Time Trial PB's

[Rob3rt]

10TT PB updated yesterday

20:11 (actually covered the course in 19:59 but was late to the start line and by the time I got my warm up top off etc, I set off after the time keeper had said go!)

 

[Brightski]

10TT PB updated yesterday

20:11 (actually covered the course in 19:59 but was late to the start line and by the time I got my warm up top off etc, I set off after the time keeper had said go!)

Well done Rob and bad luck at the same time..

 

[Rob3rt]

Well done Rob and bad luck at the same time..

Not bad luck, all my fault. Have to take that on the chin! Next time

 

[Brightski]

Not bad luck, all my fault. Have to take that on the chin! Next time

Just had a look on ctt site top 100 nobody slower than a 21

 

[Rob3rt]

It wasn't a fast day either, head wind on the return leg, which is the longer leg.

 

[oldroadman]

It wasn't a fast day either, head wind on the return leg, which is the longer leg.

That's a very decent ride, and take nothing away from that. Preparation is everything, losing those 12 seconds will be a hard lesson. Your comment about a "fast" day, though, shows how random actual time can be. If the wind had been reversed, would you have gone faster - then so would everyone else in your peer group? It's really about who you beat, and fixed distance is not important, it's an old fixation of even older administrators at CTT who can't release themselves from the past. It's pointless to compare your very good ride with someone who achieves 22 minutes on a hilly and technical course in the pouring rain, yet CTT insist that's the comparison! Simply potty.
I'll be interested (and be going to have a look) at the BC championship which is the Thursday before the road champs at Abergavenny. Having seen the profile and distance, and noticing that the organisers have closed roads, it will be sure to compare rider against rider, with the only possible variable the weather. But if all the top riders are grouped in the last 30 minutes of each race, then that seems as fair as it can be. A proper top level TT, in my view.
Maybe if more organisers got away from the fixed distance (and time, 12 hours, what's that about...!!) then we would have a more interesting scene.
Right, that's it, Saturday duties call, which means off for a little amble round the local lanes.

 

[HLaB]

10TT PB updated yesterday

20:11 (actually covered the course in 19:59 but was late to the start line and by the time I got my warm up top off etc, I set off after the time keeper had said go!)

It was only a club TT but one of the very good riders in the club left his start to the very last second. The marshal I think was waving him through but he made it in time, just, to stop for 5 secs.

 

[Sharky]

Last year on our evening 10 course, there was a level crossing which occasionally closed the road for a few minutes. It is about a mile into the course and when that happens, we ride back to the start and get pushed off again!

 

[CJMac]

I did a similar time and had the same questions 4 or 5 years ago when I started TTing. The thing is, the only person you are racing is you. Did you ride as hard as you could? If so give yourself a pat on the back, you did great!!

I started with my aluminium road bike, later that year I added aero bars. This year I've bought an aero helmet and I'm going to buy a skin suit. In some ways its a bit of a waste as it will only make me faster by making me more aero, but as all the people quicker than me have these plus disc wheels, fancy bikes etc I'm hoping it will move me up the placings.

The biggest things that have made me faster is
a) losing weight
b) getting stronger
c)pushing harder than I thought I could .
10mile TT's really are about hurting yourself!!

Quick update:
I managed a 27:45 on a 10 mile segment that I set up (quite lumpy with a number of road turns at junctions and one set of traffic lights so not ideal) with clip on tri-bars and aero helmet a couple of weeks ago. Also managed a 28:29 on Easter Monday on a different 10 mile segment (again with a number of turns at junctions) with just my standard bike an no aero gear.

Are these decent times for someone who hasn't TT'd before? And should I be thinking about entering some local club events?

Cheers

 

[Brightski]

Quick update:
I managed a 27:45 on a 10 mile segment that I set up (quite lumpy with a number of road turns at junctions and one set of traffic lights so not ideal) with clip on tri-bars and aero helmet a couple of weeks ago. Also managed a 28:29 on Easter Monday on a different 10 mile segment (again with a number of turns at junctions) with just my standard bike an no aero gear.

Are these decent times for someone who hasn't TT'd before? And should I be thinking about entering some local club events?

Cheers

Yeh I would say, have a go at a few club 10s you might surprise yourself

 

[Rob3rt]

Quick update:
I managed a 27:45 on a 10 mile segment that I set up (quite lumpy with a number of road turns at junctions and one set of traffic lights so not ideal) with clip on tri-bars and aero helmet a couple of weeks ago. Also managed a 28:29 on Easter Monday on a different 10 mile segment (again with a number of turns at junctions) with just my standard bike an no aero gear.

Are these decent times for someone who hasn't TT'd before? And should I be thinking about entering some local club events?

Cheers

Do a time trial, or at least use a proper course!

No-one knows, your times can not be compared to others times, not even in the slightest, most crudest sense unless they adhere to the rules relating to TT courses (which I doubt they do if they are just Strava segments you knocked together), i.e. the proximity of start and end points, meaning courses tend to be circuits or out and back, not one way, down hill with the wind at your back!

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Unless you had a strong tail wind, 27.45 is good going on your own, whatever the course. It's very hard to motivate yourself to go fast for that many miles when no one's watching or stood waiting with a stop watch in their hand!

So give a TT a go. All things being equal, I think you'd better that time.

 

[endoman]

10TT PB updated yesterday

20:11 (actually covered the course in 19:59 but was late to the start line and by the time I got my warm up top off etc, I set off after the time keeper had said go!)

20:16 for me in same event, great time you did Rob despite your less than ideal start! Was tough coming back with that headwind. Happy that I'll deffo get in the National 10 now,

 

[Rob3rt]

20:16 for me in same event, great time you did Rob despite your less than ideal start! Was tough coming back with that headwind. Happy that I'll deffo get in the National 10 now,

Shame I didn't see you around the HQ, I don't recognise anyone outside of Cheshire, lol!

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

10TT PB updated yesterday

20:11 (actually covered the course in 19:59 but was late to the start line and by the time I got my warm up top off etc, I set off after the time keeper had said go!)

This happens to me every week. Judging by my times I must set off at least 4 minutes after the timekeeper says go!