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10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:35 pm

I rode the first 10 of my return to testing last night .I did 25.51 which sounds pathetic but placed me 15th out of 35 riders so I suppose its not too bad.The event was on a slowish course with a poor surface and I rode my steel road bike without tri bars.

Although disapointed with my time I absolutely loved it and cant wait till the next one.

I wore my Vegan Cyclist jersey and had comments like "how do you have the strength to turn the pedals" from a guy who I beat by over a minute.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby the crazyest vegan » Sat Apr 24, 2010 7:25 pm

25:51 is pretty damn respectable...
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby Alistar » Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:10 am

philthy builder wrote:
I wore my Vegan Cyclist jersey and had comments like "how do you have the strength to turn the pedals" from a guy who I beat by over a minute.


Don't you just love the sound of a dented ego?! :lol:

Well down PB btw and like TCV said, good time
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:55 am

Thanks guys .I suppose now at least I have a time to beat but when I tested last time I did short 21 s but that was a while ago.If I ride two tens per week as planned I should hopefully post some faster times.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby chronyx » Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:30 pm

You will mate! Post back to this thread and let us know how much your times improve :)
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:30 am

Did another 10 last night and did 25.30 so going the right way.My steel frame gets lots of comments.I think with tri bars and a bigger chainring I could knock a minute or more off my time.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:18 am

Did a 24.58 on Wednesday evening in a road bike only tt.Was 3rd out of 12 riders.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby chronyx » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:38 pm

Nice one dude! :D
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:27 pm

After a couple of dns and dnf due to punctures,broken cranks and other problems over the last two weeks I did a 23.21 tonight which is heading towards a reasonable time.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby xrodolfox » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:55 pm

wow!
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby JohnBarleycorn » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:41 pm

Good work !

What course was that on ?
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby Big Good Wolf » Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:23 pm

Broken crank. :shock:
Sounds like you're getting stronger as well as faster. :D
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby philthy builder » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:04 pm

Well not broken crank but it came off!Its one of those new type where the left crank slots on to the axle which is part of the right crank.Seems they need tightening with a wrench and checking regularly.

I rode the k33 10s which is a slightly different version of the course used for the national 10 recently.
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby chronyx » Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:42 pm

This is over 2 minutes quicker than the first post right? Awesome work mate!
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Re: 10 mile time trial

Postby Herbsman » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:41 pm

I'm going to start doing the weekly Warwickshire RC time trials...
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