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It's not an issue to use a club 10 or other non-open 10 event for your PB, so stick in your current PB. The field will be picked based on the 100 slowest riders that enter.
Aero/Gains Thread
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Thanks guys.
I might enter that as my GF's sister is near Lancaster so it's not that obscene a situation for me to ride it and could visit family to justify going down.
I thought there might be a 100 fastest and 100 slowest but it is only the one I linked showing for that weekend, no other events. If it's based on slowest, a Scottish time shall be of advantage for a change
The PB time I put down for a 10 will be from Scottish National at this point, so they can't really turn their nose up at that being a valid PB for a 10 purely because it was Scottish Cycling rather than a CTT event.
I might enter that as my GF's sister is near Lancaster so it's not that obscene a situation for me to ride it and could visit family to justify going down.
I thought there might be a 100 fastest and 100 slowest but it is only the one I linked showing for that weekend, no other events. If it's based on slowest, a Scottish time shall be of advantage for a change
The PB time I put down for a 10 will be from Scottish National at this point, so they can't really turn their nose up at that being a valid PB for a 10 purely because it was Scottish Cycling rather than a CTT event.
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Bit of annoying one that, power pb at 361w, but I went straight on at the turn back on to the DC so had to u turn and lost about 25-30seconds. Could have been a short 19 almost. Still at least I know now, and glad it wasn't a pb with a wrong turn!
Nice course though, will be back on a faster day for sure.
Made that mistake on the 25 before at the roundabout when doing the slightly different courses a week apart... Nice work you'll be flying on a float day, sub 19 for sure.
Went out for a very lumpy 9.6m segment I'd made a year or two back that takes in some of my regular climbs. Should note this is on my roadie carrying spares, bottle and not a single bit of 'speed' orientated kit in sight
Previous best was : 26 Aug 2016 16.9mi/h 162bpm 253W
- 34:21 (did actually manage 10s less with 20w less power in favourable conditions)
Yesterday I managed: 9 May 2017 18.5mi/h 165bpm 277W
- 31:28 ( Slight tail wind in places 2m44s quicker)
Felt I paced it fairly well, my highest power splits all falling towards the final few miles. NP was 293w so fairly consistent output. If this works (Comparison vs previous KOM) it's interesting to see that in places I had quite a gap.
On lumpy courses with descents how should you approach them from a power or speed perspective? Output enough power once crested to achieve & maintain the target speed for the course overall and then just coast in excess of this? Coast fully once over the crest and just let speed build gradually and conserve energy as much as possible? The former seems logical given the diminishing return on power output vs speed gained at higher speeds.
Previous best was : 26 Aug 2016 16.9mi/h 162bpm 253W
Yesterday I managed: 9 May 2017 18.5mi/h 165bpm 277W
Felt I paced it fairly well, my highest power splits all falling towards the final few miles. NP was 293w so fairly consistent output. If this works (Comparison vs previous KOM) it's interesting to see that in places I had quite a gap.
On lumpy courses with descents how should you approach them from a power or speed perspective? Output enough power once crested to achieve & maintain the target speed for the course overall and then just coast in excess of this? Coast fully once over the crest and just let speed build gradually and conserve energy as much as possible? The former seems logical given the diminishing return on power output vs speed gained at higher speeds.
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Should I spend 25 quid on a disc cover for the rear wheel? I'm not setting the world alight with a current 10mile pb of 25 minutes something but now I have a tri/TT bike I'd like to beat that... Although not sure why as I'm targeting longer tri distances...
Planet x stealth with vision 35mm aluminum clinchers.
Planet x stealth with vision 35mm aluminum clinchers.
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For £25 it's a cheap upgrade. Tests have shown disc covers to perform nearly as well as full carbon discs.
For what it's worth, I can't TT for **** but it didn't stop me buying a deep carbon front and rear disc for an Ironman. Gotta look the part right?
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Well I guess it makes a huge difference over 112 miles!
Cheers, I'll get one ordered
Cheers, I'll get one ordered
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Well, I take it not all 700x23 tyres are the same size then? I need to measure the thickness of my rim?
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Well I guess it makes a huge difference over 112 miles!
Cheers, I'll get one ordered
Perhaps, but not if you're like a lot of the riders I saw on my Ironman who had full pointy aero helmets but couldn't actually hold their aero tuck for 180km! Riding 'on the hoods' will negate your disc cover and aero helmet. I practised a lot to ensure I could ride on the TT bars for most of the ride, except for climbing.
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Yep I've noticed that, and Lanzarote of all places is where aero makes a huge difference... Last year on my Allez heading into Famara I pretty much stopped dead as I turned 90° into the wind dropping down from Teguise... My friend on his Cervelo came cruising past. Broke my heart watching him ride away with little I could do other than worry about the run
I'll stick to to aero road helmet/clothing etc for comfort as opposed to going full TT/ironman for speed.
Interesting reading thank you
Seems the GP4000s II on the other bike could be worth switching onto the Stealth then. Fwiw... I'm still not even comfortable in the aero tuck for more than a few miles at the minute though so I have plenty of work to do.
I've just acquired an Adamo saddle that should hopefully help a bit, its the pressure on the gooch that's making me sit up..fingers crossed I get on with it.
Might be worth adjusting your saddle angle slightly if you're not used to riding the drops/extensions and have it set up for comfort or the tops? If the only thing causing discomfort is the saddle not breathing difficulties, hips or neck then I'd play about with position. Try sitting a little further back to spread some of the load so you're comfortable.
I should think being further back and potentially a little less powerful but aero will trump being further forward and popping up regularly, and also uncomfortable
I should think being further back and potentially a little less powerful but aero will trump being further forward and popping up regularly, and also uncomfortable
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Finally managed to break into the 14s round Richmond park with a 14:47. Reckon another 20s on the table with the right legs/conditions
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Lol no chance if he's fit. He's out with a knee injury at the moment so it's possible if he's a DNS. Pat my other team mate will still crush me though I'd imagine.
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Floatiest of floaty nights on our club 10 course tonight so of course there are no events on it! Last night was good too - I didn't ride but a guy I know did a minute PB to pull off a short 20 on a rickety Cheshire single carriageway effort. Unfortunately it wasn't even good enough to win on the night - Ian Stannard turned up and beat him by 20 seconds!
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Might be worth adjusting your saddle angle slightly if you're not used to riding the drops/extensions and have it set up for comfort or the tops? If the only thing causing discomfort is the saddle not breathing difficulties, hips or neck then I'd play about with position. Try sitting a little further back to spread some of the load so you're comfortable.
I should think being further back and potentially a little less powerful but aero will trump being further forward and popping up regularly, and also uncomfortable
I have already dropped the nose of my current saddle a touch which helped slightly and also took 5mm off the height- begrudgingly seeing as I paid for a Retul 2 weeks ago... Yeah my neck is struggling but that's just from lack of mileage this year... I've been focusing on running more so far and only cycled 290 miles this year with 101 of them last Saturday.
I do agree about being aero though... For the same HR my tuck is worth around 1.5 mph from a couple of rudimentary tests on Tuesday