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the necessity to spend a few k On a specific bike to not have an aero disadvantage and that the races start at 7am in the arse end of nowhere and there’s little prize money on the line
The prize money and aero disadvantage is irrelevant to the 95% of testers who wouldn't get a sniff of the prizes even if they were as aero-optimised as the hitters.
If TTing wants to make the psychological experience that of a park run, it needs to emphasise that it doesn't matter what you ride because you're racing against yourself, not anybody else.Also, I'm old. TTing has been variously booming and busting the entire 40 years I've been doing it, and the 30 years my dad was doing it before he first took me with him to an evening 10. It will continue, for where two or three are gathered together (one to ride, one to operate the watch) in its name, there it is in the midst of them.
Put on a road bike tt around velopark on a Sunday afternoon with a commentator and a few hundred quid on the line across various categories and might be different
No, you put it on. There's nothing in the regulations to stop you. The future of TTing doesn't depend on people having ideas of what somebody else should do, it depends on their getting off their arses and implementing them.
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The future of TTing doesn't depend on people having ideas of what somebody else should do, it depends on their getting off their arses and implementing them.
Absolutely correct!
I feel part of the problem is that many race organisers have become too old to carry on, but not enough middle aged people have come forward to replace them.
clubman
I’m not the worlds most committed tter but I love racing. IMO In the age of Instagram I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photographer at a tt, coupled with the necessity to spend a few k On a specific bike to not have an aero disadvantage and that the races start at 7am in the arse end of nowhere and there’s little prize money on the line
Hardly surprising numbers are dwindling
Put on a road bike tt around velopark on a Sunday afternoon with a commentator and a few hundred quid on the line across various categories and might be different.