Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Next stop sub-24 :-)

Next stop sub-24 :-)

I still need to retrieve my lungs off the road yet :) sub 24 will be a while yet and might need gears.

sub 24...might need gears.

No way. Just pedal faster or use a smaller sprocket. Simples.

I reckon weight loss to get up the hill to the turn faster is key :)

That's true, you (I) really lose time on the up bits by being too fat. And here I am tucking in to the Green&Blacks.

Well done FWN.

Did the East Peckham Q10/29 course tonight with 7oaks Tri, Sydenham Wheelers and GS Avanti on 82" fixed. Wanted to beat 25 mins but came in with a 25:31. At the finish I annoyingly realised that I probably had a fair bit left in the tank.

Oh well, there's always a next time*.

At least I caught my minute man, which happened to be my older brother...

• my last and only other TT was 4 years ago.
  

sub 24 might need gears.

What you need is a perfect evening. Warm, no wind, low air pressure .... and finish just before the thunderstorm breaks. That's how I did my pb's.

So just keep entering on fast courses - your day will come, and if you stick to fixed your 23 minute (or faster if you get really *ideal *conditions) ride will be more impressive to the uninitiated.

if you stick to fixed your 23 minute (or faster if you get really *ideal *conditions) ride will be more impressive to the uninitiated.

Unfortunately, not impressive to the initiated, given that Obree did 18:27 on fixed on the Q10/30 in 1993.

Unfortunately, not impressive to the initiated, given that Obree did 18:27 on fixed on the Q10/30 in 1993.

Yes, that's exactly why I used the word *un*initiated.

Well done FWN.

Did the East Peckham Q10/29 course tonight with 7oaks Tri, Sydenham Wheelers and GS Avanti on 82" fixed. Wanted to beat 25 mins but came in with a 25:31. At the finish I annoyingly realised that I probably had a fair bit left in the tank.
Oh well, there's always a next time*.
At least I caught my minute man, which happened to be my older brother...

• my last and only other TT was 4 years ago.
  
  

I spoke to Rob Royston of Sydenham Wheelers today and he told me about that course, Southborough Wheelers are running one next Tuesday, if I finish early enough I'll pop down and have a go :)

Perfect for someone like you with a big ol' fixed gear :0)

8 roundabouts though which is a bit of a bugger.

Just back from Yorkshire and the 25m national champs (supporting role obviously!) Very hot day, although a slow event which the girls say was a result of the road surface. Mrs S 8th and winner of the team prize in the ladies. Julia Shaw and Sarah Storey a class apart. Lots of bling race machines being warmed up by the men as we left - 808 seems to be the front of choice. I hear that Hutch rode a blinder.

I hear that Hutch rode a blinder.

Won it by nearly 2 minutes:
1 Michael Hutchinson 00:49:34
2 Mark Holton 00:51:21
3 Matthew Bottrill 00:51:49

See my post no.102 in the 'Tell us about your week end ride' thread.

Oliver suggested I should also post it in this thread, but I'm not clever enough to transfer it.

Wlca 30

'Brevity delights' the Romans said, but your post is taking this to extremes, fasteddy.

Brilliant Richmond Park TT this morning, thank you very much to Mrs Wilo for organising it, can't wait for the next one!

Did 28.49, desparately need more racing in my legs

Glad you enjoyed it - I still havn't quite recovered from the 4am start this morning!

4am, thats tough! Bet you slept well last night!

3:30AM alarm call for me next Sunday for a 6:03 start. Should've had a sex change, the women's race is on Saturday afternoon.

^ take it that you're doing the 50... fixed?

Yes, I tried tribars on my road bike, but the fixed bike just seems faster and with tribars the road bike is no more comfortable. Did 2:15:24 yesterday on 87" on the H50/1, and unless I've read the GPX file all wrong the P885 is no more challenging than that.

Fast downhill at the start - other than that rolling

Hounslow 100 Preview

There are only sixteen 100 mile time trials in the whole of Cycling Time Trials programme for 2010, so the approach of a closing date for entries is something to be noted in a diary.

The Hounslow and District Wheelers Ron Brown Memorial 100 to be held on 4th July (closing date 22nd June) has produced many fast rides on its current Farnham -Alton course, which is readily accessible from London. Last year’s winner was the reigning BBAR champion, Nik Bowdler (Farnboro.& Camberley) with 3 hours 43 minutes 23 seconds., in 2008 Paul Dring (Echelon SPIUK) took the honours with 3.48.34, an almost identical time to Steve Golla’s (High Wycombe) 3.48.42 the previous year.

Over the years the promoting club has often provided the winning rider as well as the marshals, here in roughly chronological order: Kevin Fairhead (2 Wins) Jeff Marshall (2), Martyn Roach (4), Colin Roshier (3), Robin Jackson (1) and most recently Paul Holdsworth with two wins, the second in 2006. Paul hopes to be a contender again this year. The Hounslow has also shown an impressive consistency in the team award category, having taken the prize thirty times out of fifty four possible occasions.

It  would be wrong to imagine this is in any way a ‘club’ event  and many past winners from other clubs have been on their way to winning that year’s BBAR championship, for example: Brian Kirby (1961), Ant Taylor (1969) and Michael Hutchinson (2000). Hutchinson’s victory is perhaps the most notable since it was his first ever attempt at the distance, and his main reason for entering was to get a qualifying time for that year’s championship 100; his winning time- 3.38.26!

The race had a previous existence as the Calleva Road Club 100 and was first promoted as an open event during the second world war, but it was originally run in the 1930’s as a club event. When this legendary club ran into difficulties in the mid fifties the Hounslow stepped into the breach and has run it continuously since 1956.

There were ninety five entrants in 2009, and although the size of this year’s field cannot yet be predicted it is interesting to note that the 2010 Charlotteville 50, which uses the same course and might well be seen as a warm up for this event, attracted the exceptionally large entry of one hundred and forty would be competitors. It’s not clear why the Charlotteville was so popular, but it does give the organiser, Trevor Gilbert, some cause for optimism. However it must be said that a full field of 120 is unlikely.

A slightly unusual addition to this year’s prize list, which the club hopes is in tune with the current zietgeist, is a fastest on fixed wheel award of £25.

The club believes that all entrants will be offered the best of the time trial tradition combined with an opportunity to record a fast 100 time.

Yes, I tried tribars on my road bike, but the fixed bike just seems faster and with tribars the road bike is no more comfortable. Did 2:15:24 yesterday on 87" on the H50/1, and unless I've read the GPX file all wrong the P885 is no more challenging than that.

I've ridden the P885/25 on fixed and done 1.2.28, which is quite good for me, nowadays.
I found the gift hill at the start a bit of a problem on fixed (and with only a front brake), particularly as,at the time, I wasn't expecting it and didn't know the road.

Naturally the effect of one hill is going to be less in a 50, but if you have a chance to look at the road before the event I'd advise you to do so.