Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

I would go so far as to call you "positively charming".

-hippy, who's faster than Michael Hutchinson given certain parameters, 2017

I need them to update that list sharpish, you drunken Aussie flirt.

I suspect this will probably be a little like arguing with hippy, so you'll never see daylight again.

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Nice Fugitive reference.

I ride those roads. Sounds shit. The Royston bypass is always busy and there are 4 roundabouts that you can enter very fast in a car.

...
Straight over at Four Went Ways RAB to join A505
Continue on A505 To Royston RAB junction A505/A1198
START OF CIRCUIT B
Continue on A505 to Baldock exit to B656 where turn & retrace to RAB junction A505/A1198
END OF CIRCUIT B
COMPLETE CIRCUIT B UP TO FIVE MORE TIMES
at end of Circuit B continue east bound on A505 to Four Went Ways RAB
to join A11 north

from http://www.cttlondoneast.org.uk/page59.html

That's 3 of the 4 roundabouts then.

It's dual carriageway, so there's plenty of room for cars to get by, but the potential for having to stop at the roundabouts is high.

Not much you can do round here tho, everywhere is busy.

@dbr and I managed to win the LVCC 2-up last night at the velopark.

It's funny, even with a 20kg + weight difference and him riding fixed, how well we managed to ride together.

Congrats!

Not on the Boris Bikes then?

Ha, no that was Bede and his partner. Think they did a 32 min which is pretty impressive.

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Can you share that on the LVCC FB page ?

A rider, 91 year old Ray Dare was killed on the F11 tonight in pursuit of a national age record. Awful, awful news.

That's tragic news

It's a screen grab from Gary Boyd's Strava, think he took a few pics.

That's horrible news. There seems to have been a lot of incidents recently, or am I imagining it?

Definitely more this year

Oh that's awful...

Do CTT keep a log of these incidents? Would be interesting to see what kind of times they usually occur. I'm not find of the early starts in the South district, but it's probably for the best.

Shittiest driving I've experienced this year was in a 5am start 50TT on the A3.

Yeah I read about those. I just don't understand close passes on a DC. From what I've read about driving during that event, a lot of it sounded intentional. Then to top it off, there was a hit & run when one rider crossed the finish line.

At least you didn't crash my wheel...

Can a SRAM S-500 10 speed bar end shifter be used with an 11sp mech and cassette? I'm pretty sure the pull ratio is the same, but it'll be missing a click right?

Is there a friction option?

Not sure, don't really want to trimming gears at 150% FTP though.

I ll speak to Gary...

This might be a bit late but would either you or @cycliste or anyone else be interested in a pair of barely used Veloflex Record 22 tubs? I've just removed a pair that were on my track bike that have only seen a few hours use in a velodrome and are now going spare.