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Trying to reconcile with the results, it would appear that the villain could be a Jacek Reder, private member, who finished 3rd...

I was watching from just about where they are lying in the second photo with my 7 year old (who had finished racing in the juniors). I was fortunately watching and managed to grab him by the scruff and get most of him out of the way. He has a rather impressive bruise on his thigh where he got hit by Mr Twickenham's helmet. It all happened very very fast.

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Fabian Cancellara - a study in strength and flexibility

Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara made a clear impression on Pruitt, with the American proclaiming after the medical assessment and initial bike fit that, "I have learned a lot about the reason for this guy's success in the last few minutes". The reason for his praise? Cancellara's considerable flexibility and strength, which enable him to comfortably hold an aerodynamic tuck during time trials. Of the Saxo Bank riders seen, Cancellara seemed to impress Pruitt most, biomechanically; in fact, he had some good news for the Swiss TT specialist after the examination.

As is always the case, the BG assessment started off with an examination of the rider off the bike. Cancellara was judged to have good shoulder strength, and was then asked to touch his toes; he did more than that, putting the palms of his hands flat on the ground and earning praise from the assessor. His leg length was found to be equal.

He was then asked to lie on his back, straighten his leg and raise it upwards towards the vertical; he was found to have 85 degrees of angle on the right leg, with three more on the left. Pruitt was clearly impressed with this, saying that it was "very flexible for a big guy", while bringing his knees to his chest revealed what was termed, "huge glute [gluteal] flexibility," namely a right leg reading of 130 degrees and a left leg of 135. His glute strength was judged by Pruitt to be 'bulletproof'.

Don't forget to stretch the hamstrings - one of the keys to Cancellara's ability to generate power in his aero position without fucking up his back is his flexibility.

^^^ I have one of those - fantastic saddle. San Marco were unbelieveable to deal with. Bought it online from them during my lunch break. It arrived at my desk at 9.30am the following morning complete with a matching pair of socks!

Best looking women too. (well maybe Argentina)

Until they get old, obviously...

Plus, unlike Mrs S, I am completely devoid of talent and also hardly a lightweight!

@willo Do you not race?? I'd love anyone of those wheels

Somebody has to stay at home and look after the kids. I tend to road race only, and have some hand-built PMPs built with Open Pros and another set of PMPs built with deep section carbon rims.

London Dynamo are hoping to stage the Richmond Park Time Trials again next year, and are, I understand, in discussions with the Royal Parks.

Mrs S has:

1. Corima Disc - the go to rear wheel, which she believes gains her 2 mins over 25m compared to the Zipp
   
2. Zipp 808 - for hilly events where the weight of the disc may become an issue
   
3. HED Trispoke front - for windless days
   
4. Hand-built 45mm carbon rim on a Tune hub front
   
   

She will be getting a Lightweight disc for the national events this season, and we are also considering a Xentis front. Cockpit is being upgraded to 3T Ventus. Frameset is being upgraded.

Needless to say, it is costing me a small fortune. Anyone want to sponsor her?

    A paypal account is being run by another member of LFGSS (Cheevil) the email address for Paypal is <chithai@mac.com> to which donations can be made.

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@ ewanamacdonald - assuming that you are doing iron-man and half iron-man, you will gain much more from an aero front wheel than you will from an aero rear (unless you run a disc). When Mrs S started (just a year ago) we initially went with just an aero front. On your budget, there is a lot of choice, particularly if you can pick something up second hand. The time-trialling forum is a good place to look.

As far as I know, the main benefit of a deep rim rear is to help handling in windier conditions.

Very nice - we got Mrs S her machine on my bike to work scheme ;-)

Tunnel time is expensive. Her targets this year are the National 25m, 50m and 100m races. She will also go in the 10m but doesnt expect to do that well given her training focus on the longer distances.

I have a pretty small head for a girl, and I'm fairly sure I'd need a small otherwise I would probably be tempted by it. It would indeed match my kit, though my use for it may be fairly limited.

The helmet in the first photo will be up for grabs shortly if you are interested - Mrs S has a small head.

They did bring her elbows together - although that didn't make much difference. The biggest gain was made by pushing her poles out, effectively stretching her top-line and lowering her head carriage.

This is a picture of her at the start of the session for comparative purposes:

There are two that you can use - one in Wiltshire, and one in Northamptonshire. This was Northamptonshire. They believe that she has gained an effective 28 Watts from the adjustments to her position and a different helmet, even though they have lifted her front end. It will be interesting to see how much quicker this makes her.

She'll have a new frame and cockpit too - it seems I'm much more excited about this than she is.

She is looking to go quicker this summer...

She is obsessive. Not even borderline obsessive.

I have never done a 50. However, Mrs S has, head down aero all the way (bar the roundabout change of directions where she sat up a little). 2 hours and 48 seconds. Rather put me off ever trying one.

How much??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rapha-Rouleur-magazine-issue-13-now-out-of-print_W0QQitemZ120514531352QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Sports_Memorabilia_ET?hash=item1c0f39d018

Well known by those in the know - easiest aero time gains come from a visor!

I have the box for one if you want to improve your bay prospects - pick up from EC2 -

EDIT - SCRAP THAT - I'M A MUPPET - I have a HERO box.