Fixed Time Trial Bikes

Yeah, pretty much. But difficult to get right. Drag2Zero are big fans of it, lots of people come out of the tunnel using it.

Not good at higher yaw though.

How much could a wheel cover save at this kind of (low) level? ~20 secs?

Mark Cote (of Specialized's Win Tunnel fame) being interviewed in a CTT podcast, was fairly downbeat about rear disc's.

Something along the lines of "obviously faster than a spoked wheel, but not as much as you'd think. Twenty seconds over ten miles is a lot.

I would spend my money at the front: faster wheel, centre-pull brake and chop the upturn off the base bars (in lieu of Ventus etc) and a less chunky lever (SRAM TT500).

But you're already faster than me, so you should be giving me advice.

Well you push a bigger gear to me, so the only advice I can offer is to PLF

the only advice I can offer is to PLF

"Pifko Loves Frosties"?

I'll give it a go, but I'm dubious...

Bike looks great, you look great. Great jaab.

58x13. English Cycles I believe, front end of a Giant Trinity.

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Is that David Kingsbury's bike from the vid Tstr posted?

Yup

Riding without a lockring too, tsk tsk.

Riding without a lockring

I'm not sure what's going on there - the chain isn't on the sprocket, unless that sprocket is a dummy to retain a cassette lock ring and it's a welded up cassette hub.

English Cycles I believe

I'd be surprised if the lashed up track ends are Rob's work, is it a geared frame that has been butchered?

Yeah, chain was off the sprocket in the HQ

Appears to have gears.

And a front disc.

And a front disc.

You're still allowed to use a front disc in UCI TTs, AFAIK. But not one that's smaller than the back wheel, so it fails to be currently legal on that basis.

One of the Aussie women used one in the Olympic TT. #ballsofsteel

One of the Aussie women

Shara Gillow

Much #rep for double discs

It is a bit blowy by the river on that course. My 90 gets sucked back and forth even on a good day.

Euph?

She lucky she not cleaned out.

That's her.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAND-BUILT-HEWITT-ALL-STEEL-FIXED-WHEEL-TIME-TRIAL-BIKE-BICYCLE-COLLECT-ONLY-/391161095483?hash=item5b1304a53b

Saw this, looks neat and reasonableish price I guess? Too small for me

Looks a like quite a nice 1980s fixed low pro worth putting a offer in