Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Generic 'anti slip tape' from ebay, like this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Anti-Slip-Tape-High-Grip-Adhesive-Backed-Non-Slip-Tape-/390433796352?var=&hash=item5ae7aaf100:m:mZ2UcWCb7AxFt3Unldyw4bQ
If you're tarty, make a template using masking tape or cardboard first, then use to cut the grip tape to shape.
Adhesive on skateboard tape is designed to be removed easily from a semi-porous surface, so won't adhere or resist sweat as effectively as the stuff designed for floors and stairs.

^NPFail
I used that same cloth tape on a daily skidder once, but found it retained a lot of water, and looked tatty quite quickly.

Wonder if that would work on a saddle. As long as it didn't instantly cause the Tony Martin aero flap.

You can get textured plasticky stuff that's designed for inside showers and bathrooms. Usually clear. A strategically shaped piece of that would probably work better on top of a saddle than the abrasive stuff. Still grippy, but wouldn't rub through shorts/pad.

Edit: although it's intended for use on flat surface, so some creative use of a heat gun might be required to shape it to the saddle underneath, to avoid it peeling away from the contours.

HTH
I think we use MyLaps, but I can dust off my notes.

Not really sure if i should post this here or in the Orient express thread. Im basically 3 years into Time trial and id like to get a new bike. My current alloy frame from the early 2000s has always been a bit compromised in terms of fit and is starting to show its age(spotted a crack-i could get it welded but id rather not chance it). I wanted to ask does anyone use one of the TT frames like the PDQ one Cammish can supply? they seem to be everywhere branded as all sorts of things including Vitus, scoperta, miracle, apollo, stevens and many more, its quite hard to tell if theres any difference in quality between them or if they are all based on hong/deng fu framesets and then branded up. That in mind they seem to retail around £800-1000 direct from china and then you may get stung for duty. Lets say worse case scenario £1200 all in is there any merit at all in buying one thats painted/finished properly in Europe and then sold at a hefty £1700? The reason i ask is i have been offered one at that price with a fairly flexible pay what you can installments but then i see bikes like the most basic Canyon speedmax is not that much dearer and you get a complete bike (training wheels/poverty spec with different geo,vertical dropouts etc) or something like a Trek/BMC on an interest free credit deal. My Boss is also into the sport and just bought a Shark TT as complete deal with the prolite 5 spoke and disc wheel for £2499- it seems to be a very similar generic frame but it has a different fork more akin to the Planet X exo3 which hides the front brake away under a fairing. I can also get either the Deda Flash TT (similar to a Dolan Scala) or flash 2 on fairly flexible terms. Two riders in my club have the Rose bikes Aeroflyer which is the same bike as the Deda Flash 2 but it costs a whopping £3500.

worse case scenario £1200 all in

You know you could get a NOS classic P3 for that sort of money, don't you?

already kind of been there, fancied something more modern looking that functions as well.

Who needs p3?
I have p2.

Do you know what stack and reach you need?
Pick up something 2nd hand and spend the spare cash on nice wheels.

P3 will be faster than the PDQ frame. Proper geo too.

I have most of an Ultegra 6800 groupset-need bar end shifters, A Comete/Cosmic wheel combo so really just wanting the best bang for my buck frameset wise. The frame ive been using is oddball, the seattube ie 80+ deg and everything else ive sat on including the P3 felt like it had setback even on the front saddle clamp- i guess its just going to take some time to get used to. Im not against a P3. I equalled my PB on my local course when i borrowed it. @mdcc_tester @umop3pisdn To be honest i thought they were more expensive than that which is why i hadnt really considered it. I just thought things had moved on.. I do like the look of internal cable routing, flush stems,bayonets etc the newer generation frames offer - all style over substance?

fancied something more modern looking that functions as well

There isn't much that works as well as a P3, and even less in your price range.

joining the p2 club, just need to find a way to tell my wife, and then find time to go collect it from near cirencester

joining the p2 club

Classic or modern?

classic.

could do with a repaint...

classic

Building a fixie biek?

Ha... And here am I envying your felt.

The P2c seems to be quite the thing on here :-)

Nah has gears already, building a bike that's long/low enough!

Well it's long and low, which given that I've got short legs and a relatively long body will mean that it will allow me to get into a more aero position than my felt will, I'll keep both for now, especially as I'd like to test them side by side, already have spare di2 shifters so tempted by a 1x11 di2 setup in time

it's long and low

Feel free to complain on the 3cm thread that you have been forced to spend money on a new frame just to comply with a pointless and unenforceable regulation, Grill has gone off on an employment law tangent so we need somebody to speak up for the real victims :)

Haha, I accidentally went on there last night and can't believe he is still whinging...

have you got and low stack header covers that are suitable in stock?

What size did you go for? When I was playing with my position last year I almost wished mine was a 54 so I could get lower, but then I'd struggle with the 3cm rule.

Could look at different handlebars to get lower, like use tula.

Re grip tape, I used this and it was good; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-63383-Safety-Grip-Tape/dp/B0002GUSBI