Your TT position - pics

RoadMeridaBen

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

Surfr

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

Yes the 10 on Saturday afternoon is part of the new Celtic Series and the 30 is on the Sunday morning. I fancy trying both. Never ridden either course.

RoadMeridaBen

Surfr wrote:

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

Yes the 10 on Saturday afternoon is part of the new Celtic Series and the 30 is on the Sunday morning. I fancy trying both. Never ridden either course.

I rode the 10 last year aswell, not a fan of the course with a turn in the middle of the road, I like a nice roundabout :P
The 30 isnt too bad the backroad from Llangadog to Llandovery is a bit crappy but once your back on the main road its fine.
Looking forward to the mountain climb and the R25/4 (Llandovery to Llandeilo and back) I've done the 25/3 and
I much prefer the 25/4 despite it being obviously alot slower, lovely course!

sub55

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

:shock:
if you were to take 12 min of 01;19;58 on the R30/5 it would put you in tuch with course record
my best on ther is 01;09;?

sub55

Surfr wrote:

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

Yes the 10 on Saturday afternoon is part of the new Celtic Series and the 30 is on the Sunday morning. I fancy trying both. Never ridden either course.

R10/4 Llandovery isn't quick about the same as cwm rheidol 10

RoadMeridaBen

sub55 wrote:

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

:shock:
if you were to take 12 min of 01;19;58 on the R30/5 it would put you in tuch with course record
my best on ther is 01;09;?

What is the Cr on that course anyway? Fairly sure Kieron has it
I did my club 30 at the end of last year and did a 01:11:10 which is probably a similar course
Fairly confident I can do under 01:10:00 anyway

sub55

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

sub55 wrote:

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

:shock:
if you were to take 12 min of 01;19;58 on the R30/5 it would put you in touch with course record
my best on there is 01;09;?

What is the Cr on that course anyway? Fairly sure Kieron has it
I did my club 30 at the end of last year and did a 01:11:10 which is probably a similar course
Fairly confident I can do under 01:10:00 anyway

No body seems to keep records these days , i know for certain John Pritchard held it in 1998, with a 1:08:31.
In 2000 , Paul Osbourne took that down to long 1:07:, from there , Martin sage ( J P`s son-in-law ) took it down to 1:07: 30 something in 2001. To put martins time in context , he was regularly riding 48`s down the bank at that time.
God im sounding old.

RoadMeridaBen

Ah well, just have to wait and see, maybe aim for hour 10 or 11 :P

Surfr

sub55 wrote:

Surfr wrote:

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

I fancy doing the R10/17 did a 21 on there last year but im fairly sure im alot quicker now, Is it the 10 and the 30 in Llandovery? I'll probably do both the Llandovery 30 was my first ever open TT last year and I think I did a 01:19:58 so im hoping to knock 10-12 minutes off that this year

Yes the 10 on Saturday afternoon is part of the new Celtic Series and the 30 is on the Sunday morning. I fancy trying both. Never ridden either course.

R10/4 Llandovery isn't quick about the same as cwm rheidol 10

That's fine. I wasn't expecting a drag strip. Just like to try different couses out. Especially ones so 'close' to home.

dru

Surfr wrote:

Dru wrote:

Surfr wrote:

I spy mgalex on the back there Dru Looks like weather was kind too.

Yup, weather was good - a bit windy but sunny and warm.

And yes, MGAlex was my partner. He has second claim at Ajax and we are 'evenly matched'

He's my friendly arch nemesis when it comes to TTing. We were extremely close at all distances last season. It's good to have a friendly rivalry to spur you on. Sounds like I have to watch out for you too now

Fancy our 10 on R10/17 April 14th? or the 2 Llandovery based TTs the following weekend?

Lets see what happens but possibly - you maybe a marked man

Hoping to get over and do the 10 - its one of the Celtic rounds and hoping to support this series. Not sure about the 30 thou.

RoadMeridaBen

The 30 is part of the spoco series isnt it? hoping to get into the top 3 this year

sub55

the WWCL 10 is a Celtic series
the Bynea 30 is a SPOCO

the celtic and spoco aren't the same thing

dru

Dru wrote:

Looking for some advice on my TT setup.

picture from my last timetrial events of the season.


R10_17 with a new pb of 24.48
I'm considering making the switch to ski bend extensions and the shallow S bends are cuasing me a bit of grief on my wrists.

Any Advice gladly accepted

Cheers,

Dru.

Well its the start of a new season and have got the ski bends on the bike, I've also lowered the front end a bit and got an adamo type saddle rather than the fizik.

