Time Trials 2022

Rhos-on-Sea Cycling Club hosts a series of Time Trials every year. Our Time Trials are designed to encourage novices and seasoned riders and are open to all clubs to race in the series.

Time Trials are a great way of improving your cycling speed and the friendly, competitive atmosphere really makes it a lot of fun too. All rules & sign-on locations are listed below the time trials list.

Rhos also participates in inter-club TT events such as the Gwynedd Cycling Association

Covid restrictions may still affect us in 2022, updates will be posted here and on our Facebook page.    We operate within whatever Welsh Government Covid guidelines are current.  At the moment it can be assumed that riders can turn up and sign on without needing to pre-book.  PLEASE NOTE: the sign on venue for the valley 10 is likely to be Bodnant Gardens National Trust car park, LL28 5RE. Location for the 15 mile course is as before, in Llanrwst, behind Glasdir.

The Rhos on Sea CC TT events for 2022 are listed in the table below.  Payment is at sign-on, using contactless card (mobile signal permitting) or the correct cash.   Updates on the events will be provided on Facebook, for example if there are roadworks that prevent the event from being run as planned.

We are working to provide events for women, designed by women.  Want to contribute? We’d love to hear your ideas. Email post@rhoscycling.com or Message me on Facebook.

Non-club members are  welcome to join our TT events. You can test and try twice, after which CTT rules require that you are a member of a CTT affiliated Club. We do hope you decide to join Rhos!

Rhos on Sea CC  are committed to inclusion and diversity.  The club encourages participation by all groups in competitive and social events. All Club events recognise and distribute rewards equally between competitors.

Please note: It is now a CTT rule for all competitors to wear a helmet (regulation 15), and to have working bright front light (reg. 14j) and rear lights (reg 14i).  Please click on the link below for the CTT regulations https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/articles/view/11

Cost

• Rhos-on-Sea Cycling Club members: £4
• All other Cycling Club members: £5
• Any newcomer to cycling who wishes to take part: £5
• All Rhos juniors (under 18): Free!
• All non-Rhos juniors (under 18): £3

Sign-on and payment

• If necessary due to Covid restrictions we will re-introduce booking for the events. In the meantime, assume that you can turn up and ride. Any questions, please email Toto on totothefinn@gmail.com or message me on Facebook.

Helmet and lights

• All Club events are run according to CTT regulations.
• All riders must have a working bright red rear light and white front light for all Time Trials.
  
• All riders must wear a helmet.

Latest information and Covid update

• For the latest updates, marshal information, and any last minute changes or cancellations, look on our Rhos on Sea CC Facebook page.
• Please read the our TT covid guidelines

Open Leagues

• Open to all clubs.
• There are two leagues consisting of a TT bike league and a non-TT bike league. So the only rule to determine which league you are in is; if you have TT bars on your bike, you are in the TT bike league.
• There are separate leagues for males and females, and for juniors.
• ✓ = League Points available.
• You must do one marshalling or timekeeping duty to qualify to be in the league.
• 50 points awarded for 1st place and decreasing in increments of 1 point per place. (49 points for 2nd, 48 points for 3rd etc). Separate leagues are run for males and females, and junior males and females.
• The series of Time Trials are run over the season and it’s your best 14 scores plus 1 marshalling duty (for which you get average points). Please note, that only 1 marshalling duty point goes towards the average, regardless of how many times you choose to marshal during a season.

Marshals & Timekeepers

• All our marshals and timekeepers are experienced in hosting time trials, but please be considerate as they are volunteers.
• If we end up being short of a marshal,  all rider numbers will go into a hat and the rider that is chosen to marshal will ride for free at their next Time Trial. If there are no marshals, then there’s no race!  so please be prepared to help out.
• A very useful Timekeeper re-fresher PDF has been compiled and can be downloaded at the following link: TT_Presentation PDF
• A clear guide on how to use stop watches during the Time Trials can be downloaded at the following link: StopWatch_Instructions
• The Rota can be viewed at the link below. Please contact Toto if you’d like to volunteer for a time trial marshaling/timekeeper duty:

The 2022 Marshal & Timekeeper Rota will be on a google spreadsheet site, and will be kept up to date – check here or on facebook for links – to be ready at end of March 2022. You can cheer on the riders, as well as marshal, and you get to join in the end of TT season dinner too.