by Andrew G » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:02 pm
[quote="olderigetbetteriwas"]is this a hilly course?
Yes. My 10 pb is 22 mins dead and my pb on this 10.7 mile course is 28.30ish. That said it is a TT bike course.
Starts with a longish drag up the A25, short flat bit then left and down a long hill which is in 2 parts with a small drag and a flat bit in the middle. This takes you to the far bit of the course and a left turn to start the climb back home. Flat bit then a hill, then a small descent and flat bit, then a little lump of a climb followed by a flat bit and a small descent. Then a final climb with the finish at the top of it.
For the climbs I change to the 39 ring as I approach so I can then nick up the sprockets to the out the saddle and push bit of them and this avoids jump changes on the hills. Stronger lads like George probably ride it all in the big ring.
There are some bits which twist a bit but they can still be ridden on the tribars, I just tend to not use them on the big descent as there are a couple of bends which are a bit tighter at speed and I can bank the bike more to carry the speed if I switch to the base bar.