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@clubman
A float day is when conditions are at their best for fast times.
You ride back from the finish to the HQ with a huge grin because you know from your own stop watch you've taken a minute off your p.b., but when the times are put up you discover someone's taken two minutes off comp record. Then the thunderstorm starts.
Yes, we think it's mostly to do with low air pressure, but there may well be other factors. Humidity? Temperature? The old chestnut of the rising wind that pushes you back from the turn. I find evenings suit me better than early mornings
Aero Kit:
Clip on 'tri' bars are said to be worth 6 seconds a mile (but not if you're only doing 20 mph in the first place). I think this may be true because in recent years when I've tried to ride a TT using the old position I've been hopelessly slow. Aero helmets: another 3 secs per mile, so they say.
Apply just these two items to any half reasonable fixed wheel bike and you should go faster than you would on a £5000 road bike without them.
The CTT handbook is indispensable to anyone intending to have a season's time trialling. It only covers open events though, for club events (which can usually be entered on the line) you need a local handbook.
How about another one rider for the Antelope 3 Up?