You’ve already shown sub HR potential. I think your heart rate zones are off, that or your body is tired! Well done Kryton.

Are any of you chaps running Hollowtech Hope BBs on your TT bikes? The plastic labyrinth seals on mine are annoying me, being a bit draggy and making scraping noises so i am thinking of cutting the plastic rim off to convert them into spacers. Good/terrible idea? The bike is used for training etc as well as races but mostly in the dry

Did a 10 PB on Saturday night riding at Levans for the first time doing a 21:27 coming 5th out of 80odd. Should be happy but was hoping for more tbh ( Levans is regarded as quite a quick course ) but as ever my pacing for it was abysmal. The out leg (it’s basically an out and back course on a dual carriageway, with a roundabout at 5.3miles sending you back to the finish) was into a slight headwind so I was expecting to push it a bit more then have a tailwind for the return. Got to the roundabout averaging 352w then limped home only averaging 341w. Just wished I’d of held back a bit more at the start but hey ho, I’ll live and learn. I’m back doing the same course middle of next month so I’ll see if I can improve. 🙂
Pic of me on the course (yes I know my pin came out on one corner of the number and may of cost me a little time. I’ve given the lad who pinned it on for me a dammed good thrashing :twisted:)

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Spotted you just before the start Andy, good ride I went out a bit hard as well and was swinging on the way back!

It’s soooo annoying ! I do it every time. Get the 3..2..1..go then I’m like Geronimo !!!!! Two miles later and my av power is reading 370. I then get britney spears sing “up’s I did it again” going round in my head 😳
Have you got anymore TT’s planned this season Premier ?

Got a 10m two up TT tomorrow on the PETTS course, a 25m (my first one) at the end of the month then back to Levens on the 18th. If you see me give us a shout :-). I might also enter some of the points grabber crits they have at salt ayre on a Saturday. Certainly not expecting anything from them, I’ve never raced (only done Gravity enduro on the mtb) so they’ll be more of a learning curve in view to giving them (as well as TT ) a good go next year.

Rode what was probably my last ten of the season last night. Pissing down with rain and a headwind up the hill to the turn. Despite that i was riding it as well as i have recently and feel i may have beaten my PB of 22:59. Unfortunately though i was disrupted 3 times! On the way to the turn i was put into the verge and almost to a stop by a convoy of trucks carrying windmill parts under police escort, at the turn (a dead turn in the road) a van decided to ignore the marshall and keep going, so i had to brake and track stand for a moment. Then on the way down the hill a truck passed and got stuck behind a rider in front but an old man in a panda decided to get in between us then jammed on the brakes making me skid, almost into the back of him (some expletives may or may not have been directed his way). I was held up behind them for a few hundred metres sat up. Eventually came home in 23″19 and pretty miffed.
May be able to take part in the club 50 which was postponed in July if i’m home in time. But will miss the last tens and hillclimb.
So my season in Numbers.
10 22:59
25 58:36
50 02:04:19 (with a cold)

Pretty happy all in all, with PB’s in all 3 distances and a few local wins. Was also scheduled to do a 100 in Invergordon a few weeks ago but that was cancelled due to wind.

Need to work out what i want from next season and how to achieve that. Mostly though i’ll need to try and not turn into a fetter Keith Richards over winter again

I appreciate people are still racing but i’d be interested to see others season round ups.

Well the evening TT series I’ve been doing this year (for the first time, in fact my first serious crack at TTing) finished last Tuesday but it wasn’t a TT but a HC weirdly, That I surprisingly managed to finished joint 3rd (I’m a good 5-6kgs heavier than I was when I did the Fred whitton) Anyway in the TT’s I finished 2nd overall and first vet. Tbh I’m over the moon with this and it’s made me take a v v tough decision. I’m selling my nomad to fund a proper 2nd hand TT bike 😥 I’ve been a mtb’er for nearly 20years (and always loved it ! ) but I’ve seemed to take to TT’s like a duck to water and I really want to give TTing a really good go next year but the only way I can fund it is by selling the bike I use the least so the nomads got to go. It’ll be an end of an era but it’s got to be done.
Anyway I did my first 25 this morning, two laps around a rolling course near to where I live. Due to it being my first one I was a bit unsure how to pace it but I think it worked out ok. My aim was to go under the 1hour mark but the conditions weren’t the best, thankfully no real wind to speak off but very damp, some of the corners were sketchy to say the least. so to come in at 56:51 I was very happy. A big part of going under the hour mark would go to the wheels I borrowed. Omg Zipp 808 tubes are lush ! Seemed to hold speed sooooo well ! Not to mention they make a lovely whooshing noise 😆
Don’t know weather my pm is reading low or my form is starting to drop off though, went round averaging 306w, although in April I did an 20min FTP test of 357w, giving me an FTP of 339 ? If it’s the latter I’m not to bothered, I’ve only got two more TT’s to do.
Anyway a few picks, first two one was taken on the hill climb (warning, make sure there’s no kids around, it’s quite scary 😯 )
Second one was my bike this morning with those beautiful Zipps on !

