Is TT racing is a more honest form of racing?
Road bike races are just a bunch of guys all crowded together trying to hide from the air behind the guy in front of them. Not showing honest speeds I think. What do you think?
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Road bike races are just a bunch of guys all crowded together trying to hide from the air behind the guy in front of them. Not showing honest speeds I think. What do you think?
Any meathead can race a TT - "Grog strong! Grog stomp hard on crank. Grog go fast." I don't even know why they bother doing it outside - they might as well do the sport on a trainer.
Road racing takes strategy and forces riders to use their brains as well as their fitness and endurance.
You could argue that any lightweight could race in a 'normal' race 'Please don't let the guy in front realise I haven't done a turn in an hour', but that would be unnecessarily imflamatory. The question should be rearranged to idendify the required outcome. If the question is:
"Should TT riding be considered as a truer representation of a riders' speed over a certain distance, which can be measured objectively?"
Then the answer would be 'yes' .
If the question is :
"Should TT riding be considered as 'superior' to normal road racing as it can't be measured objectively?
Then the answer is 'no', as the practice of cycling in a bunch is highly subjective, and requires a lot of skill other than pedal power and aerodynamics to win.
In my personal opinion, TT riding (and more specifically static trainer riding) is a more honest form of competition, but it's less exciting. Can you imagine all stages of the Tour de France as TT?
TT Racing is all about watts and who can afford the best aeronautical engineers to squeeze out every piece of drag.
Why have them on a road? Stick everyone on a WattBike and weigh the results with a coefficient that favours of the teams with the biggest budgets. Job done. :)