Anyone got any ideas?
In the absence of any other answers.
Throw some clip-on tri bars on a road bike, move the seat forward and wear a ****t hat... most of a TT bikes gains will be made ??
Yeah I know about that stuff. Cannot get clips anywhere near low enough on my road bike.
what are you planning on doing with it racing or just giving it a go? A friend joined Chester Tri Club (I think it was called that) and they were helpful for newbies/ You might be better off trying to borrow on from someone.
Corporate games?
Yep, corporate games. There's a TT and whilst it's not a huge deal there will be people on TT bike I'm sure, and it would be a shame not to be able to compete properly.
Underslung clip ons instead of the cheapo top mounts
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-gamin-forerunner-tri-bars-and-rear-bottle-cages
Those would be a good bet , youll likely go faster on a bike that your used to and fits you as oppose to trying to fold your self into a flat position and screw up your breathing. - alot off top tt riders actually run higher front ends than you think.
Extended evans test ride? They have a carbon BMC in the window of the Hanover St store.
I didn't even know you could get under bar clip ons.. I did look but I obviously suck.
What trail rat says. Takes a while to adapt to the position on a proper TT bike. Better off on what you got with some clip ons (but get some practice in if you've not used them before.)
I have used them before, quite a few times. I would just like to try a real TT bike out once that's all.
Id let you borrow mine if you were closer......im not always a complete **** 🙂 - i did give it to smee for a while when i worked away.
British bike hire charge 80quid for a day tt bike hire, its one of the new Raleighs by the looks of it, I love my tt bike, if yourd dedicated to time trialing or triathlon id recomend one, if your undecided I wouldn't bother for me, seconds count these days
Thanks tr where are you? We get around a bit, don't need it til end of June. I'd repay you in some way 🙂
Difference in speed will be not very much.
Likely to be quite a difference on longer TTs, and more importantly even by your admission there is a difference, which matters in a race.
im in Aberdeen. About as far from Cardiff as we could be I think.
Aberdeen? Well that's downright inconsiderate of you. What the bloody hell are you doing up there?
Time trialling apparently....
Barring strathpuffer its the only form of racing ive done in a few years
🙂
Try cycle surgery,wiral, evans liverpool, or the bike factory in chester
Try someone in your local cycling club ? They may let you borrow a tt bike ??
As above, unless you are planning to hire a TT bike for a week or two, you're not going to have time to set it up correctly and get used to the position. You will be faster with some cheap clip ons for your existing bike and a borrowed aero helmet. Another low cost improvement is a cheapo riser stem, turned upside down, if you want to get your bars lower:
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Improvement would be subjective.
Most amateur tt riders have their position way too low in the false belief that this makes them faster.