Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

I've ridden 12hrs up and down the A4 on a plastic bike with rusty cables. Your ride will be over a lot quicker..

25 miles, up and down the A4 riding a steel gate with drops.... I need more convincing

Last time I saw Arthur Frost (Newbury RC) he was riding up and down the A4 on a steel gate with drops, on fixed. By then he had ridden well over 50 consecutive TT seasons in spite of a pretty serious run-in with cancer. If he could do it, I'm sure you'll be fine.

I've ridden 12hrs up and down the A4

When? In training, presumably, as there hasn't been a 12 on the A4 in living memory, if ever.

Yes, training. Actually, if I totted up the miles on the A4, actually fuck that.. I'm out bishes

21:38 on the K41/10 (this year's National 10 course), 108" fixed. Fastest I've gone on that course, quicker than my geared PB on it (21:40 something, last year on fixed my best was 22:26), bloody windy!

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Decathlon mitts FTW.

On me they're the fastest ones I've ever tested, even more than the lobster Castelli gloves. When they were on offer and £7.99 I bought 8 pairs :D

falco time, @hippy ?

from chris hopkinson's twitter feed, umca champ!

Are they faster than no gloves?

hopes overpriced Castelli purchase justified

Yeah, I don't actually mind that one. His 'Tron' one was a bit much for me.

The Shiv ain't exactly slowing me down though.

On me, yes

these ones?

Yes.

(obviously red is faster)

Yes.

@boredom actually, no. Xav's are the 900 Aerofit , not the 700. I can't see the difference apart from the colour, but generally 900 is BTwin's top-end offering and 700 is second tier.

I think it they've might have just renamed then with the introduction of the new, even nastier colour.

I have some pairs of the 900 and they're nice. Not easy to remove, but nice.

Bigger is better. Look out bishes!

Sick! 55t? You'll need it for F11/10 on bank holiday Monday.

Yeah, I have a 54 Geb so I thought I'd go bigger on this one.

F11/10? Is that another race I've missed the entry window for?

Does anyone have any extensions they want to sell?

I'm thinking carbon ski bend but I'm not sure. I want them similar to the Shiv bars but without the kink out to the side.

http://www.tririg.com/articles.php?id=2011_05_20_Extension_Study

F11/10? Is that another race I've missed the entry window for?

Yes, you need to have been born before May 4^th 1975 to get in, it's Vets only.

That would be why it's not in my get 'your PBs here - cheat course' calendar

Oh ffs

Most TT's I go to are 75% Vets and more often not won by a Vet. Yesterday's hardrider was no exception - Rob Pears taking the win (at 50!)

Maybe time to become Non-Vets CA and organise some races..

Those already exist, they're called road races.