at the 10 record? Would be fun to start a minute or four ahead of him and watch him whoosh by.

56x16 for B25/50 on Sunday: as close to a "dragstrip" as you'll find around here.