STARTER FOR 10

e UK time-trialling scene has plenty of the old school about it. Who else is still using cheques as a primary method of entry, other than Cycling Time Trials, the governing body for the sport in the UK? But as much as my first race’s setting of a village hall (Goostrey, Cheshire) populated by quirky characters feels like a trip to a bygone era, there’s a dichotomy. Peering out of the window, I see the cyclists I’ll be competing against today, warming up on their turbos, headphones covering their ears and zoned out in their own worlds, aboard cutting-edge machines, wearing cutting-edge kit – no doubt many having their own