I pretty much stopped blogging for a couple of months. Mostly this was due to various circumstances, plus I seemed to have plateaued a bit in my time trialling. While I continued to place pretty well in the club time trials, I still struggled to get comfortable in the aero tuck.
Having said that, our strategy of regrouping in a local pub after each club event for rehydration therapy and a spot of socialising became a regular feature. Here's a collection of TT bikes laid out outside The Old Swan in Astwood.
You can just see my new Ascalon extensions in the second bike...
Just to prove I was actually racing, here's a photo of me approaching the line at the top of the final climb on the Astwood course.
And finishing on the Stoke Hammond course
Pizza at The Old Swan after the last Astwood event!
Towards the end of the season, I finally made some progress on the aero position problems that had pretty well dogged my season of time trialling. I bought a set of Aerocoach Ascalon extensions, which I fitted to the P5. These made a big difference, but I still felt the P5 frame was a little short compared to the older P3 bike, and I eventually shifted tem to the P3 and replaced them with a newer set of Ascalons with longer reach. I'll post separately on the Ascalons.