Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

I have so far avoided it, only by fractions at times!

In fairness of you miss the turn on h10/22 the 404 before becomes a motorway before you get to the next junction, so in sure it's happened before!

I can see a bit of validity in going up the DC to see what conditions are actually like but pootling up a DC does not sound safe to me

It's fine, and your alternative route climbs exactly the same amount, it just does it in a less uniform way so the steepest pitch is steeper. We use that road as the middle part of our 3-stage hill climb.

I cycled half way to Canterbury on the M2 on the way to cycle tour Europe...

I think it was on the H25/2 that I shot down the motorway on-ramp and rode a 1:00:04 in the early days of chasing the hour.

Which I've also ridden and probably failed to recognise...

How does everyone deal with riding up hills on the way to the start? I want to go the D10/15 this year but the 1 in 8 rise on the way to the start sounds bad on 60-15/16.

Slowly.

Slowly

Sounds about right. Give yourself plenty of time and keep the effort under control. H25/2 has the advantage that you can loosen up on the A4010 at the top once you're up there.

Not done any motorway riding in the UK but I did a short stretch in Albania. It was quite pleasant.

I did a bit of the A303 when I had had enough of the lanes while doing the KSW. It was the bit where it alternates between 2 lanes westbound / 1 eastbound and vice versa. When it went to two lanes, the traffic speed went up massively. It was a busy Sunday and I've never had such a tow from traffic. I did 25mph easily, which I don't normally manage on the flat, 450km into a hilly 600.

You turn RIGHT out of the H.Q. Over the mini-roundabout, 1st exit at the next, up the ski-slope and round the big roundabout at the top, be careful to take the correct exit onto the A404 or you'll be on the motorway.

You wanna try going down it on 53x15, rode it last year on fixed (did 54:08) geared TT bike smashed up (on F11/10 in June) got to about 42 m.p.h. And had to come off the tri-bars as it was getting hairy to say the least!

Yeah, but @Sainsburys_Ed route is possibly a quieter alternative.

Yep rode up it yesterday, it's quite a long slog but as a large proportion is 30/40mph speed limit is fairly pleasant!

Don't suppose anyone's got a track adaptor for a Zipp 900 knocking about have they? It's the 11-speed 188 hub version. A mate of mine's looking for one and I figured this would be the place to ask!

H10/22 on the 24th anyone?

H10/22 is dead to me.

H10/22 is dead to me

Bossard have moved their May 7^th event to the F11 due to roadworks on the F15. Faster than the H10/22, but you'll want to get your chain retention sorted to deal with the bumps in the first couple of miles :-)

Chasing 10 times >>>>>

H50/8 on the 8th of May <<<<<

Don't have broken front derailler hanging around I can cut up do you?

I've actually bought bigger DA9000 rings so will likely be running a standard double Di2 setup again - no point being more aero if it means you're sat by the side of the road..

Chasing 10 times <<<<<
H50/8 on the 8th of May <<<<<

Because why race once when you can race twice?

Riding a 10 on the Saturday before a Sunday 50 is doable, see G.Obree 1993, 18:27 for comp record on the Saturday afternoon, 1:39:01 for comp record and national championship on the Sunday morning. You'll have more recovery time, as the Bossard event has been moved to a morning start.

Racing the 10 isn't really ideal prep for a 50. And a proper training session on the Saturday would be much better than a 10 if I was doing that.

You forget that I don't really give a shit about either of them (find me a faster 50 course). The last time I raced that 50 course I'd ridden a 100 mile the day before... http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/torrential-rain-affects-north-norfolk-wheelers-100-mile-time-trial-30522

I'm never going to win a 50 but I should be able to improve my course best.

Racing the 10 isn't really ideal prep for a 50

So you're saying Obree could easily have done a 1:38 if he hadn't cocked up his preparation? He must be kicking himself now that you're here to tell him how to do time trials :-)

Don't have broken front derailler hanging around I can cut up do you?

You can get a shiny new FD-3500 for under £15

I'm not Obree though, am I?