Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

I did the New Forest CC 10 yesterday, didn't do as well as previous years (6th) but nice to have a bit of focus to riding over Xmas! Bike has had a respray but needs redoing as the guy did a piss poor job painting the logos on and not masking them correctly, looks alright from a distance though.

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looks good!

my boxing day tt consisted of my wife only allowing me to go at 9:50, so had a 20 minute drive, and 10 minute bike ride, plus putting wheels on bike so made it to the start as i was called up, so not quite ideal, but good to get out on a windy but otherwise lovely day!

course worst for 3 years followed!

Just seen there's a 25 course at the bottom of my road. H25/4.
Bit rolling but a fair course I think.
If anyone sees an event on there let me know, be rude not to.

We (Westerley) are doing club 10s on that course on 2 April and 6 August. You'd be most welcome. We're not doing any 25s this year but there are loads of Combine ones, starting on 19 march.
And Hillingdon Tri do Weds evening 10s on it from about May onwards.
It's an 'honest' course - there are much hillier courses which are a lot quicker...

No blue chain to match the bike?

IKR :D we didn't have any spare in the office when I left for down south!

Trips around the nipples?

Maybe :D

2017 dates are out.

With the Hounslow hosting the National 100 it moves to July, which means I won't ride a 100 before the Newbury 12 in June. What could possible go wrong?

The 12hrs I've done I've taken a day off an done a 6hr ride on the TT bike, just down the a4 and back a couple of weeks before. Not full 12h pace but trying to stay mainly in the TT position so that arms/shoulders/neck etc get used to it.

Yep, I was thinking something similar.

What paper form do I need for 2017 events? Couldn't find it on the CTT website.

It's 2017, don't enter non-IE events as a protest.

Couldn't find it on the CTT website

Have you tried this?
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/documents/index/riders

Would it be unsporting to use very short cranks in a medium gear event?

Would it be unsporting to use very short cranks in a medium gear event?

How very dare you!

There's no regulation prohibiting it, and it would be churlish for anybody who uses 165s every day to complain about your 150s without also conceding that he has obtained an advantage over the man who didn't want to change down from his usual 180s just for one day.

Ha! Thanks.

I get the impression that there's a "drops & tubs" vibe to these things, so hopefully they'll be distracted by my Ventus & 'spoke...

Only time Tester has beaten me since my first season he was on short cranks.

Mechanical doping FTW!

Cheers, I had a copy of this from 2013 so glad to see it hasn't changed. I'll ready the carrier pigeon.

If anyone sees or has some Di2 tt brake shifters I am in need.

I might do a sporting or 2 early season, and I figure trying to do that with USE brake levers is a death wish.

Has @xavierdisley got a spreadsheet of 2017 events yet, I wonder?

Yep

Check the Aerocoach Facebook page

yeah might try NRHR TT in feb.
Be good training if nothing eslse.

Spanks