Originally Posted by
Heathpack
Surely some of you guys have done this? (I never have.)
Indeed I have: before power meters, heart rate monitors or cycle computers there was the mechanical stopwatch.
Doing short (2-10 mile) club TT's and keeping a log of gearing,
times, cadence and conditions one knew what gear to start in and which gear inch/cadence combination produced good times.
All you had to do was start strong/smooth, get up to the right GI and keep cadence. Oh, and not crash at the turn around....
"The key to successful time trialing is winning the fight with yourself. You must never give in to pain by reducing your effort....Pain is normal and it is necessary."
-Eddie Borysewicz 1980-84 US Olympic Cycling Coach