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Thanks all for the advice, I'll give it a miss. Will take a look at Raltech.

Nice one, in the 21 club. I'm running out of opportunities top crack 22 mins. Fast courses are all finished on my club calendar and weekends are a struggle to get to opens. 22.08 currently, so frustrating.

Thanks asac. Giving it some thought.

I'm tempted by the FFWD track disc in the classifieds. Would this give me an advantage over my 88mm rim with flimsy plastic cover? My rim is 23mm wide which works well with a 25mm tyre for a feeling of stability on the road, I think the FFWD wheel is 19mm and I speculate that it might feel sketchier with the 21mm tyre it's fitted with. Would fitting a 25mm tyre ruin the aeros?

Any help much appreciated. Ta.

Could we have a pic of the crack please?

Good luck Danb, hope the weather is kind to you.

^great pic.

First time out in the Casco Speed Time lid tonight. Absence of wind rush and the huge visor give a pleasant sense of detachment from the whole experience. I felt like I could tuck my head lower and I didn't get that wind snatching feel when looking over my shoulder.

Speed-wise I reckon it's done me well. I was only a few seconds behind 2 of the clubs strongest testers who regularly take a minute out of me on a course including 12 roundabouts. I look forward to trying it on the F1B/25 in a couple of weeks.

I'll get right into my minute man's face and dribble on him

Of course, no worries. Just wondered whether it would actually be any better than my ancient design LAS Chronoaero with full scoop open tail. I'm pretty good at keeping my head still, but you can feel and hear the drag dramatically with any side-to-side movement in the LAS.

How timely - this just arrived in the post; second hand Casco Speedtime. Feels great, looks so silly that I think I can get away with it. Have you seen any data for these Xav?

Bike looks great, you look great. Great jaab.

Awesome Hippy, very well done.

Out by 30 secs or more = out of form
Out by less than that = equipment.

That's how it plays in my head anyway.

Well done danstuff, I'll be happy if I get a similar time on Tuesday - current P.B 22.08 and I'm feeling good right now. Would love a 21 before the end of the season.

Looks as if the pitch of the teeth isn't quite right, they look like they're having to push into the gaps. Could it be made a bit wrong?

I've entered the F1B/25 (get me and my TT speak), A1 near Huntingdon on 16/08. Does anyone here have any experience of riding this one fixed? There's a hill near the end so I'm told.

The last one, that's what I do. Pick an optimistic time, figure out the speed, plug it into bikecalc, get as close as I can with the gears that I have to choose from.

Yeah, probably.

55/15 last night. Got a wobble on downhill at 125rpm, but overall I felt like I was nicely on top of it, puts my cadence at about 100 which I'm finding I prefer to the 90rpm I usually calculate for. Did a 50 on the same course on Sunday with 52/15. Next Tuesday is a 10, same course again, I'll go for 55/14 and see how I get on muscling it over at a lower cadence. I don't think I can risk spinning out on the downhill on a 10.

Nice one danstuff. Sometimes taking an involuntary breather is an advantage I find. I had to wait to give way to traffic on the rb last night, felt really fast after that.

Sorry to come to this so late, I just got Vukas with S Bends. They're great. I like S-bends as I can grip the riser bit and make my position a little shorter when the cadence goes nuts and the surface gets sketchy, then go full length when the going is good. The arm rests I find very comfortable and secure feeling.

In other news I did my second 25 last night and shot a 54.21. Nice and damp, warm, no wind.

First 50 miler today, 6.30a.m. Broke the 2 hour barrier with a 1:58.15. Absolutely chuffed to bits with that, the 25tt I did a few weeks ago was 1:00.51 so I can take a definite improvement.

Geared for 25 mph @ 95rpm, did a gel each lap, had camelback, raised armrest stack by 25mm. There was a draggy climb which allowed a bit of fidgeting and fuelling, that helped I think.

New build to replace my fast roadie which was stolen when my shed got burgled. Insurance paid out so all is well.

Cinelli frame less than half RRP from eBay, 27x30mm crabonz from Carbonzone. Athena 11 seemed a bargain at Ribble. Everything else was new clearance stuff

Ennit! I have to take the chain off to stop the pedal hitting the back of the longbike. The whole things a right palava, but a great warm up. I need one of those QR clamp jobs on the back deck, that would make the whole operation more practical.

Yes, Xtracycle Freeradical, it's a longbike kit you can put onto any bike. The Big Dummy licensed the design and built a one-piece frame. The accessories are all interchangeable.