whats your first 10 mike TT time

willy b

That's a solid time that. What TT frame/bike you looking to build up?

daxplusplus

No idea yet, very much in the research stage .. I've not got loads of money so reckon I'll blow £400 on a second hand frame and then I'll just bung anything I can lay my hands on in terms of wheels, bars etc.

It'll be an ebay bitsa.

If I have a good time next season, I'll look to start upgrading the wheels, tyres etc

willy b

Ebay Carbon wheels are surely a must given the price?

daxplusplus

I'll have a look into those so thanks for the heads up .. but I really don't have a lot of cash.

Was thinking of putting my current commuter wheels on the TT bike for the first season because I need to replace them anyway (front rim getting thin) and so they will effectively be free and I'm willing to chance their reliability because I won't be putting many miles on them (not willing to risk it commuting). I'm more interested in getting a good aero fit/position and a frame that will last a few seasons. And I'd rather pay more for the frame now - getting one that will last rather than spending on what I understand to be the small marginal gains I'd get from full on aero wheels.

My reading on the subject of spending money for TT was that I should get a skin suit next rather than upgrading wheels. Hoping to get one of those for approx £30.

But hey - I'd love to have some deep profile carbon wheels, they sure look cool .. unfortunately they just may have to wait.

P.s I promise to take off the spoke reflectors if I do use my commuter wheels on the TT bike

upton

1 year ago; 27.35- normal rode bike, flatish course but can get windy. I was pretty chuffed with that, I was just looking to break evens! I'd been riding for just short of a year.

Best this year is a 26.27, same bike, same course (still haven't got round to putting aero bars on though!).

I'm not serious about TTing, but for a reference, decent club cyclists are doing 23 mins give or take, mostly on TT bikes. 1st place is usually around the 20/21 min mark.

Some of these times are very good for 1st attempts, although it does depend on your prior cycling backround.

markos1963

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

I'll have a look into those so thanks for the heads up .. but I really don't have a lot of cash.

Was thinking of putting my current commuter wheels on the TT bike for the first season because I need to replace them anyway (front rim getting thin) and so they will effectively be free and I'm willing to chance their reliability because I won't be putting many miles on them (not willing to risk it commuting). I'm more interested in getting a good aero fit/position and a frame that will last a few seasons. And I'd rather pay more for the frame now - getting one that will last rather than spending on what I understand to be the small marginal gains I'd get from full on aero wheels.

My reading on the subject of spending money for TT was that I should get a skin suit next rather than upgrading wheels. Hoping to get one of those for approx £30.

But hey - I'd love to have some deep profile carbon wheels, they sure look cool .. unfortunately they just may have to wait.

P.s I promise to take off the spoke reflectors if I do use my commuter wheels on the TT bike

From my experience I definitely gained more time when I got a skin suit and helmet compared to deep section wheels. You can really feel it on windy days as your clothing doesn't catch and flap in the wind.

3b4bikes

Well I finally bit the bullet and gave it a go last night. Standard road bike and nothing remotely aero so I was pleased to go under 28 minutes with a time of 27.58.

Now I'm just worried that I'm going to spend the winter pondering over new bits of kit for next year...

willy b

Set another PB on Tuesday. 21:47 on a "sporting" course, although only 9.1 miles. I smashed my PB by exactly 1 minute which was good. Road bike - no aero anything.

http://www.strava.com/activities/78119515

nweststeyn

Never done an official 10TT as I'm a wimp... but there is a local 10 mile TT loop that is marked as a Strava Segment. Just been out to do it and got 27:52 (standard road bike and road kit). Happy enough with that to consider seeing what kinda times I could get in an organised event so will look for some early next year. If I can get my time on the road bike down below 25 minutes I will allow myself to consider TT specific upgrades (now there's some good motivation).