Originally Posted by
ElJamoquio
One great thing about having a last name at the end of the alphabet - I've always started last/next to last. The only people who have ever passed me in TT's are Cat 2's or Tandems. Probably only a minor advantages, what without radios and all, but there's still a psychological benefit.
And a big +1 to seeing the rabbit in front of you. The worst is when you've passed a couple of people in a row and there's no one in front of you for a bit.
Huh - we always go off in the order we sign in at the race desk. So you go and find some newbies and have a friendly chat with them as you stroll up to the desk together, then sign the form amongst them.
Then again I'm usually disorganised and running late (I ride to most of my races) and showing up at the last moment, thus just going dead last.
We also don't TT in categories - it's everyone all together, which shouldn't matter as it's a non-drafting, non-group riding event. We only have categories in road races.