Time Trials

This blog is to follow my season doing time trials on a fixed gear bike. In the UK, time trials form a significant portion of the cycling scene. Most clubs run a TT series, and there are loads of “Open” TTs over the country where you can enter (so long as you join the governing body of TTing, CTT). TTs are run over 10, 25, 50, 100 miles, or 12 and 24 hours. Most club TTs are 10 milers. I plan on riding as many 10 mile club TTs as I can, and possibly some open ones and 25s.

Me

I’m a 40 something guy who has ridden bikes all his life, but hasn’t competed in any way since playing football and American Football in my twenties. I’m older and slower (and heavier) now, but I know how to train and I have a turbo in my garage! I’m using Trainer Road to direct my training – I did that last year and improved significantly, so I will do so again this year. I’ll post more about training as the blog goes on. Last year I rode 4 club TTs on my road bike with clip on bars. I rode the last one on my fixie, and I’m planning on riding all my TTs this year on my fixie.

The fixie

This is a real “bitsa” bike. I originally built it up as a town bike for commuting in 2004, but lots has changed since then! Last year I got the frame sandblasted and painted it and built it up myself. One advantage of using a fixie is that there are no expensive gears to buy, and you can use cheap secondhand wheels. I’ll post properly about this bike in due course.