Its pretty relaxed at these week night TT’s. Yeah, you’ll see loads of fancy disc wheels and aero carbon stuff, but then you’ll see old guys on steel bikes with just some clip on aero bars or not even that.

I was hoping for sub-23mins for a 10 this year but my first two have been over 24 mins. And the TT bike which I got last year, and now with a disc wheel, unsurprisingly isn’t much if any faster than the road bike with clip on bars.

And the first time you do it, with the person holding you up at the start and the counter going 5…4…3…2…1….go – just feels really pro, especially if they count down with their fingers too. 😀

@Kryton57 I wouldn’t bother with shoe covers. From what I can gather they dont necessarily offer any benefit. Some covers will actually be slower that just a standard shoe. In my mind it’s not worth going through X number of overshoes per year for a questionable gain. Further down the line I intend to buy some lace up shoes (Giro or Specialized) which should be better (although obviously a bigger outlay).

@mtbtomo surprising that you dont notice any difference between road bike and TT. This season I have already ridden one course twice – rides about 1 month apart – I was 2.29 quicker on a full TT setup compared to standard road bike setup.

Off to do a “try a TT” run by the local club this morning, roped in last minute by LBS owner to give the shop some presence! Dug out the old skinsuit, feeling like more of a sexual deviant than usual.

Sporting course, strong winds, potential rain, I’m really unfit and I’m on a road bike with no concessions to TTing. Can’t see I’ll be setting the world on fire…!

Seems a weekend of TTing.

TT on the A420 yesterday pm and I saw NJee20s Strava just now.

If my arthritic wrists continue like this I may be joining you!

21:59. Won with 20:21. You didn’t miss much, it was a slow day and bloody freezing!

Bloody hell njee, your TT was slower than mine, you really need to have a word with yourself! 😀 😉

Haha! It was forking cold, and 650 foot of climbing in a 10 isn’t really on! Slowest TT I’ve ever done. 28:27, good enough for 8th of 35. Winner did 25:58, 4th was 27:40, so a very slow day!

A bit of a meh lumpy 25 for me on Sunday. Finished my antibiotics and felt ‘worse’ than I did on them – just a bit flat and no top end. Couldn’t make myself ride at threshold so rode tempo the whole way, finished in a 1:11:16, ~5 mins down on my friend who was 3rd – last year she did it on a road bike but this year did it on a tt bike much faster. Took the prize for 1st female on a road bike and 10th female. A tough course for a standard road bike, made up time on the climbs and technical sections. Lost time on the long draggy sections and final 5-7kms where I got hungry and my garmin crashed. However only my 2nd proper TT so not bad all things considered.

Have found a boardman tt bike in the sale that im thinking of buying…my coach says my power profile is a classic tester and I enjoy the sporting 25s so I guess I need to decide if I want to take it a bit more seriously and get a tt bike or stick to road racing!

Despite being TT sec for my club, and organising this weekend’s open 10 on the F7/10 (Brickendon, Hertfordshire) course I haven’t done a TT yet this year… I tend to do all mine in September and October though, HC season.

Doesn’t stop me wanting a TT bike though.

Here’s me on my bike, first pic is last year before my accident, second pic was last week with my modified position – I struggle to get my elbows close and low so I’ve raised the rests by about 40mm.

I find the new position more comfortable and any aero losses have been offset my a more stable position and better power delivery. And I know, I’d looked up as the photographer startled me!!

If we’re doing bikes, I don’t think I’ve posted this yet:

Looks like plenty of gis there umop.

I thought I could turn a decent sized gear until I took the fixed to the tens. The old timers didn’t rate 92 as particularly big at all – on the small side if anything.

57/14, so about 107″. Was going to put the 60t on for 112, but my chain wasn’t long enough!

I’m just working on general fitness at the moment and off to Majorca next week – I’m planning to do some more TT specific training when I get back and hopefully start putting in some respectable times.

You could loose more than a handful of seconds just by getting your head down as low as possible. In both of those photos it’s sticking out like a sore thumb!

I’m trying to work out when the VTTA events are on this year, but the website has nothing and my email didn’t get a reply.

Actually the website is worse than nothing, they actually have a report of a recent event so I know it’s being updated and some stuff is going on, but there’s nothing listed on the calendar.

Not sure whether I’m riding tonight – first club TT of the season but the weather forecast is horrendous and the organiser has said it will be cancelled if what they have predicted actually arrives. If I do ride it will mainly be to refamiliarise myself with the course – I’ll be on a road bike in full on winter kit. The skinsuit and TT bike can wait til it gets a bit warmer!

(plus points are allocated depending on how much you improve your time so starting with a slow one isn’t necessarily a bad thing :wink:)

Okay as we are doing a critique my position….thanks to the sotonia chap who took the photo. This is my 2nd TT with the clips bolted on to existing road position. Look okay? Any advice? Feels pretty comfy for 1.5hrs or so. Thought about lowering the stem but my knees hit my elbows (and yes I know I shouldn’t be looking at the garmin)

[/url]TT position by darren_thorp, on Flickr[/img]

Did the H10/15. Got stuck at a a roundabout for 30 seconds, prior to which my base bar had come loose at mile 2, and would only stay still riding full preying mantis or pointing to the ground. Gave up around mile 7 and trundled to the finish.

Got soaked as well, should of stayed at home!