The Time Trial Thread
Discussion
SoliD said:
Not good! Presume by weather you mean the wind? Was bloody blowy today, looking much calmer tomorrow morning!
Nope, Oxford area was the only bit of the south to get rained on repeatedly all morning and early afternoon. I don't want to attempt to ride really quickly in rain!Bloke is ok apparently Yonex, broken rib and heavy bruising.
CVP said:
That's a pretty impressive ride - well done
Any tips for a 12hr novice, I have one coming up towards the end of August and am busy training and planning pace schedule and fuelling strategy.
Sunday is my first ever TT, the London Dynamo one round Richmond Park where I see a certain Mr Okgo as last off on the start list, so fingers crossed I don't embarrass myself too much!
Worth reading through the thread on the time trial forum about that particular 12, but also if you do a search on there you'll see loads of advice from the people who have done many of them. Remarkable ride from Mark Holton in that event, his first ever attempt at a 12 hour and he was less than 1 mile from setting an all time record! Talented bloke sure, but some mental toughness required to pull that off!Any tips for a 12hr novice, I have one coming up towards the end of August and am busy training and planning pace schedule and fuelling strategy.
Sunday is my first ever TT, the London Dynamo one round Richmond Park where I see a certain Mr Okgo as last off on the start list, so fingers crossed I don't embarrass myself too much!
Good luck Sunday, I'll have a 90 mile road race in my legs, but hoping I still have enough juice left to win on Sunday! Be careful on the rbts, I've fallen before by being a bit eager
CVP said:
That's a pretty impressive ride - well done
Any tips for a 12hr novice, I have one coming up towards the end of August and am busy training and planning pace schedule and fuelling strategy.
Sunday is my first ever TT, the London Dynamo one round Richmond Park where I see a certain Mr Okgo as last off on the start list, so fingers crossed I don't embarrass myself too much!
How did you get on? Any tips for a 12hr novice, I have one coming up towards the end of August and am busy training and planning pace schedule and fuelling strategy.
Sunday is my first ever TT, the London Dynamo one round Richmond Park where I see a certain Mr Okgo as last off on the start list, so fingers crossed I don't embarrass myself too much!
Fair few muck ups with the timings I think..!
Yeh for sure, I think its also quite individual, I know some people who have made their positions more aggressive, i.e. lower at the front, lower at the back but its taken a long time to be able to produce the same power, but some people end up still going quicker despite less power, so it is a trade off.
I recently changed my position and maybe I'm one of the lucky few that hasn't suffered, I think I'm quite lucky with that though being flexible and double jointed and such.
I recently changed my position and maybe I'm one of the lucky few that hasn't suffered, I think I'm quite lucky with that though being flexible and double jointed and such.
Yes, 290w, he is 'very' aero and got a very fast day on a very fast course. Fantastic ride for sure, but I dare say if the nat 100 field (was on same day) rode the same event, then possibly someone may have gone even faster, but I doubt by much. It was a great ride.
290w for 3hrs 20 is certainly still beyond most people, but there are many that could do the numbers and get nowhere near the speed due to how aero he is, it basically would need someone fairly good at longer events who had an FTP of 340 or more, so it rules out a fair few.
290w for 3hrs 20 is certainly still beyond most people, but there are many that could do the numbers and get nowhere near the speed due to how aero he is, it basically would need someone fairly good at longer events who had an FTP of 340 or more, so it rules out a fair few.
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 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.
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