Want to start TTing
 

Well after watching stage one ITT I found my self wondeing if I could do it, I think I could with hard work, but my problem is where would one go to find information on that sort of thing LBS? Net?

Elvish

Do you have a road bike now? If so, ride it real fast if you can go 26-28 mph over a 10 mile course then maybe you have a chance. Those guys in the first stage had an average speed of 32-34mph! I would think if you can bust out a prretty fast time on a regular road bike then having a TT bike would gain you some mph.

Right now I couldnt bust the 32 for that long, but I don't plan to go pro rightaway(if ever) I just want to give it a shot, I understand things get fast really quick but it couldnt hurt to try (well I guess if I fall it can) right?

Elvish

Edit: Would taking up track racing help a little?

See if there's a 12 or 24 hour non draft challenge event around you, and give that a try. Unless your an elite cyclist, your regular road bike will be fine in even the short ITT events.

Do not worry about the speeds the pros use... or even needing a "dedicated TT" bike at first. Go out and try an itt on your road bike and see if you like it... then if you do enough of them think about a dedicated bike...

Those bikes the guys ride are easily in the 6k range minimum with disc wheels... I know, I have one... (see sig). TT's are about finding your personal best... unless it is a TT in a stage race etc...

check out timetrial.org for some aero and training/preparation tips. I am in the sam position as you, but i actually have my first tt schedueled for the end of this month. I just bought some relatively inexpensive clip-on aerobars (about $80) for my road bike and that's it - i'm set. I'll probablly wear my show covers and might tape the vents on my helmet. Training wise, i would do longer high intesity intervals with long recoveries in between. A HRM is obviously a great way to keep your body in check while pushing yourself. I don't know whether i will be any good or not or if i will really like time trials (i think i will), but i will probablly try to keep doing them on occasion even if i don't like them just because they are such a good way to see improvements in my fitness level and comapare myself to my competitors. Get out there and try some. The first couple of times, you might finish dead last and get blown out of the water, or you could finish great. You won't know unless you do them. Plenty of people do them on normal road bikes without anything special, so don't worry to much about gear. You also don't have nearly as many risks as you do in a mass start race, so they are one of the safest ways to get into racing.

Also, if you plan to TT, you had better be the type who is willing and able to withstand intense, continuous pain. If you are not, try something else - something easy, like a road race.

Sounds like my kinda sport! Lets see that makes:
Kickboxing
Ju-jit-su
Boxing
Mountain climbing(face it, the higher climbs are very painful on your arms and back)
And now time trailing,

The only issue I'm having is finding TT areas around me, I don't have a car so I can't just go hop on down to a location miles from here just to try it out, when in theory I could just do it against my self :D

I know they have a lot of stuff around there including regular criteriums. My son, a cyclist, lives in Frisco.

I guess kickboxing can be a bit painful. I remember when I had my nose plastered to the side of my face in a match. That didn't hurt, but when the plastic surgeon injected my face 7 times the next day prior to bending my nose back in its intended position, that rather smarted!

Kickboxing was more a matter of just getting hit hard and fast and over and over, broken bones hurt...just later. I guess I just needa go to LBS and ask around for TTs, cause all the ones I found were a good car ride away.

Elvish