Ryder 8K - 11:15

New best time for Ryder: 11:15

New best average power for this distance (359 watts) as well.

This course is hard to get right, you have to violate the normal TT rules ("Don't start out to hard..."). First it's very short so you have to go for some anaerobic contribution. Second there are four different sets of hills, you start on a hill and finish on a hill.

The start is about 400m of 1.5% grade. You have to push hard to get up it and get up to speed. But push too hard and you may blow up.. I did my best 20 sec there with average watts at 605..

The longest hill is in the middle (Westbrooke Mall). About 1.3km at 1.4 % grade. Best 2 minutes with average watts at 382.

The last climb is possibly the worst as it is the last 700m. Only about 9m of actual climbing, but you first have to get around a 90 degree right turn and then get back up to speed as the road turns up just a bit. And (assuming you have paced things correctly) you are just about to run out of gas, at, the, end, of, the, next, no, the, next, hill... Best 1 minute, 453 watts.


Tried out a set of Bontrager Aeolus 6.5's with Veloflex Record tubulars. Possibly a bit faster than my Bontrager Race X-Lite Aero's with Bontrager X-Lite 21mm clinchers. I did take 10 seconds off two weeks ago. At the very least they are not slowing me down (like the Zipp 404 / Tufo S33 combination.)

Ryder 8K TT