Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

I wish I could be like David Watt.

Good luck to @skinny this morning.

Thanks guys.
Changed my rear tyre to a gp4000s so I didn't puncture, and obviously I get a rear tyre puncture.

It could have been avoided, but I got held up at a junction and was paying attention to the car, not the road and went into a pothole. Bit pissed as the car was following someone in the race. Wish I knew who, so I could point them to the rules. They held me up on a couple of occasions, nob end.

Great event though, love hardrider events, best type of timetrial.

Bad luck!! I see Hoppo punctured as well.

Shit luck. Which hard riders. I think this is where tubeless comes in usefull. You cant pich flat.

I think you should david watts onto whoever was driving that csr. Harness the troll.

North road hardriders. Great event, great course, great fun.
Just took my eye off the road and went right into a pothole. These things happen

I wish I could be like David Watt.

Nice reference.

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

Stuck an entry in for the h10/8 on 11th march, if anyone else is racing.

https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/14581

oh no, i'm flying to Mallorca... enjoy the A31

That section is okay I think?

Hang on, reading this I assumed you DNF'd but saw you on the results sheet. Did you finish on a puncture or fix it? Either way you still finished 43rd out of 80 finishers ffs!

So at 12 miles I got the pinch flat, I cycled about a mile on the puncture, spotted a guy with a marshal. He gave me an inner tube, but his co2 pump wasn't working, so only got a little air in it. Cycled another mile and another marshal, he had a pump that worked so I pumped the tyre up, then cracked back on for the last 8 miles.
Might as well race it back in, beats walking!

Bummer dude.

Imagine your finishing position if you'd not used Conti tyres. #tyretroll

I'm just glad I didn't need to walk it back!
Better now than an event I need to win.

Yeah, walking sucks.

Think the one time I've flatted in a TT I was on for a 50mi PB but at least it happened pretty close to the HQ.

Well it's ok in the context of the A31 but I'd still rather be in Mallorca.

You and me both!

Yeah obviously it'd happen on a pb ride @hippy

how'd you go?

DNS. Haven't ridden due to patella femoral syndrome/ongoing physio. Really gutted though as felt strong and worried I've lost fitness with BUCS coming up. Looked at the results earlier, looked a strong field

Thanks for the heads up - just done the same. Not going to be in best form around then but it's the best prep for target races.

Will 5 weeks to bucs 10, plenty of time.

Yeah @onyerbike I want to race a few 10s to get used to them again. They take some skill to go hard enough!

Accelerate up to 30 mph, hold it there, ramp it up further for the last mile, no?

Are you targeting the 10 or the 25 or both?

If only it were that easy!..

Both!

With all the aero cheats you guys have nowadays, I thought you barely have to pedal to do a 20 minute ten?