Today's Forum Topics
Set as homepage
|
View
New Forum Topics Today's Forum Topics Set as homepage |
 |
|
|||||||
Welcome to CyclingForums.com You are currently viewing our website as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions. You will have to register before you can post to this thread. By joining our free online community you will have access to post new topics, communicate privately with other cyclingforums.com members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos and access other special features like product reviews and classifieds. |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
23-08.-2007, 10:06 AM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 99
|
Time lost in TT
I did a 2.26 mile TT last saturday. I was racing in the pro1/2/3 field with 40 guys. I came in 33rd with a time of 5:01:264. The winning time was 4:24 from a guy from Jittery Joe's pro cycling team. My question is how much time could I have lost to him due to the bike I was riding. The course was pretty much flat. I did have aero bars, skin suite, rudy aero helment, and shoe covers. But my wheels where just Ksyrium SSL's. I was on a regular road bike and my back wasn't that flat.
__________________
|
|
|
|
23-08.-2007, 10:24 AM
|
#2 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,464
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
I don't know of any good way to tell how big a difference your more upright position and stock wheels made vs. how much power difference he had over you. There are just too many variables. -Dave |
|
|
|
|
23-08.-2007, 12:23 PM
|
#3 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 160
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
Hardly anything, maybe a handful of seconds over such a short course. Ksyriums are reasonably aero and you did have aero bars and helmet, so those are three major helpers. I can't see what else you could have done equipment-wise to improve your chances. You did pretty well regardless. |
|
|
|
|
|
23-08.-2007, 12:46 PM
|
#4 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 240
|
Re: Time lost in TT
- hi , your average speed was 27 mph ?
- ie , 43 kmh ? - good speed. . |
|
|
|
|
23-08.-2007, 02:44 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 99
|
Re: Time lost in TT
I could have carved at least another 8 seconds out of the course just taking the turns fast, because the course was fairly technical. I crashed on a decent a few weeks ago and every since I have been a little jittery in the turns, wich is sad since I was always such a good bike handler.
__________________
Last edited by cdy291 : 23-08.-2007 at 02:51 PM. |
|
|
|
|
24-08.-2007, 02:23 AM
|
#6 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 937
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
hmmm ... ksyriums are about the worst wheels from an aero POV out there. Have you seen a single tunnel or velodrome test? !!!!! lots of 'em online if you search. to the OP: very hard to say. I don't think you even said what the winning rider was using so it's hard to compare! Flat/hilly/twisty/straight -- all those things make a difference.
__________________
rmur |
|
|
|
|
|
24-08.-2007, 04:08 AM
|
#7 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 99
|
Re: Time lost in TT
I said it was fairly flat and was a little technical. And he was using what ever Jittery Joe's team TT bike is.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
24-08.-2007, 04:36 AM
|
#8 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Kansas City, USA
Posts: 3,646
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
That was my first thought, because it's hard to lose more that a few aero seconds on a course that short. |
|
|
|
|
|
24-08.-2007, 06:09 AM
|
#9 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 160
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
Surely better than standard spokes and rims though? |
|
|
|
|
|
05-09.-2007, 10:44 PM
|
#10 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 11
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
The JJ's rider was likely on the Garneau TT frameset with deep Cane Creek rims, no disc. Assuming that it's the Augusta, GA TT, then the rider was Thad Dulin a 26 year old Pro. |
|
|
|
|
|
06-09.-2007, 12:26 AM
|
#11 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Georgia, USA
Posts: 99
|
Re: Time lost in TT
Yes you would be correct.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
06-09.-2007, 02:53 AM
|
#12 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 524
 |
Re: Time lost in TT
Quote:
It may take time, but it will come back. I crashed on a 50mph descent when i was younger and it took awhile to get up the speed in the corners, but I am perfectly fast in the corners again. The JJ rider didnt have to accelerate out of the corners as much if his corner speed was higher as you are aware so that left him more power to drive the flats too. I would go with the "a few seconds" estimation on equipment and then add on the corner speed issue. As time savers go and standing on there own merits helmet and clip-ons which you had are the most important followed by wheels then frame. The frame can play a major role in that you can get INTO a very aero position, but it wont do you any good if you arent practiced on your TT bike. Understand that most people lose 5% of there wattage (over 40k mind you) on their TT bikes vs road bikes, but you make up for it on aerodynamics. And I agree with others that you did great. Pros are on another level.
__________________
My Blog: http://raysracingadventures.blogspot.com/ |
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
