time trial question

reacher
reacher Posts: 416
edited May 2011 in Road beginners
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  • http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/b ... _calc.html

    23 minutes imo is a very good time, especially if its your first ever TT!
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    And a road beginner too! Blimey, wait till you have been doing it a while. :)
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    23 what?, 23:01, 23:59?, big difference, which course?

    On face value though, a 23 is way above average, it pretty damn good!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    26mph..
    42 kph!....
  • reacher
    reacher Posts: 416
    not me guys , my buddy , i was unable to relate to it as a time ,
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    was it an out and back course. if so its very good by my reckoning.
  • reacher
    reacher Posts: 416
    think so , i will see him in the morning and ask him ,
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    if it's 23 dead it's quick. it's above evens, i.e over 25mph average speed.
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    i thought evens was the 20 half hour. it must make a big difference on a proppper time trial rig :o 25mph on a road rig would be serious going.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I was dead proud when I did a 23 on a road bike. He's done well IMO.
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    NapoleonD wrote:
    I was dead proud when I did a 23 on a road bike. He's done well IMO.
    thats good oing nap. im about to rock up at a nearby club soon. see what i can do. what kind of average is 23 mins.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Very good. My local courses are all rolling. I came 3rd overall in a TT on Tues with a 23.40!!
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    strangely enough the open night is tuesday where im going. ill be chuffed with anything less than 28 mins. ill report back afterwards.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Which one?
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    witham wheelers in grantham. im not a member but fancy a go at a tt.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Aaah, I thought you meant local to me ;)

    Good luck anyhoo! Start easy for 5 mins then CANE IT! :)
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    yeah i heard about that. what kind of speed would you say for the start. i suppose 20 wouldnt be too taxing for a bit. there are some pretty good members though, i think around the 21 mark. i think a chap named jim coleman is the man to watch.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    rake wrote:
    yeah i heard about that. what kind of speed would you say for the start. i suppose 20 wouldnt be too taxing for a bit. there are some pretty good members though, i think around the 21 mark.

    It's personal to everyone and also course dependant.

    Rather than worry about speed (I don't look at speed on my computer) just go easier than you think you should be going. You'll be thinking 'this is easy!' but believe me, it'll bite you in the backside. As a certain Scouser said, a TT isn't won in the first mile. I have power, speed, HR and Time on my computer. However I don't look during the TT, just go by feel...
    Once up to speed after 4-5 mine, CANE IT!
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    will do fella. it does seem to take a while to get in rhythm. i suppose its about keeping the lactic acid under control and waiting for the endorphins to kick in.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I always do a good warm up. I'm sweating like a glassblower's ar5e by the time i get to the line. The shorter the event, the more intense the warm up...
  • reacher
    reacher Posts: 416
    he did it on a brand new dave hinde road bike that he has just bought , he reckons its the best bike he has ever ridden and he has had a few ,
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    reacher wrote:
    he did it on a brand new dave hinde road bike that he has just bought , he reckons its the best bike he has ever ridden and he has had a few ,

    Doesn't work for the infamous Mr Hinde by any chance?
  • reacher
    reacher Posts: 416
    danowat wrote:
    23 what?, 23:01, 23:59?, big difference, which course?

    On face value though, a 23 is way above average, it pretty damn good!


    good question , one that once i started looking at this more closely makes a big differance as you pointed out , it seems that the time was nearer 24 than 23 , also the first part of the course was down hill , an also it was a windy day , so its entirely possible that because it was a loop some or none of it could have been ridden with a tail wind or into a head wind ,
    but as the time was rounded down to 23 when it was closer to 24 and the down hill bit was never mentioned then i'm thinking it was a good effort but not beyond me as i rode another route that he trains on last week and did the same time as him to within a few minutes over a 24 mile course with a head wind for 12 miles of it ,
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Ahhhh, I think I get it now, this other guy is trying to big himself up I guess?.

    If it was an open event, then you can find his time and what course it was quite easily, because CTT has records of most of the open events held online.

    Even if it was a club event, post clubs post their results online.

    Was I could round my 24:07 pb down to a "23"!!!
  • reacher
    reacher Posts: 416
    difficult for me to say realy as i have only actually been on a road bike for 6 weeks , although i have trained in the gym for it since late last year , he can definately push the pedals around but thats against me , like a lot of people they often like to train with guys just slightly below their leval , its not an uncommen occurance in most gyms , what that equates to in a club trial i dont know , i can see now why average speeds etc posted times are taken with a pinch of salt . i would have to say he
    has to be around the 24 mph mark perhaps a tad more dependant on the course i guess , he wants me to have a go , apparantly they do this once a week ,
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    25mph is 24:00 dead in a 10 mile TT
  • ForumNewbie
    ForumNewbie Posts: 1,664
    reacher wrote:
    guys , 10 mile time trial , done in 23 minutes , is that an average , good or above average time ?
    also , will this equate to a 23 mph average speed , if not how can i work that out
    From what I have read 30 mins (20 mph) would be a very good 10 mile TT time for a beginner.

    23 mins for 10 miles is 26 mph (worked out by 60/23*10) which is very fast and I would think to get that you would need a combination of a very fit cyclist, good bike, good flattish route and good weather conditions.