Today was Cyclone ITT 36km at Changi Coastal~
First time doing a time trial event so don't know what to expect.
Upon reaching there,I immediately saw lots of TT bikes with aero helmets + team jerseys. All looking like they gonna break a record or something.. Those wheelsets were crazy- H.E.D JETs/Corima trispokes/ZIPP Discs. Can't imagine how much their bikes must have cost. There were couple of road bikes as well but just a handful. Their bikes were certainly chio. My Spect told me it was quite intimidated.
So it was 3 laps of 12km sprint flats.. Each rider was released at 1 min intervals to prevent congestion. And it turned out good. Those riders with full disc rear wheels sounded really scary when they accelerated!!
I started about 9.45am,just when the guy infront of me was being flagged off, his chain dropped! Like wtf man.. hahhaha had to dismount to help him. After he left I went ahead to clip on my cleats. And about 20 seconds before my flag off, 1 guy doing the uturn for the 2nd loop crashed into the barricades. It was freaking loud man coz it was the metal rails that he collided into. Don't know how bad it was though, coz i began shortly after that.
About 12 km through, my left aerobar armrest actually gotten loose and collapsed onto my drop bars..leaving me no choice but to use the road bullhorns for the remaining 20+ km. Argh man coz for the first 12km the aerobars really helped me alot.
Ended up completing the 36km in 1hr10mins.
So slqx want to sell her bike!! WTH!! can someone please talk some sense into her not to sell it away?? but nevertheless rollerblading is fine too hahhaa.
Time to rest!
Signed off at 3:07 PM .