Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

H50/4 is the A413 course I think. I rode my first 50 on it which was horrible. I was on course earlier this year to best my PB on it (1:56) but p_nct_red with 10mi to go. It's not fast or anything, a bit lumpy with a few turns but the roads are smoother out there now with some of the big potholes removed. It's easy for me to get there so I might do it just to try and lower my PB.

P885/50 on Aug 26th? Where's that? What's it like?

Here.. 60mi from me..
http://www.southdc.org.uk/courses/p885_50.htm

A3 is all dual carriageway bar the bit at Hindhead, which is about to be replaced, or already has been, with a tunnel.

It was in the handbook, and internet entry so you didn't even need to go to the post box.

Nick English won it with 19:31

Yeah, not sure how it passed me by, I was only aware of the Swindon one.

DC is fine by me.

There's the A50/6 on Aug 3rd but that's up north so 3-4hrs drive for me.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/A50-6

G50/10 on 4th August - Sussex
http://sussexca.org.uk/index.php/courses/40-open-courses/58-g5010-a272-a24-based

They're next weekend. Entries more than likely closed.

P885/50 on Aug 26th? Where's that? What's it like?

National Championship course in 2010, Hutch won it in 1:38:55. Even with a 6:03am start, I managed a PB that day. It's considered quick for Southern England.

Will it close on a particularly fast time?

It might, hard to tell with 50s, as the demand in late August is highly dependent on what times people have already done for their various BAR contests. Only 100 places too. If you enter online, you're not risking anything though, because you get all your money back if you don't get in.

Results from previous years suggest you should be pretty confident of getting a ride with your qualifying time

They're next weekend. Entries more than likely closed.

I always beg my way in.

I'm in for the Oxonian CC open 50 on the 11th August on the H50/17.

I raced that last year - think I was 2nd or 3rd. I'll be racing the National 12hr that day though so won't be able to go back and try for the win :)

I've entered the P885/50 instead. I wonder if I should enter the H25/2 on the day before?

I always beg my way in.

I'm sure being National Champion you could now get into any event :0p

I'm already riding a 10 that weekend, if I rode two events the missus would kill me.

Think I'll be joining you on the P885/50, unless I pull a miracle 10 time out of the bag and get on the F11. H25/8 on the 17th of August, 1st and 14th of September if you're after a 25?

Say hi after the race. I'll be too busy being late, tired and angry beforehand :)

Hopefully I can grab a decent 50 time, otherwise I'll have to look for another one to try and bump my place up the (non-forum) BBAR chart.

I want a H-course 25 as well to try and retain the WLCA BBAR, but 17th Aug I have a beer festival to go to. I'm not a massive fan of the Bentley course - more that it's a pain to drive to on Sat arvo. I think my best was Didcot Phoenix but I don't know the course code. H25/17 maybe?

Got a ride on the E2/10 next weekend.
Be nice to have a decent 10 time to ride other events.

The 10 section of the E2 is probably the slowest! Especially if the wind blows. Good luck tho.

If you've not ridden up there before everyone parks up on the narrow road parallel to the slip road to warm up on rollers. The HQ (if its the West Wratting one) is the smallest HQ in the world!

Yeah thanks, thought that'd be the case.

unless I pull a miracle 10 time out of the bag and get on the F11

Want a good time not for its own sake but because it will get you a ride on a fast course? You are now officially a tester.

Very late to the party but congratulations Hippy!

Fuck, your average speed is notably faster than my best 10 speed. Amazing stuff!

just wanted to check up on how the national time trial champion was recuperating ?
all back to normal yet ? can you feel your gooch / feet yet ?

i see upstream (^) talk of a 50 or a 12hr so you haven't retired at the top then !!

I had much fun peeling the dead layer of skin off my gooch the other day. It's all good now though - no longer need chamois cream for the commute.

Toes are a bit fecked.

Hip is quite fecked - I've had some kind of pinched nerve in there for months and it gets worse after long TT rides so I'm doing a lot of stretching to try and make it stop.

National 12hr on Aug 11 where I hope to take the club 12hr record. I also want a better 50 time for BBAR. I know I can go faster (new bike, etc) but I need to finish without incident first.

Guess you've got a foam roller and tried rolling it? Or get a solid cylinder, if you really want to go masochist. Might nudge it out.