Congrats, TiRed. 8) 8)

Just for info 3cm was clarified with a view to enforcing but ctt have now realised what everyone knew – its unenforceable.

So fill your boots ( while staying safe of course ) – big aero gains by finding your best elbow position – which could be < or > 3cm depending on your physiology

Bought a blue tinted visor for the Giro Advantage from Bob Heath Visors via eBay. Great fit, looks cool, should stop my eyes streaming. Also a 17 degree Thomson X2 stem to lower the front just a little, and make the bars a little more aero. Maybe.

And sadly I didn’t tick reserve, it was the first open event I’ve entered so wasn’t sure of the procedure. Have a throaty infection.

Oh, and TiRed /Kryton57, were you cycling Here, at Minet Park?
I wish I used that circuit more when I was living close by.

Yeah. I thought I was getting over it at the weekend but I’m a right phlegmy bar steward this week. Probably explains why I struggled to get the power out on Monday. Don’t fancy being down for 6 weeks. 😥

Congrats, hjghg5. Bunch of my teammates did pbs on the E2 today, so maybe it was the day for it.

Well done on the PB hjghj5 !
PB for me also tonight also (by 30 odd seconds,) at Levans in Cumbria. One of my aims was to do a 20min ten this year and to achieve that so relatively early in the season I’m well happy 😀 especially seen as I was carrying a few injuries from a get down on my roadbike on Thursday which resulted in a cracked frame 😥

Good work all round on the PBS

Well I did my first ever competitive TT ever today in the Masters category, 24km (probably nearer 25km) in 41:18, a full 5:30 behind another brit. I feel I could’ve done quite a bit better as I was frequently going out of the aero position due to lack of conditioning and crappy setup.

Tired you may find you need to flatten out your aerobars for UCI compliance as no part (incl shifters in any position) may extend 10cm above or below the arm rest height. It does look longish too. Eshifters seem to provide a big advantage as they leave more length/height for the bars. I only got though compliance earlier today because I was judged to be over 190cm in height.

When I read the UCI rules I realised that because my old Quintana Roo frame does not have a UCI sticker it would have to be thoroughly checked and might well end up failing on something or other. So this seemed like an excellent excuse to jump on my recently purchased (2nd hand) Cervelo P3, but riding a bike I set up in a hurry the day before was not a good idea, I put the bars too low and my weight too far forward, which teamed with lack of riding in aero position for about a year meant I couldn’t hold the aero position and I spent a fair bit of time sitting up.

On the plus side, I finished before a thunderstorm came and rained off the competitors in the open category.

Dewey 1:37 – incredible

Well I was nearly right

@TiRed – What do you think of the Bob Heath visor? I was about to buy one. How much light transmission does your blue one have?

The Bob Heath visor is fantastic! get the blue not smoke or clear. Blue and green are much nicer tints that make things stand out – this from my optician mother. Fitted into my Advantage helmet by prising back the outer cover. I’ll add some silver tape to keep it in place. The only downside for me is I’ll need some daily disposable contact lenses for my +5 eyes, as there is no clearance for glasses.

I may go for some of that sheeting too, since it’s local to me.

-17 degree stem now fitted. Saddle angle fettled, and now have a drop of 12 cm to the pads, which I think is sustainable for up to 50 miles. Will test this on Thursday evening at the Hounslow 10.

There was a very nice chap vitesse3500 who I bought a wheel cover from on ebay, he doesn’t have any items listed but it might be worth sending him a message.

If he is still in business then basically you tell him what wheel you’ve got or send him dimensions and then he cuts the plastic to size and posts it complete with everything you need to attach it to the wheel, cost something like £40.

I attached covers flush to the carbon with gorilla tape. Then masked with electrical tape all the way round.

Hoping to finally race for the first time this year tonight!

Minor crisis as I was loading the car this morning to realise 3 chainring bolts were missing! Amazingly I had some lying there in the garage, so it’s going to be a bike fixing in layby kind of evening!

First time the TT bike has been out since the H50/8a last July so I’m not expecting much!

Profile with covers is the same as a JET disc. Might put them back on for Sunday’s inter-club TT. Was hoping to race the Hounslow 10 tonight, but events ha conspired. Powerpod gave correct calibrated readings on th rid to work after adjusting for normal helmeet rucksack and no velotoze 😉

Decent night for my club TT – looked like it was going to be windy but seemed to drop nicely. Rode out on my commuter in a ski suit then switched to the TT bike which my OH had driven out with. Happy with 34.53 at this point in the season (12.5 miles with a hill) – my all time PB is a short 34 and I’ve never gone sub 35 before July until today.

Plus someone I’ve not seen for a while asked me how much weight I’d lost, rather than asking if I’d lost weight.