Re: Bicycle race training technique

On 2/14/2025 10:15 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 2/13/2025 7:00 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

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Time Trials no the road isn’t closed they have code names harking back to
it being illegal, and be large dual carriageways, depending on the location
might be held earlier in the day, though not always.

 Some here might not know about the days when time trialing was illegal in the UK. Roger might want to give a quick summary of the situation and the work-arounds.
 Today in the U.S. some advocates have pointed out a potential disadvantage of having a bicycle legally defined as a vehicle: It may make bicyclists in technical violation of certain anti-racing laws - for example, when a cyclist and a buddy sprint for the next telephone pole. In at least some states, advocacy organizations closely monitor proposed traffic laws to ensure that certain ones apply only to _motor_ vehicles.
 

Illegal?  In my youth, TT was widely popular in England and moreso there than anywhere else!
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2018/09/10/the-surprising-origins-of-time-trials/
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/cms/ctt/history
And back to the earlier point, TT in traffic can result in some startling times even though riders are sort of honor (honour) bound not to draft.  Which is why English TT times regularly beat world and Olympic records in those days.
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