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Great first TT time, Tom.
Very windy out there tonight, head and/or side wind all the way to the turn. I borrowed my brothers Omega for the night, only checked the sadle height. The saddle was tipped so far downwards that I kept sliding right off the front every 30 secs or so. And like Tom I also couldn't drop it into the 11. Warmed up with a deep section front wheel (102mm), but was too windy for me so switched to a standard rim.
Anyway, enough of the excuses. I clocked 25.03. 1 sec off my best ever TT to date (I am 37 but still fairly new to the TT game), but 2 mins quicker than over the same course 4 weeks ago. But to be fair that day I'd ridden to London from almost Maidstone, worked a full day, then ridden back out of town to the TT. Not the best prep.