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[steverob]

It makes no difference because TT events don’t have drafting regardless of what bike you use. I think that ZI say that a light TT bike is best. Not sure whether it’s better to use aero wheels or Meilensteins…

Yeah, when it's a proper organised TT event (e.g. the ones with the conveyor belts in the pens) then drafting is turned off regardless of what bike you're on. I went with a fairly aero TT bike (but not the most aero one) combined with all-rounder wheels - don't know if it made any difference, but it was worth a try.

 

[13 rider]

For @steverob spreadsheet . Total time 23.38 ,flat 10.36 ,climb 13.02 according to Strava

 

[Whorty]

My new target this evening is 23:37

Although anything under 25:00 will be a good start!

 

[13 rider]

My new target this evening is 23:37

Although anything under 25:00 will be a good start!

I didn't want you to try to hard

 

[Whorty]

I didn't want you to try to hard

Should podium too ... just me in this race so far lol

 

[mjd1988]

Is a Tron faster than TT? TT will be faster on flat but I'd imagine Tron gains on the climb?

 

[Whorty]

Should podium too ... just me in this race so far lol

Damn, couldn't even podium with 4 riders

@steverob Strava has me 20:54 with a split of 9:31 for flat and 11:23 for climb

Quite pleased with that. Leg not too bad, the odd twinge.

 

[berty bassett]

Is a Tron faster than TT? TT will be faster on flat but I'd imagine Tron gains on the climb?

I think they will balance each other out on this course

 

[CXRAndy]

I thought I'd have another go with a TT bike on the Bologna course compared to my Canyon Aeroroad setup.

I tried to beat my time, but also be consistent with power for a comparison

here are the results. Purple trace is the TT bike setup. Average Watts are identical for the flat section on both attempts.

Slower overall

 

[steverob]

Interesting - 15 seconds faster on the flat, but ~20 seconds slower on the climb, although most of that loss came in the first half. What were your power figures like on the hill?

In other news, I see on ZwiftPower that we might have a new leader of the Bologna challenge (sorry Bridgy), but I'll leave him to officially post his time before updating the league table.

 

[Aleman]

Just checked my ZwiftPower data ... currently unclassified, quelle surprise, . I guess I better get three rides in, that should be a laugh 😭😭😭

 

[bridgy]

Interesting - 15 seconds faster on the flat, but ~20 seconds slower on the climb, although most of that loss came in the first half. What were your power figures like on the hill?

In other news, I see on ZwiftPower that we might have a new leader of the Bologna challenge (sorry Bridgy), but I'll leave him to officially post his time before updating the league table.

I was aware of the inevitable @berty bassett awesome time! Bit shy to tell everyone though isn't he? To be quite honest I'm delighted to be as close to his time as I am!

 

[CXRAndy]

Interesting - 15 seconds faster on the flat, but ~20 seconds slower on the climb, although most of that loss came in the first half. What were your power figures like on the hill?

In other news, I see on ZwiftPower that we might have a new leader of the Bologna challenge (sorry Bridgy), but I'll leave him to officially post his time before updating the league table.

My power was on the climb section 276W for Canyon road bike

271W for full TT bike. I did use Zipp 404 wheels on both bikes.

Maybe a bit of fatigue - getting old ya knows

 

[berty bassett]

I was aware of the inevitable @berty bassett awesome time! Bit shy to tell everyone though isn't he? To be quite honest I'm delighted to be as close to his time as I am!

Couple of reasons I didn’t post time
1 not allowed in team (boo)
2 didn’t know what bike was allowed so like Andy I did it twice , once with tron and once with tt bike - haven’t checked zp as it doesn’t matter but strava had it 1sec difference
Paul’s time confirmed what I was worried about ! 50 is the new 21
Well done sir - those be Anumbers 😁👍🤞

 

[steverob]

2 didn’t know what bike was allowed so like Andy I did it twice , once with tron and once with tt bike - haven’t checked zp as it doesn’t matter but strava had it 1sec difference

ZP has both rides at exactly the same time with just a 1 watt average difference - now that's consistency!