Today's TT

25:28.

Pleased. I think if I'd focused harder I could have scraped a 24.

Heart rate, when I looked at the end, was 172, which is the highest I've
seen so far this year. I need a better HRM though, I've got a basic
unit, current and audiable low/high alarm only. I need an aero helmet
and a one piece bodysuit, too.

--
Toby

Toby Douglass wrote:
25:28.

Pleased. I think if I'd focused harder I could have scraped a 24.

Heart rate, when I looked at the end, was 172, which is the highest I've
seen so far this year. I need a better HRM though, I've got a basic
unit, current and audiable low/high alarm only. I need an aero helmet
and a one piece bodysuit, too.

I did 27:00 (since I finally broke my old PB of 27:10 I've never gone
over it again). Felt horrible all the way round though, with a headache
and runny nose. I'll be back on the track bike for the last one in the
series, wind permitting, and this time I'm going for 26:05 (23mph).
I'll need it to win the handicap trophy.

Toby Douglass wrote:
: 25:28.

: Pleased. I think if I'd focused harder I could have scraped a 24.

Result!

: Heart rate, when I looked at the end, was 172, which is the highest I've
: seen so far this year. I need a better HRM though, I've got a basic
: unit, current and audiable low/high alarm only. I need an aero helmet
: and a one piece bodysuit, too.

Nah, you don't. That way madness and riding on the A1 in search of speed
lays in wait.....

Arthur

--
Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

Arthur Clune wrote:
Toby Douglass wrote:
: 25:28.

: Pleased. I think if I'd focused harder I could have scraped a 24.

Result!

: Heart rate, when I looked at the end, was 172, which is the highest I've
: seen so far this year. I need a better HRM though, I've got a basic
: unit, current and audiable low/high alarm only. I need an aero helmet
: and a one piece bodysuit, too.

Nah, you don't. That way madness and riding on the A1 in search of speed
lays in wait.....

It depends on wether you time trial to measure yourself against
yourself, yourself against other people, or yourself and your
equipment against other people and their equipemt.

Competitive sport is the last case, of course.

My TT bike was built to be pretty to look at, and comfortable
to ride. But I only TT to see how fit *I* am.

BugBear

wrote:
My TT bike was built to be pretty to look at, and comfortable
to ride. But I only TT to see how fit *I* am.

I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero
helmet, disc wheel, bodysuit, etc. I don't match myself up against
other people, but, at the same time, I *do* expect myself to be one of
the best at whatever it is that I'm doing.

--
Toby

"Toby Douglass" wrote in
message ...
wrote:
My TT bike was built to be pretty to look at, and comfortable
to ride. But I only TT to see how fit *I* am.

I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero
helmet, disc wheel, bodysuit, etc. I don't match myself up against
other people, but, at the same time, I *do* expect myself to be one of
the best at whatever it is that I'm doing.

As Arthur says, that way lies the A1. Don't do it...

(where is the nearest track to Cambridge?)

cheers,
clive

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:55:32 +0100, Toby Douglass wrote:

wrote:
My TT bike was built to be pretty to look at, and comfortable
to ride. But I only TT to see how fit *I* am.

I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero
helmet, disc wheel, bodysuit, etc. I don't match myself up against
other people, but, at the same time, I *do* expect myself to be one of
the best at whatever it is that I'm doing.

To me it couldn't possibly be worth the money.

--
Michael MacClancy
Random putdown - "They never open their mouths without subtracting from
the sum of human knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
www.macclancy.demon.co.uk
www.macclancy.co.uk

Toby Douglass wrote:

: I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero

Don't go there. Take up road racing in that case.

You'll never be able to get a lower time than someone who's being drafted
by along the A1 by an army convoy and a load a waggons. You'll also live
longer though.

Arthur

--
Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

wrote:
Toby Douglass wrote:

: I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero

Don't go there. Take up road racing in that case.

You'll never be able to get a lower time than someone who's being drafted
by along the A1 by an army convoy and a load a waggons.

I wouldn't want to, though.

Remember - I'm not comparing myself to other people.

I want to get *my* best time. And I wouldn't consider riding along the
A1 being drafted, because that's not *me* getting the time, that's the
lorries and me "cheating".

--
Toby

On 20/8/04 11:37 am, in article
, "Toby Douglass"
wrote:

wrote:
Toby Douglass wrote:

: I think I TT to get the lowest possible time I can. Accordingly, aero

Don't go there. Take up road racing in that case.

You'll never be able to get a lower time than someone who's being drafted
by along the A1 by an army convoy and a load a waggons.

I wouldn't want to, though.

Remember - I'm not comparing myself to other people.

I want to get *my* best time. And I wouldn't consider riding along the
A1 being drafted, because that's not *me* getting the time, that's the
lorries and me "cheating".

I ride to get my best time. I'm still (apart from a different saddle, tyres,
stem and seat pin) using the same bike as when I started doing TT's a long
time ago.

I could probably knock a significant chunk off my time by riding a
lightweight TT bike with aero bars and disk wheels, with a skin suit and
helmet but that would be a technical fix. What I really want is an engine
fix, ie to get faster, not fatter. I might stretch to some decent tyres but
in the mean time, until the current bike wears out I'll continue to try to
improve my time on it.

After all, I'm not really competitive vs other people (though I did improve
last time from second last to third last..) and have a lot of personal
improvements to make before spending money on the bike will make a
significant difference.

As I see it the best thing to spend on the bike is time rather than money.
Why buy the latest lightweight bits when I am 15kg overweight? Better to
shed the flab.

...d