Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

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People with aero seatposts who are struggling to find a rear light, Aldi's next lot of cycling offers includes what looks awfully like a Moon Comet with saddle rail mount. Excellent light for TTs.

#dtm

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I'm the 45RC hillclimb champion! Well chuffed with that. Not sure how many 85kg hillclimb champs there have been - I put it down to being on fixed.

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Paging @hippy

Paging @hippy

He said 85kg, not 105kg

Was that you on the corner? I heard 'hippy' but nothing else. Quick tip: don't ride a 300k the day before a 50. Grim.

5 x Willesden HC Champ. 85-95kg :)

Oof!

I was 85kg... once.

Yup, the Browick turn.

A 300k audax would explain your "race face" :0

First open HC of the season today. Porlock toll road. 4.2miles at around 5.5%

Was 20secs slower than last year but most people more like 40to60s slower, so I think I am making progress. 26th vs 38th (lol) suggest so too, and I like to think the field was stronger this year - top three was Tejvan (former champ) Dan Evans (current champ) and Rich Bussell (10m TT champ)...

Not many TTs with views like this either (and closed roads!)

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It was fucked. I soft pedaled half the bloody course because my arse was bruised/raw or because I didn't have the energy to turn the pedals. 30W down... on my 100mi power!!!

If we're doing race reports, then @dbr and I rode the Reading CC double HC this morning.

First hill out of Goring was a "roadman's" climb, 1.7 miles, starting at about 5% with a short section of 10% before levellign out at 3% for the final mile. 5:36 for myself on 72", 3:42 for dbr.

The second stage was Streatley (number 24 of 100 Climbs), which is a pretty ferocious 0.4 mile blast. Averaging 16% it starts off at 10% and reaches almost 1-in-4 towards the top before flattening off for the final 20 yards for the TK. 5:06 for myself on 53" and 2:51 I believe for dbr.

Ed Bradbury of NFTO surprised no-one with his win, taking 13 seconds off the CR for the first hill and 2:31 on Streatley, only a tenth of a second ahead of second.

How was your gearing?

I'm always struck that picking a gear for hill climbs must be even trickier then for conventional TTs.

Both were probably about right. Could maybe have gone a little taller for the first. Yeah it's tricky as I don't have as much experience or a frame of reference like I do for flat TTs, just tend to go off gut instinct. Upped my gear for the first after riding it yesterday on 68".

#rep

Rick's Mrs broke the course record by 11 secs!

But was fourth fastest on the day...

#suckitup

Good work today Andy, also thanks for the race report - perfect except you sneakily knocked 2 minutes of both our times for the first climb!

We've not had the email yet but looking at the time keeper's sheet I think I came 10th.

Ooops, amended...

I want to enter the Lea Valley CC 25-mile TT in a couple of weeks.

I'm a member of a club which is BC affiliated but not CTT affiliated. Would I have to race in the kit of my second club which is affiliated?

Alternatively, how much would it cost to get affiliation for the non-affiliated club for the rest of the year?

I seriously doubt anyone will pull you up on what kit you wear. Unless you rock up in a sleeveless tri suit...

Would I have to race in the kit of my second club which is affiliated?

You can race in any kit you like in an open TT, apart from the kit of a UCI registered professional team. Just make sure you have sleeves :-) You need to enter the event with the affiliated club as your club on the entry form.

Alternatively, how much would it cost to get affiliation for the non-affiliated club for the rest of the year?

Annual CTT affiliation is £30, worth doing for next year but they run on a calendar year basis so you'd be paying £30 for what amounts to one month if you affiliated now.

Was he there?

Rick? Nope.

Second stage of the Reading CC HC.

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