Club time trials - etiquette

Hi experts,
I'm going to try to up the ante from battling myself on Strava, by entering my club's 10 mile TT events all year in attempt to eventually not come last.
Since I know I'm waaay off the pace of other club members, I know that I'm certain to get overtaken - my question is - am I allowed to drop in behind them for a cheeky 30 second tow, or is it more "race of truth" and stay in the wind?
I think I already know the answer, but just checking!
Cheers
NL
I'm going to try to up the ante from battling myself on Strava, by entering my club's 10 mile TT events all year in attempt to eventually not come last.
Since I know I'm waaay off the pace of other club members, I know that I'm certain to get overtaken - my question is - am I allowed to drop in behind them for a cheeky 30 second tow, or is it more "race of truth" and stay in the wind?
I think I already know the answer, but just checking!
Cheers
NL
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As Gattocattivo said you'd have a job doing it with the fast guys anyway. You'll hear them coming with their disc wheels humming away...so just keep your line..they'll be a long way ahead soon enough
Good luck with the TTs...and look forward to passing your first minute man (giving them plenty of room of course)...it does give a good sense of achievement when it happens.
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just ride your own race , its a time trial.....
In practice, I normally just ride my own race, and if I think I'm close enough to another rider for there to be an influence, I just ride well off to the side of their line. A reasonable guiding principle is to try to ride exactly as you would if you never saw another competitor.
I once did a race where the same guy kept coming past me. He'd come slowly past, get around 5 metres ahead of me and then slow imperceptibly. Each time this happened I pulled out towards the middle of the road (this was a closed road event), carried on at my normal pace, and slowly passed him again. This happened every few minutes for about half the race. I was pretty confident in my pacing, but the whole thing was quite distracting. After the finish he started talking about the great battle he'd had with me. Turned out that every time I passed him he'd jump on my wheel, take a minute or two to recover, and then dive ahead of me. He sounded quite disappointed when he discovered I'd been doing my best to ignore him!
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For the record, if i get 30minutes for the 10 miles, i'll be totally over the moon - and there will definately no squaring up in any car parks...
I always call out 'passing right' when I overtake
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You'll be fine. TTing is one of the easiest forms of racing to get into and one of the most friendly(car park brawls are very rare)
Drafting isn't passe or an étiqueté thing, it's simply against the rules.
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I imagine they won't be up for a chat on the topics of the day if that's what you mean
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
And I feel like saying "I am f*kin diggin in !" if only I had enough breath...