Do they ever have TT teams racing? - ie husband/wife team? DH and I love to ride and draft and are always trying to beat our last time / avg speed. It would be fun to do that in a race...
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08-11-2006, 01:16 PM #1
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08-11-2006, 01:40 PM #2
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I don't know about over your way, but we do have a husband/wife on a tandem in the club.
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
But I learned about a week ago that for a while tandems were not allowed to race in our club... I think the UCI regs were used as a reason to stop tandems from racing and I'm not sure of the history. However, they are allowed to race again... I think there is just the husband wife, and also two brothers that race sometimes on a tandem.
Certainly in nationals and internationals, tandems have their own category.
As for mixed teams, you would have to check - I'm not sure. But see how your local club feels.
In our local TTs, the tandem races, but always in the results (TTs or RRs) they are listed as the *****(their name) Tandem with their time beside, because the nature of a tandem will of course give different results (sometimes more favourable, sometimes less, depending on the course) to a single rider/bike.
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08-11-2006, 02:00 PM #3
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Down here we sometimes have tandems included in time trials - mostly in the non-uscf races, but sometimes in those too. In fact our Road Nationals included tandem catagories in not only the TT, but in the road race too. I also know that mixed teams are allowed - the one person I know who does tandem racing rides as a mixed pair. Originally Posted by kelownagirl
There's a big tandem race every year down in Oregon - its a little far for you to travel, but it could be fun - its already over but here is this year's flyer http://www.wsbaracing.com/flyers/200..._Tandem_RR.pdf"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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08-12-2006, 06:52 AM #4
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Team TT
Do you mean on a tandem, or on single bikes? Locally we have a couple of team time trial races(everyone on their own bike), but they typically have 4 racers. I'm not sure if there are any team TTs with just two racers... Originally Posted by kelownagirl
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08-12-2006, 08:45 AM #5
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I mean single bikes. A tandem would be fun but I am too... hmmm... independent? for lack of a better word - to ride a tandem all the time. I want to ride my own bike. Test myself. So I was imagining m/f pairs TT's, drafting, racing against other couples. Originally Posted by SheFly
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08-12-2006, 10:37 AM #6
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I have never heard of paired TTs
Perhaps there is a race designed like this, but I doubt it would be called a TT
The TT is about individual performance, individual power output and individual endurance.
The one exception of course is the team TT - but I have not heard of m/f pairs in a TT...
I do think your idea is an interesting concept and I would be interested to know if anyone out there has heard of such a race... I might suggest it for one of our end of year "fun" events for the club to trial...
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08-12-2006, 11:16 AM #7
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Ahhhh... my partner just left for his Sunday morning bunch training ride and as I was helping him and my son sort breakfast, bars, water/glucose water etc etc i asked about m/f TTs.
He said, "you mean 2-up TTs?"
I said... "I dunno, I guess"
He said he didn't know of them happening here in Middle Earth, but overseas they do 2-up TTs and the second person across the line is time recorded for the pair.
So I guess it works like a team TT, but with only two. He wasn't aware of m/f - husband/wife teams as an event. But in much bigger countries like you all have, you're bound to find one in yours!...
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