Cycling time trials: how to get started and training for best results

Or - how not to punch yourself in the eye with your overshoes and remortgage your house to pay for a slippery bike

Pacing is key in a cycling time trial. Image: Andy Jones

Pacing is key in a cycling time trial. Image: Andy Jones

What are cycling time trials?

Cycling time trials are solo events that push riders to achieve the best result they can, racing only themselves and the ever ticking hands of the clock. Intrepid racers are set off at intervals – usually every minute – and drafting is off limits.

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