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MrL_JaKiri posted:Next one's in February so not that long to wait. Don't fancy the Hill Climb season then?
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MrL_JaKiri posted:I'm doing A Hill Climb on Sunday but it's an average of 4.3% so it doesn't really count Whos promoting this flat TT in hill climb season???? Show yourself cowards.
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Oct 26, 2020 21:21
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Pinning numbers on my skinsuit when I don’t have a teammate is a pain. Anyone used the racedots on a bike? A clubmate has used race dots for Time Trials and they work ok. I have a NoPinz pocket to avoid this all together.
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May 9, 2021 00:48
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I was targeting the 12 hour TT this year but I think with my injury I just won't be fit enough to even bother with it. Next year for me.
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May 21, 2021 18:58
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bicievino posted:I love reading about the UK TT scene, but this aspect of it has always seemed a bit odd to me. I'm genuinely perplexed it isn't as big in America. Dual carriageway TT's are the fastest you will ever go on a bicycle on a flat road and much like Jakiri says, i've had much more dangerous incidents on normal roads during time trials than dualies. They're generally safer as there's an entire extra lane for cars to pass you however there is a greater risk of a catastrophic incident due to the speeds involved. The fastest courses are being gradually phased out as increases in traffic mean that police forces are withholding permission or organisers feel its not worth the risk to run them. I've marshaled a dual carriageway TT and had to pick someone up who had chanced a roundabout because they didn't want to slow down and ended up in the back of the car in front and I've not raced on that course since and numbers in general have been down. It was the fastest course in the area and would always have a full field before that and instead you're getting 100 people turn up at Goodwood race circuit on a Wednesday evening. I dunno, I think we're going to see a migration to closed circuits for the people that just want to ride head down as fast as they can and sporting courses for everyone else.
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May 31, 2021 14:35
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2 deaths and another very serious injury over the weekend at TT races, all from collisions with vehicles. The open road TT scene in the UK has to change.
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Jul 19, 2021 20:50
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TobinHatesYou posted:What a dumb race. Saw the title of that race and thought you'd come over to the UK to ride. We have a Winchester circuit race just down the road from me! In other UK based hilarity, the national 10 mile time trial championships still don't have an announced winner of the Men's category over a week after the event finished because the timekeepers stop watch ran out of battery and the spare didn't get started.
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Sep 20, 2021 12:44
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MrL_JaKiri posted:First race post accident Nice. I'm working back to crit racing in May but im still thinking about having a go at the 12 hour this year fitness dependent.
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Apr 14, 2022 21:42
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MrL_JaKiri posted:For the 15 miler: basically the same story except I threw up 10 miles in Great plan to lose weight before the climb. bicievino posted:Pacing a 15-miler sounds awful. How far over threshold do you aim? The national circuit TT championship is an 11.4 mile course. Everyone gets it wrong.
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Apr 15, 2022 18:40
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bicievino posted:Is it the same circuit every year? That's kinda rad. Its been at Thruxton for like 7-8 nears now I think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AkYewIJ89A Its on a race track around an airfield and is always blowing an absolute gale. Also you have to remember to count your laps right and pull into the pits on the last lap for the finish otherwise you get DQ'd. This happens a lot more than you'd expect.
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Apr 15, 2022 21:51
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My first TT since injury was meant to be tomorrow but after successfully dodging the rona for 2 years it finally got me. I'd even cleaned the bike and everything.
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Apr 16, 2022 12:17
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The cycling gods smiled on me in the crit today. Guy 2 riders forward in the pack lost a bottle and it hit the ground and span to the perfect angle for me to hop it. I've never shat my pants so hard in a race before, I had guys both sides and at least 15 right behind me. Would have been absolute carnage.
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May 26, 2022 22:03
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bicievino posted:I haven't posted much in this thread this year. I got back into Crit racing this year. I'm old, fat and putting out power numbers from 2016 but I'm having a fun time and I think thats what matters. I've never been up at the point end like you so I can't speak for that but I think you've got a very good mindset about this.
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After getting back into Crit racing and enjoying it I was convinced to get back into Time Trialling too. 1st 10 mile TT in over 3 years at Goodwood Motor circuit. I did it on a road bike as my TT bike is still in pieces and I legit had a fantastic time. I think it being in effect a closed road made it all the more better, not having to worry about a truck taking me out on a dual carriageway made it far more enjoyable. 4 laps is also a nice number. I mean as enjoyable as a 10 mile TT can be. I hadn't ridden much in the 2 weeks proceeding this due to work and I knew I was in bad shape on the warmup as my HR was a good 15bpm higher than it would normally be. Thought about quitting on the 2nd lap as I was dying but caught sight of my minute person and the motivation from reeling them in kept me going. I always find miles 3-5 the worst in a 10, I guess because that's when the pain really sets in and you've still got so far to go. Stuck to my target power despite feeling like I was going to die as well so the legs were okay, cardio not so much as you can see...  That actually is my all time bests for 1 min, 5 and 10 min HR. Theres a weird record logged which I've now found and deleted that had my PR's at 250+ from faulty data.
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https://twitter.com/JoeLavo/status/1563993818499715072 Thought this was an interesting thread about the British 10m TT national champs and what it takes to win it. Its also interesting because nationally the scene is dying on its arse. We've had nearly 5 years of less and less riders taking part and the arms race described in the twitter thread is one of the direct causes. The other most notables are the number of deaths (racing on fast, busy open roads) that have put midpack' people from turning up and the frankly ridiculous cost to just enter events now. The TT scene over here is going through a painful change right now and I'm not sure where its going to end up. For me to race my closest 'fast' course its a 100 mile round trip and a £25 entry fee for 25 minutes of riding. Unless you're at the top end people just aren't bothering now, which means events are barely half full and don't cover the organisers costs. A lot of the race track events that people were switching to due to safety fears are stopping because they need 100+ fields just to pay for the circuit and were barely scratching 80 riders over the summer so theres a double impact to losing those events.
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