Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Holy shit... >30mph for a 100??!! And here I was being impressed by a mate of mine who rode >30mph average for the first time in a 10 today...

Bloody impressive.

I can't quite get my head around it though. How you can go that fast off 290 watts? Amazing.

https://www.strava.com/athletes/189402

Check out his strava... averaged almost 600km/week for the last month inc:

Monday: 140km training ride inc. climbing to the top of Pen-y-Ghent with the bike over his shoulder
Saturday: 47:57 25mi TT
Sunday: 3:18:54 100mi TT

Crazy hard...

Looks like the 25 course was long as well. I make it more like 25.2m...

aeros and float days.

more like 25.2m

E2 is 25.2miles now too. All courses are nominally long, but increasingly cautious risk assessments are pushing courses longer due to the need to make the start and finish points safe for competitors and officials.

I've just had a look at his ride and a random section at 300 watts gives him a shade over 30mph. I get 24mph. An extra 25% speed just in aeros?

I might have to get one of my kids to knock up a pointy hat!

Float day too, makes a good difference. but yeah he's very aero.

Guys like Bideau, Irwin and Mork are simply on another level of aerodynamics.

I'm jelly :(

I might have to get one of my kids to knock up a pointy hat!

Been done... you could an arts and craft weekend of it:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/227460/

Bideau and irwin are clones. And unsurprisingly mates.

I know! Always got confused looking at TT galleries and seeing two separate riders with almost identical setups.

Loved those SC roads.

Love it! I'll have them paint mine red though. Red's always faster.

An extra 25% speed just in aeros?

If his Cd_a is under 0.18m² and yours is over 0.34m² then yes.

4min off the Comp record in first event. "Piss into this bottle please sir"

Only ('only') 290w. Just mega slippy.

Is there a picture of this guy and his set up anywhere?

Picture in article.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/richard-bideau-shatters-british-100-mile-time-trial-record-180632

I'd like to see see some photos from the event, but haven't seen any yet.

As @umop3pisdn points out... note the chest mounted camelback.

Is it a particularly fast course or was it the day that made it special?

What does a 'float morning' mean?

I can do 290 watts for about 15 minutes and I'm 87kg and not remotely aero.

Good weather day, ie. low pressure, less air molecules to shift out of the way. After thunderstorms is good apparently.

Thanks. Nothing to do with a carnival then?

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