Find out if you're gonna have a team car following you. Hook up a GoPro to that.

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I have nothing of value to add other than this is super cool! What an opportunity!

If NBC is the broadcast partner, they may own the exclusive rights to the broadcast/recording equipment use. What do the contest rules say?

Also, awesome for you!!

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Watch out for the manhole covers, and try not to get chicked.

Well done!! You're just killing it on Watopia.

In the immortal words of Joe Madden...."Try not to suck" :-)

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Awesome!! Enjoy the experience

I'll do my best to accomplish both of these things, Coggan. Hunter Allen bet $10 I'd take a top 20 split including the pro field haha...not quite sure I believe him, but if I can avoid getting chicked hopefully I'll do pretty well haha

kick @ss cause that is kick @ss

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(-; There are probably only 3 people here that will get this, you, me, and uhmmm?

That's super fucking awesome. Nice work, kick some ass, and have fun.

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Have you ever even ridden a fixed gear, Shaun?

I believe it is spelled Shawn...

I don't.

Thanks man. NBC is the partner for the actual event later in the day, but I'll be riding the course before the pros launch that afternoon.

I did learn today that I'll at least have a follow car with a Zwift employee probably to make sure I'm okay if I crash haha. I'm gonna throw a GoPro on the hood if they'll allow! Should make for a badass video!

“Relieve” yourself and claim it as your own.

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Edit; I see someone beat me to the punchline.

Congrats on a great opportunity and good luck! Be sure to keep us posted.

Was this the infamous wreck a few years ago in this same race?

hah nice.

Poor Dan

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I think reading about that incident was how I discovered ST. Then I split my collarbone in a TT not long after.

Congrats dude! Amazing opportunity. Please update thread with any video or photos you wish to share when you do it.

Just make sure the route doesn't have any weird bumps or speed bumps. Reading a book where a pro tour guy didn't practice the bunny hop and caught the rear tire on the bump and the saddle almost took his manhood away.

FWIW, I'm a joe-blow nobody cat 5 racer. The difference between decent kit and really tuned in kit for the occasion can easily be 1/2 mph. I was surprised the difference my low budget (under $150) skinsuit performed versus a higher dollar road race team kit. At only 26mph even.

I was around 24.5 mph in practice at a similar power, but a skinsuit and TT helmet took it to close to 26 in the race.

I can't imagine in the closer to 30mph range what a tuned in modern TT bike and skinsuit would be versus my piddly little setup. You're going to fly!

Just promise us that you'll give it the beans! You don't have to run the entire stage race like they do, so you can in theory give it a harder all out effort. Hacking cough or dry heaving for sure.

Really cool opportunity - be sure to post afterwards and let us know what it was like.

I don't know. We have a pretty good history now of this amateur TT event at the ToC. Plenty of very fast amateurs and triathletes (e.g. Chris McCormack, Lieto, Rapp in their primes) trying to beat pro times. And, so far, it's not been terribly kind to us. Macca, I think, has done the best, coming in like 56th place (if placed with the pros), over 4 minutes back from Tony Martin

I have a buddy with a (legit) 390W FTP @ 80kg who did the amateur ToC TT last year. And completely dialed in aero-wise. He was sure he was going to annihilate all the Andy Schleck types.

He didn't. He placed somewhere in the 90's, if placed with the pros.

Het said the biggest difference is that the pros all took the corners at speeds he was terrified of. (and he's a good all-around cyclist). And these were guys mostly just cruising to make the Stage 6 time cut.

What are your qualifications to give advice on swimming?

This is the kind of shit I needed to know! Thank you. There's a steep descent with tight hairpin turns, which I'm sure the pros will do with their eyes closed faster than I will.

I'll give it my level best, but at the end of the day, I realize I'm a mortal and work full time, while running and swimming on top of my cycling.

Whatever happens, happens!!

Looking forward to hearing how things go today!

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