Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

This was unfortunately after my seatpost had slipped in the 50, bummer

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/regat64/14381503272/

Wtf!!!!

Xav are those trip wires on your legs?
Do tell... Though I doubt you will.

Interesting your close to superman position.

^^ Interesting position.

I do notice pulling myself forward in the tuck. I hope not to that extent!?

The power transfer goes from the glutes to the calves.

Its like he needs to reset and sit back a bit...

You see some shocking positions in time trial photos.

Xav are those trip wires on your legs?
Do tell... Though I doubt you will.

;)

Is that position actually legal? No rear disc?

Yep entirely CTT legal and nearly UCI legal too, but not something for everyone. I'm a bit hard on kit and ripped up the hub on my last disc so am in the market, as it were. Not a huge difference compared with a trispoke though thankfully, although it does wobble a bit.

Yep entirely CTT legal

Seems unlikely, unless that is a 50mm stem.

Going through that photostream, it doesn't look like you're anywhere near the worst offender against Reg. 14.d.ii

Also, Reg.14.g was obviously suspended for that event :-)

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It is indeed - plus you can interpret the 3cm rule in different ways IMO.

That bike with the FFWD was leaning up outside the HQ afterwards. Putting the wheel on backwards isn't going to help, nor was the tyre he was using. My H3 is faster than it anyway.

...nor was the tyre he was using...
Too wide?

"The point of the elbow joint is no more than 3cm in front of a line extended through the centre of the machine's head tube."

How do you interpret that in multiple ways?

Don't even start!!!

Define "machine".

"The point of the elbow joint is no more than 3cm in front of a line extended through the centre of the machine's head tube."

How do you interpret that in multiple ways?

Extend the line vertically rather than inline with the fork steerer, or use a Giant Trinity Advanced or old Shiv and gain an extra foot!

Define "machine".

See the regs. It's the competitor's machine.

Extend the line vertically rather than inline with the fork steerer, or use a Giant Trinity Advanced or old Shiv and gain an extra foot!

The pod on a Shiv isn't the head tube though. The head tube is the bit that contains the headset.

Yes agreed, all they need to do is define "line" though and it'll be much clearer. There is a long history of people using illegal kit or positions to win or medal in the CTT champs: Hutchinson back in 2008 had something like 6-8cm elbows (based on a steerer tube line), McIntyre had an illegal Xtreme wheel on for the 10 one year, Sarah Storey had an illegal FFWD trispoke (the old version) for I think the 25 a few years ago*, and then the commotion with Nik Bowdler's bike. The only time it came to anything was with Nik's bike where there were all sorts of meetings and things and the CTT allowed it in the end.

*neither of them had any idea at the time their wheels didn't pass the 45% open rule but McIntyre swapped it for the 25 a couple of weeks later

You haven't considered riding with a Bowdler-esque Uni-bar? :)

The only time it came to anything was with Nik's bike...

Well, that and Sean Yates being DQed from the 2011 National 50 for using a Hed 3 Deep

you can interpret the 3cm rule in different ways IMO.

The only people who interpret it in different ways are the ones trying to justify cheating. No reasonable person would conclude that it meant anything other than an extension of the steering pivot axis.

Love the water bottle rockets.

The only people who interpret it in different ways are the ones trying to justify cheating. No reasonable person would conclude that it meant anything other than an extension of the steering pivot axis.

Well, I disagree. All they have to do is define whether the line is vertical or through the steering axis. Or horizontal making all bets off. Then you just buy a bigger frame and it doesn't matter :/

You haven't considered riding with a Bowdler-esque Uni-bar? :)

Lol - there used to be a Felt DA in there somewhere!

Well, that and Sean Yates being DQed from the 2011 National 50 for using a Hed 3 Deep

Didn't something happen to Wiggo in a 10 when he tried to use a 1080? Or did he change the wheel before the start?