Your TT position - pics

SBezza

Giordana do one for about £70, also you can get a PBK one for about the same, or slightly cheaper is Impsport.

sub55

andrewgturnbull wrote:

Hey ho.

Here's a picture from yesterday's race:



Any comments appreciate!

Cheers, Andy

you cant wear that in a CTT event

andrewgturnbull

sub55 wrote:

you cant wear that in a CTT event

Hi there.

That may be so, but if you start with a swim and intend to run after the pedalling bit, then it's a perfect piece of attire!

Photo from Scottish Standard Triathlon Champs.

Cheers, Andy

Ps We don't do the whole CTT/BC schism thing up here. Almost all time trials are sanctioned by the Scottish Cycling Union which is a part of BC. The TLI do do some TTs as well.

sub55

andrewgturnbull wrote:

sub55 wrote:

you cant wear that in a CTT event

Hi there.

That may be so, but if you start with a swim and intend to run after the pedalling bit, then it's a perfect piece of attire!

Photo from Scottish Standard Triathlon Champs.

Cheers, Andy

Ps We don't do the whole CTT/BC schism thing up here. Almost all time trials are sanctioned by the Scottish Cycling Union which is a part of BC. The TLI do do some TTs as well.

get 50mm behind the BB then

andrewgturnbull

sub55 wrote:

andrewgturnbull wrote:

sub55 wrote:

you cant wear that in a CTT event

Hi there.

That may be so, but if you start with a swim and intend to run after the pedalling bit, then it's a perfect piece of attire!

Photo from Scottish Standard Triathlon Champs.

Cheers, Andy

Ps We don't do the whole CTT/BC schism thing up here. Almost all time trials are sanctioned by the Scottish Cycling Union which is a part of BC. The TLI do do some TTs as well.

get 50mm behind the BB then

It is - that's why I'm sitting on the nose of the saddle!

Team Banana Spokesman

youre also not supposed to have your arms angled downwards like that too.

sub55

andrewgturnbull wrote:

sub55 wrote:

andrewgturnbull wrote:

sub55 wrote:

you cant wear that in a CTT event

Hi there.

That may be so, but if you start with a swim and intend to run after the pedalling bit, then it's a perfect piece of attire!

Photo from Scottish Standard Triathlon Champs.

Cheers, Andy

Ps We don't do the whole CTT/BC schism thing up here. Almost all time trials are sanctioned by the Scottish Cycling Union which is a part of BC. The TLI do do some TTs as well.

get 50mm behind the BB then

It is - that's why I'm sitting on the nose of the saddle!

i was being facetious , as well you know it.
my comment was really aimed at the other poster, who was admiring your tri-suit.
and sort of pointing out that its not ctt or bc permissible.
after saying that i must say that your riding position is really quite good. especially if your a multi sport athlete because most of the tri athletes that i`ve ever seen rideing a bike, have the aero ability of a brick sideways.

Airwave

I will be getting a skinsuit soon.
Any thoughts?

Jeff Jones

Your arms look a little bit stretched. Try moving your elbows back towards your knees and tilting your bars up a bit. That way you'll shadow your knees/thighs better, which should help reduce drag (it does for me anyway - I've field tested it).

Nice looking machine too

Airwave

Thanks Jeff,i see what you mean my upper arms do look a little streched.I'll bring the levers back toward me&tilt the bars up a bit.

Just got to get some nice wheels for it now.

sub55

Airwave wrote:

I will be getting a skinsuit soon.
Any thoughts?

your number is flapping, double pin it and is in the wrong place :shock:

Airwave

sub55 wrote:

Airwave wrote:

I will be getting a skinsuit soon.
Any thoughts?

your number is flapping, double pin it and is in the wrong place :shock:

I think they may have been some sabotage by my so called mate with the No. pinning :roll:

16simon

This is me:





(Thanks to Davey Jones for the the pics)

Any constructive comments welcome

hopper1

Errrrmmm .... a link might help!

EDIT: I can't see the link...

SteveR_100Milers

16simon wrote:

This is me:





(Thanks to Davey Jones for the the pics)

Any constructive comments welcome

Looks pretty good to me, what are your times like?

16simon

19:54 and 50:46 last year, 20:21 and 53:37 this year for 10 and 25 mile solos.

I'm looking for that bit extra to get me back to doing 19s for 10 miles....

SteveR_100Milers

wll in which case your back isn't totally flat, and your helmet isn't flush with your back. Have you though of using an adjustable stem?

16simon

I have tried going lower, but if I close up my hip angle any more, my hip flexors feel very tight at the top of the pedal stroke so even if I gain by being more aero it gets more difficult to get the pedals round. Shorter cranks would probably help.... I'll get 170s on my next bike.

SBezza

Here is one of me from this weekend, don't I will get much better than this on this current frame.

Jeff Jones

SBezza wrote:

Here is one of me from this weekend, don't I will get much better than this on this current frame.

That looks right, which is about as far as we can go with this analysis

I'm currently playing around with my setup. I'll post a pic when I've (hopefully) nailed it.

Pokerface

New Photo from 2 weeks ago.

Anything look wrong?:

Jeff Jones

It's pretty good. You could try flattening your torso a bit by going lower, depending on comfort. Also tilt the bars a few degrees upwards, which will drop your torso too.

Other than that, I don't think you'll get much more

Pokerface

`thanks Jeff. The bars are actually already pointing up slightly - although it doesn't look that way in the pic.

Did my 3rd ever 25 TT and broke the hour (58:30) and my TT times have dropped almost 2 minutes since last year so I must be doing something right!

THe more weight I lose, the easier it is to stop my knees hitting my stomach!

Jeff Jones

Well done! Something's working.

I can see your bars are tilted but your forearms are still flat. Tilting them a wee bit (not preying mantis style) helps, I've found. Look at SBezza's position to see what I mean.

Pokerface

I'll bring them up a tad on my next 10 and see how it feels. Getting dialed in for the World's in a few weeks now so don't want to change anything too much!

Jeff Jones

Fair enough. When you get down to that level of adjustment it's difficult to tell if something's making you faster or not.

psiturbo

I find it kind of interesting how everybody compares each others TT when there are so many variables. Such things as headwind, slight variations on the course, is it straight, turns, how many hills, etc.

It would be great if maybe a map is included with elevation. For example, mapmyride offers such information that can be easily copy pasted to the thread so one has an idea. It would not hur to add temperature, wind conditions, as well...

sub55

psiturbo wrote:

I find it kind of interesting how everybody compares each others TT when there are so many variables. Such things as headwind, slight variations on the course, is it straight, turns, how many hills, etc.

It would be great if maybe a map is included with elevation. For example, mapmyride offers such information that can be easily copy pasted to the thread so one has an idea. It would not hur to add temperature, wind conditions, as well...

sorry, i may be abit thick but i really cant see where your coming from.
optimum tt position is in its self a personal thing ,so it is difficult to tell a rider exactly where they are wrong and then you expect alittle trial and error to achieve a happy compromise between aerodynamics /power transfer/comfort. but i really cant see how knowing that elevation /wind direction or temperature can make any difference.

Stuntman

I seem to have an issue between my TT and road bike. I can get a higher heartrate on my road bike and the TT is about 6 beats lower under full steam. Any reason?? I'll try and find a picture of my current position as that'd probably help.

joeyhalloran

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak- ... 3282_n.jpg

What do you guys think of mine?