FTP test was done in road bike position so could explain it. Really need to do another FTP test to see where I’m at atm. Struggling to get motivated to do one at this point in the season though 🙁

Great effort andy and congratulations on a fantastic first season! I’ve very much enjoyed following and will look forward to seeing how you get on next year once you have committed fully. If you can transfer those numbers to the TT bike and get some hard training in over winter, then you should be able to ruffle more than a few feathers next year 🙂

I’ve only ridden 3 25s so far but my power has never been near what I can produce for a 10. I’m hoping that with practice the number will rise as it’s kind of annoying at the moment. Fortunately I can produce a respectable 10, so that makes up for it for the time being!

Cheers Jamz ! Looking forward to it myself next year. I seemed to have raised a few eyebrows on my results on the local circuit this season on my modified roadbike. In fact I’ve been approached by a local team about the possibility of riding for them next year, both in TT’s and road/crit racing. Their won’t be any money involved (I’m not that good! ) but it’ll be good to glean as much info as possible of guys far more knowledgeable than me. Especially when it comes to the crit and road disciplines ’cause I haven’t got a Scooby Doo 😆

Think that’s why my power is down, re being in the TT position. There’s a lad I ride with had the same problem but by riding his TT bike as often as possible his body has got used to it. In fact he’s producing more on the TT bike. He averaged 392w at a 10mile TT the other week 😯

Nice one! Good luck with that, I reckon you’ll take to it like a duck to water. From my limited experience you just gotta get yourself to the front, but not on the front, and be ready. Also helps to know who the hitters are so you can keep an eye on them. I suppose if you’re in a team then they can help you with that sort of stuff.

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On another note, does anyone have any tips for riding the E2/25 ??

I’m riding it for the first time this Saturday and I don’t wanna mess it up! I found the E2/10 took a few runs to get the knack of, but at least I will know that part of the 25 course. Any advice for the rest would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah I used to put out more on the TT bike but it seems to have swung a bit the other way the last couple of seasons, Ive not spent a load of time on the TT bike though – was your mate up at Levens?

He was, Phil is his name. Think he came 2nd on the night I think.
[/quote]Somehow I’ve managed to buy a new TT bike today!!

Pictures !!!!!!!

or this link!

The accidental purchase

Old one is the Felt, new one is the Blue, going to put the Mavics onto the Blue along with the ISM saddle tomorrow and get some better pics.

Anything on the Felt or the whole bike interests any of you then shout.
It’s been a brilliant bike and took me to my fastest ever 10 time of a mid 21 on the F11/10 this year

Yeah thought I saw him post his number up on strava – I was one place ahead on the result sheet 😉

Bike looks good, will be good once youve got it set up

Not sure yet! May well stick an entry in! Should make a fair bit of diffenece provided you can get it set up right. Your position on the super six looks good though.

On the V718 nex Sat so fingers crossed for some good conditions!

I’ve just found out there’s a club TT on Saturday on the F5/10 Brogborough, hopefully it will be dry and I’ll get chance to try the new bike before it goes away for winter!

Yeah its really quick! Did it earlier it a couple of months ago and it was a headwind back which is the longer leg, got within 9 secs of my all time best which was nice as it was the first open 10 of the year. Would be nice to get a good day and improve the pb as i managed to shave a few seconds off my 25 this season. Gullan and Marcin will do outragous rides what ever!

Where abouts are you based then?

Garstang, nr Lancaster. Just realised who you are on stravaland so I’ve requested to follow you. Not that I’m a stalker or owt 😯