If Will does decide to delve into the TT bike market, perhaps he should be aware that the Scottish Time Trial association or whatever the governing body is, is affiliated to the UCI, where as English and Welsh are governed by the RTTC, which thinks the UCI are a bunch of Luddites when it comes to bike design, but to put a point to the rambling, if Will decides to compete in TTs in Scotland his brand new shiny TT bike must be UCI compliant.
This Irish club page tells you how to do it (snigger)
http://www.ballymoneycyclingclub.com/Ti ... -Spec.htmlPlease note:
All TT bikes are triathlon bikes, but not all triathlon bikes are TT bikes. ( none drafting events ).
TT bikes are faster, for the majority of courses, one will not dispute this, but, if for the sake of argument the average triathlete has two bikes, a road bike, standard or compact group set , alloy wheels, clinchers used for training, and a nice carbon TT bike, carbon wheels,maybe a disc wheel, carbon braking surface, 53/39, what bike would they race on for say Challenge Rimini, hopefully the link will go to the bike course and profile, early season race, possibility of rain, the course is basically, out and back, the out is uphill, the back is downhill. The bike handling is better on the road bike than TT, adding to the mix, the other 1500 idiots in Lycra going downhill at the same time.?
http://www.challenge-rimini.it/pdf/bike.pdf
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