upsidedown's TT bike

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Two birds, one stone @Howard @TM

See my beer gut gets in the way.

^ Not easy. Especially when bike tips away from wall.

I woudln't bother pointing arms up.
From what I understand it can work very well, but only within a very small margin of degree. And if you're not in that margin it'll be bad.

Yeah I think it's mostly used by people who are very broad shouldered, which I am definitely not.

Being so low might not be beneficial either.
But it's a fucking pointless minefield unless you've a power meter. Or 1k.

I thought the pointy uppy arms was more common on long distance/tris for comfort and efficiency, rather than arros?

^please don't mind me if that is total rubbish, know pretty much nothing of this stuff.

Nope. Pure aero. It's not comfortable and it's not easy to control.
It's also not UCI legal.

And lots of people have grabbed onto it as a 'trend'. But as I say, it's a very small window that you can be aero with it, or it is just creating more drag.

Yeah, I have no idea if I can actually pedal in that position...

100: Firstly attempt to find the motivation to enter, no idea on a target but under 4:30 would be amazing.

• Tell yourself that the hundred is the basic time trial distance. There are people who actually believe this.

• Read up on famous 100 mile rides. The most obvious being Booty’s first sub 4 hour ride, but there are plenty of others, for example the struggle between Martyn Roach and John Watson in the 1968 Championship. (Peter Whitfield’s book ‘12 Champions’ is a good source on this subject.)

• Start thinking about your 2015 British Best All Rounder campaign. I know a 12 seems daunting, but it’s a different experience from normal time trialling. Think of it as a day doing what you enjoy doing – riding your bike.

• Now mark Sunday 25th May in your 2014 diary. It’s the date of the Hounslow 100, which is on the Farnham-Alton course so it’s perfectly suitable for fixed. I’ve got round it on 90” in the past without excessive difficulty, and I never was a 100 miler.

On what you've done this year, 4.30 should definitely be achievable.

Good Luck!

Excellent advice and motivation, thanks clubman

I thought the pointy uppy arms was more common on long distance/tris for comfort and efficiency, rather than arros?

^please don't mind me if that is total rubbish, know pretty much nothing of this stuff.

All the cool kids doing long distance TTs have pretty flat arm positions.

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Cool kids do TTs...?

Umad?

I'm yet to experience one of these enjoyable 12s, clubman..

Anyway, what else is needed to complete the build and test the position?

I'm yet to experience one of these enjoyable 12s, clubman..

My post was just motivational.

Actually, I was quoting Martyn Roach......and he may have enjoyed riding 12's. I wouldn't be surprised to find he was quoting some one earlier- quite possibly Ron Brown.

Anyway, what else is needed to complete the build and test the position?

Cranks are the only thing needed so I can use it on the turbo, need to find a drilled fork before I take it on the road.

What sort of cranks?

144bcd.

You've got chainrings but no cranks?

Er... Yeah.

Length?

I haz crank

170/172.5. TM haz, but I haz no money.

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