First TT in 34yrs, any advice ?

[ColinJ]

The TT route's here: https://ridewithgps.com/events/199356-nyd-5-mile-tt

That link gives me a 404 error!

 

[DCLane]

That link gives me a 404 error!

The link was working before and it's via Calder Clarion's FB page. Try this: https://www.strava.com/activities/6454821085

 

[ColinJ]

The link was working before and it's via Calder Clarion's FB page. Try this: https://www.strava.com/activities/6454821085

That one works.

 

[CXRAndy]

Keep your head down


Eyes up all the time

 

[Fastpedaller]

Just ride fixed wheel - it's the fastest way to travel! Think of it this way..... If you're going to do a pb the weather needs to be good )ie VERY little wind. It's just a case of riding the correct gear on the day. My suggestion .. work out what speed you need to do to get the pb and from that what gear inches are needed at 90rpm. Job done.

 

[Sharky]

Just ride fixed wheel - it's the fastest way to travel! Think of it this way..... If you're going to do a pb the weather needs to be good )ie VERY little wind. It's just a case of riding the correct gear on the day. My suggestion .. work out what speed you need to do to get the pb and from that what gear inches are needed at 90rpm. Job done.

Very much my thinking. One season, I had two bikes, very similar, but one fixed and one gears. Rode our evening tens throughout the summer. Sometimes fixed, sometimes on gears. By the end of the year, it was only 20 seconds that separated the two bikes.

And back in the 90's, there was a time when comp records at 10 and 25 were all on fixed, when the likes of Obree and Boardman were active.

 

[DCLane]

Anyone near Wakefield and want to time trial on a Wednesday evening. Details are on British Cycling Yorkshire / Calder Clarion's page:

1st Calder Clarion 10 mile TT of 12 race series. Tomorrow Wednesday 7 May.
Sign on with Sandie sign on from 6:30pm on Royds Moor Lane WF9 5LR.
W3W : allows.giraffes.deflation
First Rider off at 7:01pm
All welcome
Cliffe Kettlewell trophy up for grabs for the fastest on the night.

 

[oldandslow]

You probably did the same events as me as the Chelford and Byley were my local 10's and 25's in the late 80's and 90's.

Me too, in the late 70s. I've just been out tonight on my current club's not dissimilar course in Bedfordshire. Got nowhere near the time I did in my first TT in my teens at Chelford

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Hard up any inclines, soft pedal on any immediate decline, threshold on the flat and threshold+ in a headwind.
Or something like that.

 

[matticus]

Anyone near Wakefield and want to time trial on a Wednesday evening. Details are on British Cycling Yorkshire / Calder Clarion's page:

1st Calder Clarion 10 mile TT of 12 race series. Tomorrow Wednesday 7 May.
Sign on with Sandie sign on from 6:30pm on Royds Moor Lane WF9 5LR.
W3W : allows.giraffes.deflation
First Rider off at 7:01pm
All welcome
Cliffe Kettlewell trophy up for grabs for the fastest on the night.

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Got a GPX for that, Grandad?

[Just kidding - that is a GREAT course map!]

 

[DCLane]

Got a GPX for that, Grandad?

[Just kidding - that is a GREAT course map!]

Of course - it's not my club but is local - https://calderclarion.co.uk/time-trials-description/ It's low cost, enter-on-the-day time-trialling. Imho the map is a better option.

And a GPX file is here for those that need to stare at a stem; https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31662794