The Time Trial Thread

[Steve vRS]

Our club is opening it's kit order for the second half of the year.

Is dropping over £100 on a skin suit a worthwhile investment to see a time improvement or is it better spent elsewhere. Like in the pub

Steve

[Ponk]

Y

Steve vRS said:

Our club is opening it's kit order for the second half of the year.

Is dropping over £100 on a skin suit a worthwhile investment to see a time improvement or is it better spent elsewhere. Like in the pub

Steve

I reckon you'll see more of a gain from a skin suit and pointy hat than you would with aero wheels.

[SoliD]

I'm not gonna bother riding with Power any more, managed to smash my 10 mile PB by almost a minute to get a 22:19 on a not especially quick night. 17th out of 60+ riders, very happy. 277W average and 171BPM average, which I've not been hitting for quite a while I think due to the fact I've been trying to ride on power.

https://www.strava.com/activities/356794408

[okgo]

Ride 'with' not 'to'

I only ever 'use' it to keep everything in check for the first 1/4 of whatever distance I'm doing.

Well done.

[SoliD]

okgo said:

Ride 'with' not 'to'

I only ever 'use' it to keep everything in check for the first 1/4 of whatever distance I'm doing.

Well done.

Think my year has been so up and down with various stag dos and illness I've been too worried about it! Will see how I get on Sunday in our local league! Tonight was my first 10 in quite a while, so just smashed it round.

[anonymous-user]

Ponk said:

Y

Steve vRS said:

Our club is opening it's kit order for the second half of the year.

Is dropping over £100 on a skin suit a worthwhile investment to see a time improvement or is it better spent elsewhere. Like in the pub

Steve

I reckon you'll see more of a gain from a skin suit and pointy hat than you would with aero wheels.

A skinsuit gave me the biggest gain overall of any TT equipment. The rider is the major drag on the bike.

TT suit, then Helmet, shoe covers and front wheel. The worst value for money time wise being a disc.

[okgo]

SoliD said:

Think my year has been so up and down with various stag dos and illness I've been too worried about it! Will see how I get on Sunday in our local league! Tonight was my first 10 in quite a while, so just smashed it round.

I am doing the R variant of that course in a few weeks. I think I did a mid 19 on that course as part of a 25 on there earlier in the year! Can be quick.

[SoliD]

Saw that was coming up in a couple of weeks as the previous open got canned. Good luck! Definitely can be quick depending on the wind and the traffic (passing close by sucking you along )

[okgo]

SoliD said:

Saw that was coming up in a couple of weeks as the previous open got canned. Good luck! Definitely can be quick depending on the wind and the traffic (passing close by sucking you along )

The previous open is being re-run too, but there is another on a Saturday that I've entered as I can't make the midweek ones.

Yes, quick on the right day, sadly unlike the 25 I don't think I'll be breaking the course record for the 10 as Hutch has it with a very short 18, but I hope I can possibly trouble an 18 if the weather plays ball.

[Ponk]

yonex said:

Ponk said:

Y

Steve vRS said:

Our club is opening it's kit order for the second half of the year.

Is dropping over £100 on a skin suit a worthwhile investment to see a time improvement or is it better spent elsewhere. Like in the pub

Steve

I reckon you'll see more of a gain from a skin suit and pointy hat than you would with aero wheels.

A skinsuit gave me the biggest gain overall of any TT equipment. The rider is the major drag on the bike.

TT suit, then Helmet, shoe covers and front wheel. The worst value for money time wise being a disc.

Specialized found that shaved legs led to more (or very similar) of a saving in time over a 25 than swapping to an Evade helmet on a road bike. Food for thought!

Discs are worth it for the noise alone.

[murray]

Did my first tt in 3.5 years recently on a roadbike. Crap time, 27:50, but happy'ish with 278w and 175 hr averages. Reckon it will be another 3.5 years before I do another one, didn't enjoy it at all.

[RGambo]

okgo said:

SoliD said:

Saw that was coming up in a couple of weeks as the previous open got canned. Good luck! Definitely can be quick depending on the wind and the traffic (passing close by sucking you along )

The previous open is being re-run too, but there is another on a Saturday that I've entered as I can't make the midweek ones.

Yes, quick on the right day, sadly unlike the 25 I don't think I'll be breaking the course record for the 10 as Hutch has it with a very short 18, but I hope I can possibly trouble an 18 if the weather plays ball.

Fair play, 18 something for a10 is motoring. Very impressive okgo.

[okgo]

Good day out this morning, not my best form but happy enough, I'll make that podium one day!!! (was joint 6th)

http://www.velouk.net/2015/08/02/results-rttc-25-m...

[johnxjsc1985]

okgo said:

Good day out this morning, not my best form but happy enough, I'll make that podium one day!!! (was joint 6th)

http://www.velouk.net/2015/08/02/results-rttc-25-m...

Well done mate great effort.

[yellowjack]

okgo said:

Good day out this morning, not my best form but happy enough, I'll make that podium one day!!! (was joint 6th)

http://www.velouk.net/2015/08/02/results-rttc-25-m...

Just looking at those photos, and I presume you are the chap on the rather more 'conventional' Trek bike. What the frig is the other joint 6th chap riding? It looks like it belongs in the Batcave! It's mental. Andy Jackson, joint 10th, was riding a very similar bike. They look entirely mad (the bikes, I mean, not the riders).

[okgo]

Lol yeh Falco is the brand. Apparently 25w faster than any other super bike! Bs IMO and I wouldn't ride it out of principle

[johnxjsc1985]

okgo said:

Lol yeh Falco is the brand. Apparently 25w faster than any other super bike! Bs IMO and I wouldn't ride it out of principle

reminds me of the old Hotta .

[brianthemagical]

okgo said:

Good day out this morning, not my best form but happy enough, I'll make that podium one day!!! (was joint 6th)

http://www.velouk.net/2015/08/02/results-rttc-25-m...

Are you riding the national 10? Any idea on time estimates? I think it will be very humbling for many riders just how slow the course is. It looks undersubscribed so I may try for an entry as I'm local.

[SoliD]

yellowjack said:

Just looking at those photos, and I presume you are the chap on the rather more 'conventional' Trek bike. What the frig is the other joint 6th chap riding? It looks like it belongs in the Batcave! It's mental. Andy Jackson, joint 10th, was riding a very similar bike. They look entirely mad (the bikes, I mean, not the riders).

Blimey, that is one interesting looking bike!

[okgo]

brianthemagical said:

Are you riding the national 10? Any idea on time estimates? I think it will be very humbling for many riders just how slow the course is. It looks undersubscribed so I may try for an entry as I'm local.

If I can do 400w at my current level of drag I should be close to the course record of 19.41, so I'd imagine I'll probably just about do around a 19 weather pending.