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Nutrition advice

I'm doing a 10-mile TT on Saturday at 2pm. I'm leaving home at 9, then occupied between then and 11:30, when I'll get the train to near the TT, then ride 10 miles to the start.

I'll have opportunity to eat at home until 9, then will need to eat on the move after that.

My inclination is to take some sandwiches with me, or grab something from the station, but not exactly getting inspired by pasties and flapjacks. My normal exercise fuel is porridge and bananas.

Any recommendations for TT fuelling while running around doing other shit?

The Park Tool BBT303 is a useful tool to have to removed bearing without damaging them.

10-mile

Here's your key - it's only a 10. If I'd had porridge at 8, I wouldn't worry too much about a 10 six hours later. If you were really trying to squeeze every possible marginal gain out of it, you wouldn't be dicking about for 2½ hours after breakfast. Worry about hydration, and if you're hungry when you get on the train...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSBTg1VApkI

Hmmm, interesting. I can see that a seal which keeps the crap in with the bearings rather than keeping the crap out would be counterproductive. Choices, choices...

Quick caffeine gel 20 minutes before the start, and you're good to go. Like @mdcc_tester says, it's only a 10.

20:20, 50:02... they're doing OK.

50:02

Running a 24mm axle in 30mm bearings probably cost you that 49 :-)

Thanks @mdcc_tester and @danstuff. Can of coke for me before the race as standard. The biggest risk to my performance (aside from actual slowness) is a DNS due to a missed train or getting lost.

Nice one, I've ordered one.

No, the car at the RAB cost me a 49.

Still, it's nice to continue my habit of getting close to goal times. If smashing through all the barrier times was easy I'd probably have moved on to weight lifting or something years ago.

Manufacturers need to pull their finger out when it comes to 165mm cranks so I don't have to run adapters.

Really good pair of ear plugs to wear in an open plan office?

ear plugs

The ones I like are now made by 3M
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3M-Safety-NA/Safety/Product-Catalog/~/3M-Disposable-Earplugs?N=5927440+3294427483+3294529207&rt=rud

These only reduce by 31 dB, but bonus points for actually staying in place (in my case) and sci-fi cred.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=53610&cat=1,42207,42227,53610

May be a bit subtle for office use :-)

fly your freak flag high

In other news the bearings from your mob arrived and are now installed. Would've taken 10min but rounded hex bolt required ALL the tools!

Spanks!

Smooth as butter!

The rim will last a week...

I can't find my LFGSS cap !!!!

Where is it ?

whilst not epic, it certainly does beg what the?

Back pedal is the easy gear, normal pedal is the harder gear.

and makes changing tyres a breeze

It's the ultimate bike for anyone who felt £10(including labour) to have a shop fix a puncture was too much and they wanted revenge.

Charging £15 for the bottom bracket now seemed justified.

Are you insane?

Sigmasport got me one, Sat delivery and it worked just fine.