First 10 of the season in the pouring rain on a slower course and 50 seconds taken off my pb!

Pictures courtesy of IHPhotography (a fellow ajax club member)


new position - will aim to get lower at the front as the season progresses - won't change it straight away as have some 25's coming up.

napoleond

Are you sure the disc covers didn't give you a massive chunk off your 50 seconds? Try concentrating on head position to close the gap between helmet and back by stretching your neck out and down.

Hang on, ignore me! I'm completely unqualified to comment!

Surfr

Uh-oh dru's flying early season. Well done. Looking forward to Sunday's showdown

RoadMeridaBen

Im looking forward to sunday, im number 85 and my bro is number 7, I've got a long wait until im off lol

Surfr

Great ride today Ben. I've got my first race shot of the year on the new bike and I've added 2cm to the stem length since the video a couple of pages back. Now the bike feels sure footed beneath me and I feel no pain on the shoulders as I did with the shorter stem.

It looks to my eye like I could do with getting lower at the front but I know full well that this is not the be-all and end-all of time trialling position.

RoadMeridaBen

Are you going to be doing the 25/3 in a few weeks now? you should be able to get in now I'd have thought

Surfr

RoadMeridaBen wrote:

Are you going to be doing the 25/3 in a few weeks now? you should be able to get in now I'd have thought

It seems rude not to get an entry in doesn't it. It's the day after our club promotion on the R10/17 but I can't seem 10 miles causing the legs any serious issues the following day.

Mike george

Here's me from yesterday, I had a disastorous ride but the position felt good, don't think I could go any lower without a big power loss, but may experiment with putting my elbows a few mm closer as the season progresses. Thoughts? (By the way, I have bought the photo but haven't received it yet!)

dru

Surfr wrote:

Uh-oh dru's flying early season. Well done. Looking forward to Sunday's showdown

clearly not as quickly as you are!

Good ride at the weekend.

anyone got any thoughts about stem length on my front end - unfortunately on the 3T bars there is no fore or aft adjustment. Currently got a 100mm stem on there.

I was fairly comfortable front end wise for an hour so will ride next tt sessions and race with a lower front end - but concerned if I need to go for a short stem or not.

Although the pads are in different locations they are on the same height.


yesterday


last week.

Mike george

I think you look low enough in the body to be honest Justin, if you tried to lower your chin so it was level with the front of your torso you'd have a textbook position and the tail of your helmet would be right on your back, it'll kill your neck to start with but you'll adapt over time. I try and think of it as reverse-shrugging, i.e. dont bring your shoulders up but let your neck sink down between your shoulder blades. Stem length looks spot on to me personally, from my experience completely vertical upper arms are uncomfortable and push the rest of your body up.

Oh and sort that bl**dy number out! I reckon you would have gone under if it was flat...............

RoadMeridaBen

How did you guys get on? no results been posted out yet. I did a 54:25 and think that was 5th overall, was hoping for a quicker ride but I left my food in the house and was starving by the time I got to the turn. Part of team Bynea winning fastest team anyway

Surfr

59:23 for me. FIrst 25, so a PB

dru

01:00:20 for me. First 25, so also PB but 21 seconds away from this seasons target. Think from the spreadsheet I finished about 37th from 80 riders?

RoadMeridaBen

Quite pleased with my time after looking at the results, people who were beating me by 2 or 3 minutes last year, I beat by few minutes, actually training makes a hell of a difference :P
Should get 2nd behind kieron in the Spoco series this year

dru

37th for me so exactly half way down.

Last year in the few time trials I did I finished in what seemed the bottom half of the field (actually the bottom 25%) so am pleased with finishing half way up the field in this event and in the top half for my first 10 the week before.

As mentioned I’ve also got time targets for each distance. Have entered the Ogmore Valley 25 at the end of next month, hopefully be able to crack the hour on that one.

Also considering trying a 50 and maybe 100 later in the year, so am happy that my position on the bike is pretty comfortable for a 25.

Tri-ing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQB97Le_ ... e=youtu.be

Anyone got any thoughts on this position? I can't go any lower, without changing the stem, which is currently a 0degree stem.

Thanks

Matt the Tester

seems fine to me mate, just giving my opinion but id wait untill someone who knows what they're talking about turns up

John.T

Tri-ing wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQB97Le_ruI&feature=youtu.be
Anyone got any thoughts on this position? I can't go any lower, without changing the stem, which is currently a 0degree stem.Thanks

I think you should be looking to change the stem then. You are quite high. I can recommend these. Quite adjustable but very stiff.
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=64479