EricinIkebukuro
Speeding Up
- Jan 30, 2011
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So with the Sprinters race and the KOM race, I am motivated to keep the events going while the weather is still good for riding.
I would like to propose an Individual TT event on the Edogawa river. It will be a 41.5 km TT from Matsuda to the Noda city Castle along the Edogawa cycling road. See Route here: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/135516765
Starting time would be at 9 am. We line everyone up with the potentially faster riders starting at the back. At 30 second or 15 second intervals (depending on the number of riders) riders will start and ride the course as fast as they safely can go. Because everyone will be leaving at a specified time, their arrival time will be recorded and from that we can judge their overall time.
Rules:
1) you can not work with other riders to improve speed or time (that would make it a TTT).
2) the few lights in the beginning of the course will be not be taken into account in your over all time. If you get stuck, tough luck. I think it would be too complicated to take the lights into account for those who did or did not get stopped by them.
3) Ride hard but do not endanger pedestrians. There will be a few people at the first 5 km of the course as it is in Matsuda. Watch out and don't do anything to risk injury.
We will need a volunteer to wait at the finish line and take people's times as they cross the line. The finish line will be about 10 meters in front of the entrance to the Castle parking lot. Using clocks on our cell phones will be most accurate as they use gps to determine time and are in sync with each other.
After the TT, we can enjoy lunch at the small restaurant and then have a nice group ride back to Tokyo.
Any comments, suggestions or improvements to this idea are welcome.
I would like to propose an Individual TT event on the Edogawa river. It will be a 41.5 km TT from Matsuda to the Noda city Castle along the Edogawa cycling road. See Route here: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/135516765
Starting time would be at 9 am. We line everyone up with the potentially faster riders starting at the back. At 30 second or 15 second intervals (depending on the number of riders) riders will start and ride the course as fast as they safely can go. Because everyone will be leaving at a specified time, their arrival time will be recorded and from that we can judge their overall time.
Rules:
1) you can not work with other riders to improve speed or time (that would make it a TTT).
2) the few lights in the beginning of the course will be not be taken into account in your over all time. If you get stuck, tough luck. I think it would be too complicated to take the lights into account for those who did or did not get stopped by them.
3) Ride hard but do not endanger pedestrians. There will be a few people at the first 5 km of the course as it is in Matsuda. Watch out and don't do anything to risk injury.
We will need a volunteer to wait at the finish line and take people's times as they cross the line. The finish line will be about 10 meters in front of the entrance to the Castle parking lot. Using clocks on our cell phones will be most accurate as they use gps to determine time and are in sync with each other.
After the TT, we can enjoy lunch at the small restaurant and then have a nice group ride back to Tokyo.
Any comments, suggestions or improvements to this idea are welcome.