Tuesday, February 13, 2007

24 Hour time trial bike


Here it is.
It rides like a dream.
Comfortable and very very fast.
Stock wheels swapped out for Mavic Aksium with Continental Attack/Force 700x22/700x23 tires.
Profile Design IronMan Aero Bars.
Oh and what is it.. a full carbon fibre composite framed Giant SCR Composite 3, Cycling magazine Long Distance Bike of the Year 2006.
Why do I need it?, to ride the Mersey 24 Hour Time Trial. Get on the bike on Saturday 21 July get off 24 hours later on Sunday 22 July. No drafting, no chatting, just pedalling for as far as I can go. How far do I want to go? 384 miles would be nice 400 would be better, but more importantly I want to stay the course and contribute to the team total.
11 riders to date have signed up from Deeside Thistle and that will be some presence on the course.
So the base miles from October, November, December 2006 will come in very handy when I start to up the stakes over the coming months.
Can I achieve 1000 miles in February.. still on the cards. But March will need to be 300 miles per week, April 350 miles per week. And May will need to include some back-to-back 150 mile rides. Keep this blog bookmarked if you want to read the weekly mileage and progress reports.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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