The Time Trial Season is Starting
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TheGreenRabbit
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Missed the first 25 due to family commitments so my first 10 is good friday and the first 25 is easter sunday. and It is under Retrobike.
MJN
Senior Retro Guru
cchris2lou":3cw3mu0z said:MJN":3cw3mu0z said:Just stay on the hoods and try to keep your upper body relaxed,concentrate on putting all the power through your legs,then get some clip on aero bars and instantly knock a minute off your time
I am slighty worried by your high level of fitness as we are in same MM team . :?
you do 3 laps and i ll do one .
Nah,packed in TTing a couple of years ago,got hacked off with chasing fast times,still do the odd road race but a little un has slowed me up a bit nowadays.
Been doing lots of MTB though
MM should be a good laugh,never done one before so no seriousness allowed Well I shaved over 3 minutes from my previous PB!
I should explain that the last (and first) time I tried the local 10, I was smoking and not cycling, or doing any other form of excercise. But I'm still chuffed to bits to lose 3 minutes in 2 years. Especially as I've only been back on the bike for the past couple months. I'm waffling aren't I? It's probably the celebratory wine
Long story short. PB gone from 34.58 to 31.55. Hardly a superstar, but TTs aren't about that are they
I should explain that the last (and first) time I tried the local 10, I was smoking and not cycling, or doing any other form of excercise. But I'm still chuffed to bits to lose 3 minutes in 2 years. Especially as I've only been back on the bike for the past couple months. I'm waffling aren't I? It's probably the celebratory wine
Long story short. PB gone from 34.58 to 31.55. Hardly a superstar, but TTs aren't about that are they
MJN
Senior Retro Guru
Surfr":4idpl93i said:Well I shaved over 3 minutes from my previous PB!
I should explain that the last (and first) time I tried the local 10, I was smoking and not cycling, or doing any other form of excercise. But I'm still chuffed to bits to lose 3 minutes in 2 years. Especially as I've only been back on the bike for the past couple months. I'm waffling aren't I? It's probably the celebratory wine
Long story short. PB gone from 34.58 to 31.55. Hardly a superstar, but TTs aren't about that are they
They are about racing yourself,so well done!
Old Ned
Old School Grand Master
MJN":o81rvjwx said:Surfr":o81rvjwx said:Well I shaved over 3 minutes from my previous PB!
I should explain that the last (and first) time I tried the local 10, I was smoking and not cycling, or doing any other form of excercise. But I'm still chuffed to bits to lose 3 minutes in 2 years. Especially as I've only been back on the bike for the past couple months. I'm waffling aren't I? It's probably the celebratory wine
Long story short. PB gone from 34.58 to 31.55. Hardly a superstar, but TTs aren't about that are they
They are about racing yourself,so well done!
Yes,good ride - and a lot of season yet to come!
garethrl
Senior Retro Guru
Congratulations Dan! ;-)
I'm a long-time member of Ystwyth and used to do the 10's in the 80's when I was growing up there. The course was slightly different, but only in terms of the start/finish line really. My PB there was a (very) long 25' but my first TT was closer to 35', so you'll see your times tumble especially in July/Aug
I still get the emails with all the results and it's remarkable how, with all the advances in technology and aerodynamics, the course record hasn't changed enormously. It was a short 22' for years, set by an international triathlete called Rick Morris who used to work at the university. That was set on an 80's TT special with sloping TT, cowhorns and 24" front wheel, but no aerobars. I think he had a rear disk, but it may just have been a cover!
The current CR is about 30s faster and is held by a guy called Dafydd Dylan, who's on the British Cycling talent team and does a lot of elite road races on the continent. It seems to me that on the pan-flat and largely straight courses the times have been tumbling over the years, but on more 'sporting' courses like this one, it's more about the rider than the bike. My actual PB, set on a flat, straight dual carriageway in Sussex, was a long 22' so the Ystwyth course is not an easy one by any means! Good fun though.
Cheers, Gareth.
I'm a long-time member of Ystwyth and used to do the 10's in the 80's when I was growing up there. The course was slightly different, but only in terms of the start/finish line really. My PB there was a (very) long 25' but my first TT was closer to 35', so you'll see your times tumble especially in July/Aug
I still get the emails with all the results and it's remarkable how, with all the advances in technology and aerodynamics, the course record hasn't changed enormously. It was a short 22' for years, set by an international triathlete called Rick Morris who used to work at the university. That was set on an 80's TT special with sloping TT, cowhorns and 24" front wheel, but no aerobars. I think he had a rear disk, but it may just have been a cover!
The current CR is about 30s faster and is held by a guy called Dafydd Dylan, who's on the British Cycling talent team and does a lot of elite road races on the continent. It seems to me that on the pan-flat and largely straight courses the times have been tumbling over the years, but on more 'sporting' courses like this one, it's more about the rider than the bike. My actual PB, set on a flat, straight dual carriageway in Sussex, was a long 22' so the Ystwyth course is not an easy one by any means! Good fun though.
Cheers, Gareth.
Surfr":3vbfckcj said:Well I shaved over 3 minutes from my previous PB!
I should explain that the last (and first) time I tried the local 10, I was smoking and not cycling, or doing any other form of excercise. But I'm still chuffed to bits to lose 3 minutes in 2 years. Especially as I've only been back on the bike for the past couple months. I'm waffling aren't I? It's probably the celebratory wine
Long story short. PB gone from 34.58 to 31.55. Hardly a superstar, but TTs aren't about that are they
