Richmond Park TT roll call

edds

It was good fun, if frustrating knowing that I should have been faster. Still I can try and improve on that in two weeks time.

Well done to everyone else though.

spasypaddy

podium shots are up, am i allowed to post them?

okgo

Some good shots by the young Dynamo there.

See no issue with posting them as long as you credit the owner?

spasypaddy

so next weeks start sheet is out! excited

bigmat

Ian Paine? Bugger...

I do at least get 6 and a half minutes extra in bed this time round. Should be finshed in time to get to Bletchingley for the Surrey League road race afterwards as well!

spasypaddy

i lost 5 mins on last weeks start time so have to leave home earlier...

okgo

Ian Paine will absoloutley batter that. 24 on his road-bike all day long, be interesting to see.

il_principe

okgo wrote:

Ian Paine will absoloutley batter that. 24 on his road-bike all day long, be interesting to see.

He did a sub 15 min lap of RP on his Road Bike yesterday!

bigmat

On the positive side, should be good incentive for a PB with him starting 30 seconds behind me. Maybe I should run a book on where he overtakes me?!

okgo

Il Principe wrote:

okgo wrote:

Ian Paine will absoloutley batter that. 24 on his road-bike all day long, be interesting to see.

He did a sub 15 min lap of RP on his Road Bike yesterday!

Yep, very quick night in there, but that is impressive which ever way you cut it, he's been racing well too. I can't see past him for the win in that cat regardless of who is riding.

But the TT one will be interesting, some strong guys in that, reckon Elliot Porter/Seb Ader for the win.

edds

I didn't like being off third last time, but at least then I had a good buffer to the faster people so no one came past me. This time I have cjcp 30 seconds behind me...

15 minute lap?! And I was happy with my 18:26.

cjcp

Hell's teeth; I can't beat 15 mins in my car, let alone on my bike.

Interested to know what Pitchshifter's bought to secure the extra 3 secs he needs...

il_principe

cjcp wrote:

Hell's teeth; I can't beat 15 mins in my car, let alone on my bike.

Interested to know what Pitchshifter's bought to secure the extra 3 secs he needs...

An extra spicy breakfast burrito.

pitchshifter

Il Principe wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Hell's teeth; I can't beat 15 mins in my car, let alone on my bike.

Interested to know what Pitchshifter's bought to secure the extra 3 secs he needs...

An extra spicy breakfast burrito.

Marginal gains ect.. ect....

One thing I won't be doing this time is faffing around with my Garmin just after I set off..

edds

pitchshifter wrote:

One thing I won't be doing this time is faffing around with my Garmin just after I set off..

That is one of the things I picked up from last time. Hit the start button on the Garmin during the countdown and know that it will be 2-3 seconds fast. I tried to start peddling and pushing start all at once and it was a right faff.

bigmat

pitchshifter wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Hell's teeth; I can't beat 15 mins in my car, let alone on my bike.

Interested to know what Pitchshifter's bought to secure the extra 3 secs he needs...

An extra spicy breakfast burrito.

Marginal gains ect.. ect....

One thing I won't be doing this time is faffing around with my Garmin just after I set off..

One of the few things I was happy with last time round - start the Garmin when they start the 10 second countdown - you can then just knock 10 seconds off when you finish.

spasypaddy

have it set to auto stop start and it will count 1 second then stop before you set off.

i need to turn off autolap though

spasypaddy

does anyone want me to stand on the side of the road and throw urine at them on sunday? make them feel like they are riding the tour?

il_principe

pitchshifter wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Hell's teeth; I can't beat 15 mins in my car, let alone on my bike.

Interested to know what Pitchshifter's bought to secure the extra 3 secs he needs...

An extra spicy breakfast burrito.

Marginal gains ect.. ect....

One thing I won't be doing this time is faffing around with my Garmin just after I set off..

I totally arsed my Garmin last time, so had no idea of speed, virtual partner, time, nothing. TBH it didn't really matter. Just push until your legs scream and the snot flies. If it doesn't hurt, you're not going hard enough...

okgo

Start your garmin on the count of 2 and job done, not sure how you could mess that up lol?

il_principe

okgo wrote:

Start your garmin on the count of 2 and job done, not sure how you could mess that up lol?

I had the route loaded up for Virtual Partner. Pressed go and it flashed up with 'ride complete' Was then too late to attempt a reset so I left it alone. Bloody thing.

cjcp

Top efforts by Mat Hammond and Pitchshifter to finish second and third respectively in yesterday's RPTT.

Overshoes appear to be the way forward. 8)

spasypaddy

great ride yesterdsay Mat! nice to finally meet you as well

bigmat

spasypaddy wrote:

great ride yesterdsay Mat! nice to finally meet you as well

Cheers Dan. Still haven't met the BMC - maybe next time!

spasypaddy

BigMat wrote:

spasypaddy wrote:

great ride yesterdsay Mat! nice to finally meet you as well

Cheers Dan. Still haven't met the BMC - maybe next time!

ah yeah it was leaning over on a tree at the other side of the car park.

looking forward to doing this next year already...

pitchshifter

cjcp wrote:

Overshoes appear to be the way forward. 8)

You need to invest for next year. Although not before you get some new pedals..

il_principe

pitchshifter wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Overshoes appear to be the way forward. 8)

You need to invest for next year. Although not before you get some new pedals..

and a new bike.

mr_ribble

Il Principe wrote:

pitchshifter wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Overshoes appear to be the way forward. 8)

You need to invest for next year. Although not before you get some new pedals..

and a new bike.

and more power..