10 Mile TT on rollers

[Matt W]

Hi all,

The other day I did a 10 mile TT on my rollers. I got a time of 20mins 38seconds. Avg 29.8 mph. Top 38.7 mph. Is this good for on the rollers? I know there's no wind resistance but I had heard people tell me it is pretty equal because of the resistance and no free wheeling etc. I am trying to get some advice and see where I am at in terms of how well i'm doing.

Thanks for any replys,
Matt W

P.S.
I'm 14 years old

[Antloony]

[quote="Matt W"]people tell me it is pretty equal because of the resistance and no free wheeling etc.
Thanks for any replys,
Matt W

P.S.
I'm 14 years old

[Phil H]

I was thinking about getting some rollers with resistance:
a) so I could take them to TTs for a proper warmup without having to change wheels for the turbo
b) because the turbo is soooo dull

However an option for winter training that we tried out tonight was Huw's session at Cyclopark. 7:00 - 8:30 Wednesdays (except the 2nd Wednesday of the month). Was certainly a workout although the mix of abilities can cause "issues".

[Marcus]

[quote="Phil the Pie"]However an option for winter training that we tried out tonight was Huw's session at Cyclopark. 7:00 - 8:30 Wednesdays (except the 2nd Wednesday of the month). Was certainly a workout although the mix of abilities can cause "issues".

[quote="Marcus"][quote="Phil the Pie"]However an option for winter training that we tried out tonight was Huw's session at Cyclopark. 7:00 - 8:30 Wednesdays (except the 2nd Wednesday of the month). Was certainly a workout although the mix of abilities can cause "issues".

[Matt W]

Thanks,
I was thinking about getting a turbo trainer for the hard training but I was pretty wiped out after that 10 miles!!!

[Phil H]

(Sorry for the threadjacking Matt)

Marcus: Huw mentioned the sessions to be on the dreaded Facebook. It's largely as Keith said but they cope with the kids as well. A lot of the drills are "as hard as you can go" so it's not like you're constantly going round with one bunch that's too fast/too slow for you. The only issues I had was with interval sprints where a couple of times I ran up behind slower people (yes, they do exist) and attempting to gasp "ON YOUR RIGHT" failed and I had to back off.

It's not on next week but back again the week after.

My legs are pretty dead today but I'm resting. Tom's doing cross-country club after school

[Grahame]

Does one need to have a BC membership to join Uncle Huw's punishment class?

[Phil H]

[quote="Grahame"]Does one need to have a BC membership to join Uncle Huw's punishment class?

[quote="Phil the Pie"][quote="Grahame"]Does one need to have a BC membership to join Uncle Huw's punishment class?

[quote="Grahame"][quote="Phil the Pie"][quote="Grahame"]Does one need to have a BC membership to join Uncle Huw's punishment class?

[Matt W]

[quote="Andrew G"]
Back to OP, I don't have rollers so can't compare with how they relate to x/y/z. However based on your time I would say that they are nowhere near comparable to a proper TT, but then nothing is the same as a race in the real world. Road surface, gradients, wind speed and direction etc etc etc etc.

The closest they could relate to would be the track in a low rolling resistance and no wind/gradient type way. However as your 10 back-to back 3 times would create a new hour record then I'd say that rollers don't compare to that either. Or if you did that time for a 10 then you'd be in a tooth and nail battle with George for the trophies, getting top 10 placing in Opens and one of the best juvenilles in the country.

I'm not trying to knock, far from it, well done and keep going with the training, but I would avoid trying to compare apples and oranges and use your training to compare apples and apples. For example you could use this 10 mile TT on rollers as a base and re-test yourself with it at set intervals, say every 4 weeks, to monitor your progress.

[Keith]

You could try the Horne / [url=http://surreyleague.co.uk/courses/newchapel.htm]Newchapel[/url] circuit. Pretty quiet roads. Redhill CC use it for some of their summer club TTs, so that would give you some times to compare against. 3 laps starting from the entrance to the golf club.

You can make it into a full 10 using the [url=http://www.egcc.net/images/horne-circuit.gif]GS10/39[/url] course as ridden by East Grinstead CC.

[Andrew G]

If you are going to time yourself on a course it doesn't matter but if you want to do an official one then you'll struggle to find one out of season, if you do then contact the club first to check it is okay and you'd have to take a parent or guardian to sign a consent form as you are under 18.