Can you use a road bike during a TT?
04-04-07, 01:40 PM
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Can you use a road bike during a TT?
Or, put another way, is it unusual to see a road bike at a TT, especially if it is a beginners division?
04-04-07, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cat4ever
Heck, I saw a hybrid at the last TT I was in.
04-04-07, 01:53 PM
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Good news then.
04-04-07, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyclologist
Or, put another way, is it unusual to see a road bike at a TT, especially if it is a beginners division?
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04-04-07, 01:57 PM
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It is absolutely acceptable to use a traditional roadbike for a TT event.
04-04-07, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Jays
It is absolutely acceptable to use a traditional roadbike for a TT event.
04-04-07, 02:06 PM
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Yes but not the other way around.
04-04-07, 02:49 PM
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That's the only kind of bike I've ever TTd. I've also never won a TT 
I'm hitting a 26mph average on our local 8-mile TT course with drop bars and clip-on aero bars. I can't help but wonder how it would go with a P3 and some $2K wheels though...
I never was a TT guy. I'm all about the bursts.
I'm hitting a 26mph average on our local 8-mile TT course with drop bars and clip-on aero bars. I can't help but wonder how it would go with a P3 and some $2K wheels though...
I never was a TT guy. I'm all about the bursts.
04-04-07, 03:14 PM
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I plan on using a road bike for a College A's TTT a week and a half from now. Mainly because it's only a 4-up TTT, I don't feel comfortable taking quick pulls and shuffling rapidly at 28-30mph in aerobars, I'm broke, and the course might be moderately hilly.
04-04-07, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by djbowen1
i average 25 mph with clip ons and can average 30+ mph on a 10 mile tt
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...if you don't mind getting passed all the time by those guys with fancy bikes that have discs on the back....whoomp, whooomp, whoomp they go swishing past you one by one...
How do I know this?
Yeah...my Klein looked a bit out of place at the state TT championships a couple of seasons ago. But I did it, and I wasn't the only one either.
How do I know this?
Yeah...my Klein looked a bit out of place at the state TT championships a couple of seasons ago. But I did it, and I wasn't the only one either.
04-04-07, 04:41 PM
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TT bikes dont make you faster if you dont train with them. It is a very different feel to "lay down" on the bars and still keep your hips/legs open and producing power. You would most likley be faster riding a road bike that you are use to than hop on a TT bike for the first time and do a time trial.
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My first TT this year (it was actually first race, too) I had the same question. I have no aero bars, had no illusions of getting top-10, and really didn't know what to expect in general.
I'd go so far as to say that straight road bikes will be the vast minority. I showed up on my Tarmac, no aero bars, and felt in a way that I stood out like a sore thumb. Nearly EVERYONE had aero bars. Not ACTUALLY everyone, but close. Even then, a LARGE percentage had straight-up TT bikes.
I was at a very distinct disadvantage without aero gear.
I'd go so far as to say that straight road bikes will be the vast minority. I showed up on my Tarmac, no aero bars, and felt in a way that I stood out like a sore thumb. Nearly EVERYONE had aero bars. Not ACTUALLY everyone, but close. Even then, a LARGE percentage had straight-up TT bikes.
I was at a very distinct disadvantage without aero gear.
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
...if you don't mind getting passed all the time by those guys with fancy bikes that have discs on the back....whoomp, whooomp, whoomp they go swishing past you one by one...
I saw a guy in jeans riding a fixie in one TT. Going really fast.
04-04-07, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by djbowen1
i average 25 mph with clip ons and can average 30+ mph on a 10 mile tt
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Have won couple Sr. Olympic TTs on roadbike.
Was told by a hi-techie riding bike dude . . . 'you can't win anything on that piece of sh*t!'
Told him: 'Watch!' Beat him and got the gold. Hey, you're the motor: Go!
Was told by a hi-techie riding bike dude . . . 'you can't win anything on that piece of sh*t!'
Told him: 'Watch!' Beat him and got the gold. Hey, you're the motor: Go!
04-04-07, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyclologist
Or, put another way, is it unusual to see a road bike at a TT, especially if it is a beginners division?
04-04-07, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
04-04-07, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
fact: I was sitting on a pineapple
On another topic - Penguins are the most underestimated and coolest in the entire animal kingdom. I've seen Wallace and Gromit.
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I've seen them used by UCI teams so you are probably okay in your local race.
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Originally Posted by waterrockets
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I'm hitting a 26mph average on our local 8-mile TT course with drop bars and clip-on aero bars. I can't help but wonder how it would go with a P3 and some $2K wheels though...
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Yes, it is possible to ride a road bike in a TT. In fact, that's what Dr. WJO will be doing now after waterrockets bops him over the head and steals his ride.