First 10 Mile TT - Any tips?

[grellboy]

Doing my first actual tt on Thursday evening. Anybody got any helpful tips?

 

[Milkfloat]

Don’t go off too hard, if you don’t feel comfortable being held for the start then you can ask not to be, don’t panic when you get overtaken.

 

[Sharky]

Keep your head up.

 

[grellboy]

Keep your head up.

I was gonna try to keep my head down!

 

[Hacienda71]

Wear tight clothes. Clip on bars help, but best to ride a few times with them first to get used to them. Don't bother with a water bottle. You want to feel absolutely knackered by the end of it so don't hold back. Most of all enjoy it.

 

[HLaB]

I was gonna try to keep my head down!

https://goo.gl/images/Xj3MBJ

 

[palinurus]

Make sure you have some change for entry fee, biscuits and tea.

 

[bianchi1]

Go out and ride the course in advance. If it's a club TT there might not be marshaling on every turn so it's best to know where you are going. Also it gets you used to hills that don't seem much normally, but will blow you to bits if you over do them at race pace. It's also a good idea to make a mental note of any big pot holes on the course that you may not notice when you are at the limit.

Other than that just enjoy.

 

[Sharky]

I was gonna try to keep my head down!

I hope not. I still have the memory of a poor rider lying on the ground behind a parked car with a pool of blood on the floor and that was over 50 years ago.

 

[midlife]

Here's me on one of my first 10's...Skirlaugh roundabout half way ...

As Milkfloat says, keep something for the way back

 

[derrick]

Enjoy.

 

[r04DiE]

Here's me on one of my first 10's...Skirlaugh roundabout half way ...

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As Milkfloat says, keep something for the way back

My wallpaper on the PC rotates cycling pics I like. Can I have this one too? It's great!

 

[midlife]

My wallpaper on the PC rotates cycling pics I like. Can I have this one too? It's great!

Fine by me .

I actually remember it... it's wet and I hated getting wet I was riding my Carlton Cobra with a black hand me down top from Hull Thursday, it was cold so remember putting on my Arsenal football jersey, the "embro" didn't make me any warmer...

I was hooked

 

[r04DiE]

Fine by me .

I actually remember it... it's wet and I hated getting wet I was riding my Carlton Cobra with a black hand me down top from Hull Thursday, it was cold so remember putting on my Arsenal football jersey, the "embro" didn't make me any warmer...

I was hooked

Brilliant and thank you - when was this?

 

[midlife]

Memory is a bit fuddled but I think I was 14 ish so 1974-5.

I loved time trialling so moved onto a second hand Woodrup which I had copper plated....

And then onto a Kevin Sayles Woodrup (bottom bracket on left)

Then had to work for a living and it all stopped