Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

tempting offer Hippy, after yesterdays Hell of the Ashdown i've discovered i cant climb for toffee so the moment we quite to a slight incling i'll be off the back.

If i spot any decent deep section wheels that are cheap i'll probably buy them myself..

We'll stick to flat A-road rides then.
I've got to increase my speed by 9kph average to beat our club record. :S

I've worked out that my neck is sore at the moment from the TT bike.

I'm going to see Scherrit for a fitting and then try Boardman's position adaptation exercises to attempt to get used to it quicker.

Easy then!

Prob best to wait till it warms up abit before you start changing positions unless you're into yoga.

Who's Scherrit?

Nope, I have a TT bike now so I need to ride it before the season starts in order to get used to it so I don't do too much damage to myself at race pace. It hasn't been off the trainer yet.. :(

I've been riding it 'out of the box' but need someone else's opinion on the setup.

Scherrit is a fitter and mechanic (on here as scherrit) and half of the Bike Whisperer: http://www.thebikewhisperer.co.uk/

Know anything about these Wishbone rims or these Matrix and Novatec wheels?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-FULL-CARBON-FIBER-99MM-TUBULAR-WHEELSET-700C_W0QQitemZ220543215551QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item33596667bf

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Matrix-Road-Bike-Carbon-700c-Wheelset-Wheels-Rim-50_W0QQitemZ270524528733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item3efc84b85d

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NOVATEC-Road-Semi-Carbon-Clincher-Wheels-X-TREME-J158_W0QQitemZ160398384955QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item25587d1f3b

I've never heard of either and info is low..

Don't forget to stretch the hamstrings - one of the keys to Cancellara's ability to generate power in his aero position without fucking up his back is his flexibility.

That's one of the only stretches I do regularly. I've always know when I've stopped stretching 'em and that's when my lower back starts nagging..

Fabian Cancellara - a study in strength and flexibility

Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara made a clear impression on Pruitt, with the American proclaiming after the medical assessment and initial bike fit that, "I have learned a lot about the reason for this guy's success in the last few minutes". The reason for his praise? Cancellara's considerable flexibility and strength, which enable him to comfortably hold an aerodynamic tuck during time trials. Of the Saxo Bank riders seen, Cancellara seemed to impress Pruitt most, biomechanically; in fact, he had some good news for the Swiss TT specialist after the examination.

As is always the case, the BG assessment started off with an examination of the rider off the bike. Cancellara was judged to have good shoulder strength, and was then asked to touch his toes; he did more than that, putting the palms of his hands flat on the ground and earning praise from the assessor. His leg length was found to be equal.

He was then asked to lie on his back, straighten his leg and raise it upwards towards the vertical; he was found to have 85 degrees of angle on the right leg, with three more on the left. Pruitt was clearly impressed with this, saying that it was "very flexible for a big guy", while bringing his knees to his chest revealed what was termed, "huge glute [gluteal] flexibility," namely a right leg reading of 130 degrees and a left leg of 135. His glute strength was judged by Pruitt to be 'bulletproof'.

I have equal leg length and can do the palm down toe touching thing.. I guess it's just my shoulder strength stopping me from winning Pro races..

@Hippy, Don't much about any of those wheels, only seen a review in cycling Plus for some other Novatec wheels, which they lovedbtw

I have equal leg length and can do the palm down toe touching thing..

I'm sure you can...

I just got HED.

Silly really since I'll be using my PT wheel. Still.. commuting in high winds should be fun now.

@Hippy If you dont want it i could take it off your hands.....

I just got HED.

Silly really since I'll be using my PT wheel. Still.. commuting in high winds should be fun now.

Your going to use that for commuting? It should really go on your trick fix bike!

Of course I'm not going to commute on it.. it just seemed appropriate given the usual content of this forum. :)

BoardC: I'll probably give it some test rides and see how it goes. I've never ridden a disc before. I also want to do some non-PT rides to work on my pacing without wattage info.

I also want to do some non-PT rides to work

But you just said you weren't using it for commuting. Make your mind up, you fat cunt.

@Hippy Once you've used a disk you'll never give it up, don't worry about cross winds, the effect is negliable compared to the advantages, they're great and i want one

But you just said you weren't using it for commuting. Make your mind up, you fat cunt.

Context-fucking trackie scum.. I'll smack the swine flu right outta ya!

@Hippy Once you've used a disk you'll never give it up, don't worry about cross winds, the effect is negliable compared to the advantages, they're great and i want one

Some idiot bid on the set of S80s I was watching and they ended up going higher than the seller's BIN price. I would've had a S80 rear spare. Nevermind. When I have the cash I'm going to get an PT disc or a PT deep section rear built. I still want need an S80 front.

Yeah and they've still got some 2009 S80's at JEJames, £90 cheaper than this years. If i had the cash i'd get one myself

Brought this home today. I think I'll turn it into a lazy susan.

^Pisti is selling a Corima 47mm carbon clincher rim at the moment.

The Matrix/Novatec/Planet X/Fast Forward/Microtech rims are all made by Gigantex and rebadged. There are some other UK people bringing them in under their own names too. You can get rims only 50mm for c. £200 a pair.

http://fuertebici.com/shop/tt.html

Shit £550 for the set. That's pretty cheap!*
http://fuertebici.com/shop/info_2_WCL88.html

Has anyone ridden them for any length of time? Do you know of any reports on their quality/lack of?
I know a lot of people are riding P-X carbon wheels so I guess the reports would be floating about for those but builds might differ and P-X don't do clinchers (other than 50mm) so these 80mm rims are a bit of an unknown.

*Well, I have been looking at Zipps and SRAM S80s

Oh and thanks for the info adouble, I'd not seen that site before and not too familiar with those brands although have heard Gigantex mentioned with people looking for cheap Zipp alts..

On those 88mm rims, how come the clincher set is lighter than the tubular set? Listing FAIL?

Methinks they have it backwards.