Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

39 seconds I think

I slightly disagree with tester - I think the regulation means (or is intended to mean) you can’t ride puppy paws but if you hands are on the hoods then forearms on the tops then fine. I think people are trying to bend the regulations to ban something based on how it looks. They should just regulate the reach allowed on the drop bars but let this result stand imo

I love how the only time TTs get talked about is silly helmets, silly handlebars...

Thread has been a bit dead of late. How is the scene?

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17369939/

I love how the only time TTs get talked about is silly helmets, silly handlebars...

Well, I did try to talk about something else in my post above.......but hardly anyone seems interested in actual riding or competition.

When I was an active TT rider (70's - 00's) discussion about kit was fairly limited - we mostly talked about training, fitness and what events we would ride. I think the general view was that kit had a fairly marginal effect and, even if it did, this detracted from one's personal prowess.

I find the discussion about these regulations deeply depressing. There seemed to be some hope, with the road bike concept, that we could get away from obsessing about bikes and go back to thinking about the riders; evidently this has failed.

My suggestion would be to forget definitions and appoint a 'Road Bike Referee' who would have power on the day to reject bikes which were not road bike 'in spirit'.