Time Trial PB's

[Cuchilo]

You look like you have room to come down a fair bit . My pads are 75mm lower than when I first started in January . Ive also added a longer -20* stem but that was from advice given to me for me . It may not be for you .
Well done on the PB !

 

[Justinslow]

Another 8 mile short course last night, another pb but we've had such good racing conditions and it being my first year means I've improved on every course on every ride, if we get a windy night or I reach my maximum that could all change!
https://www.strava.com/activities/342553979
Anyway 20.57 on 8 mile @ 23.4 mph, didn't feel that great, had a short warm up which didn't help, and was blowing like a good un pretty soon, so to knock off 36 seconds was nice.....
Oh and used the pointy hat for the first time, on a short course not sure how much that would have helped but it felt ok.

 

[Justinslow]

Well the un thinkable happened, did a practice run on the 10 TT course and was 6 seconds slower with pointy hat! Must try harder!

 

[HLaB]

Well the un thinkable happened, did a practice run on the 10 TT course and was 6 seconds slower with pointy hat! Must try harder!

I practice with a heavy standard front wheel rather than my lighter deep section wheel, a saddle bag, a water bottle and my aero helmet vent open, so hopefully I have an excuse to go slower but that's probably not worth the 2 minutes slower tonight; my excuse it was a relaxed test of a new position (ave hr = 81%max and ave pb hr = 93%max) and I was very cautious of the wet roads

 

[Justinslow]

I practice with a heavy standard front wheel rather than my lighter deep section wheel, a saddle bag, a water bottle and my aero helmet vent open, so hopefully I have an excuse to go slower but that's probably not worth the 2 minutes slower tonight; my excuse it was a relaxed test of a new position (ave hr = 81%max and ave pb hr = 93%max) and I was very cautious of the wet roads

Yes I did have pump, saddle bag, lights and a full 750 ml bottle on board, but I just get the feeling I'm nearing my limit now! Probably no more big jumps of time coming on the 10 course.
Got the 13 mile hilly course Thursday night, last time I suffered cramp so I'm hoping for a big time improvement this time!

 

[Cuchilo]

Yes I did have pump, saddle bag, lights and a full 750 ml bottle on board, but I just get the feeling I'm nearing my limit now! Probably no more big jumps of time coming on the 10 course.
Got the 13 mile hilly course Thursday night, last time I suffered cramp so I'm hoping for a big time improvement this time!

No way near your limit , you only started this year !

 

[Justinslow]

No way near your limit , you only started this year !

Yeah I know, I mean in terms of big jumps and this year, all the top guys at our club were doing my times a few years ago, so can definitely improve over the coming years just like they did!

 

[Cuchilo]

26:41 at Hillingdon tonight . That's 1 minute 1 second better than my PB . Two more to go this season and I'm going to get a 25

 

[Brad123]

I got talked into doing a TT a few weeks ago Thursday my first 1. A flat course with Didcot Phoenix. I’ve got a Triban 3 with clip-ons.
I enjoyed it and will join the club next year to do TT and will start training for it
Any way my time was 26:19 course CC241 Fairmile - 10 miles
Very happy with that time have done no training presides commuting to work.

 

[Justinslow]

13 mile "hilly" course tonight, full aero apart from the bike, thought I'd blown my chances by doing 40 miles last night at over 20 mph - felt a bit stiff this morning. Anyway, beat my time by 1.03 with a 34.50 so well pleased with that and came in 5th out of 18, winning time was 31.45 so still a million miles away from that!

 

[HLaB]

Ive added a couple of new TT rides PB's although they are funny distances compared to the 10milers :-/

PCC10 27:07, 26:27, 26:09 26.06 Freuchie 10 26:06 (First and only go);
PCC2 Up 16.7miles 45:53;
PCC Rimes Cup 20.6 miles TT 55:37;
PCC 22.3miles 1:02:09

After a reshuffle due to road works PCC ran the Rimes cup on two laps of their 10miles course; unfortunately there's a busy road in the middle and I had to stop but given it was the first time Ive done the distance it was a PB 55:37 was my OT

 

[Cuchilo]

After a reshuffle due to road works PCC ran the Rimes cup on two laps of their 10miles course; unfortunately there's a busy road in the middle and I had to stop but given it was the first time Ive done the distance it was a PB 55:37 was my OT

Hows the position moving going and what have you done ?

 

[HLaB]

Hows the position moving going and what have you done ?

I went for a bike fit with an ex pro. He's lowered the saddle 5mm but at the same time lowered the stem to its lowest possible and fitted one thats angled downwards 45Deg. He's also brought my ski poles together more. Its a lot more aero so I'm going the same speed or slightly faster for less effort tonight was my second fastest for a ten but there was another 10.6miles after that. The position would be vastly superior if I had the guts to stay in it on bends and downhills :-/

 

[Cuchilo]

That's pretty much what I did to mine over time with advice rather than a bike fit . What size cranks do you have ? I have 165 and can keep going around corners . Although I notice that the fast guys lay off on the corners and still go faster than me . That may be something to look at for me as it could be a rest section before the flat .

 

[HLaB]

That's pretty much what I did to mine over time with advice rather than a bike fit . What size cranks do you have ? I have 165 and can keep going around corners . Although I notice that the fast guys lay off on the corners and still go faster than me . That may be something to look at for me as it could be a rest section before the flat .

172.5mm cranks