Time Trials (TTs) can really provide that extra bit of ‘intensity’ to boost your training and riding the same course over a season gives a very good way of judging fitness.

This Q&A applies to the club events, normally held on a Tuesday evening through the summer, not Open TTs. Club events can be entered on the line, whilst Open events are by prior entry only – no entry on the line. For people wanting to enter Open events, we suggest that you buy a copy of the CTT Handbook here. There may have some available for members, so ask at the club night on Wednesdays. The London West District (www.lwdc.co.uk) have a very useful event calendar, and also have a handbook for bedtime reading.

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The time trial, or ‘TT’, is often a first step into competitive road cycling. Competitors, individuals or teams, set off at intervals and are timed over a fixed distance course. A time trial can be test of a rider’s ability to beat earlier personal bests, or effectively a race in which riders compare their performances to others. There are few tactics; in a time trial you ride against the watch – with no one to slipstream or set the pace.

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