Charming village halls selfless volunteers race day raffles stopwatches and busy dual carriageways. This book has it all capturing the essence of a typical day at a UK time-trial event including all the quirky topics the British-invented sport brings. The contents will appeal to anyone who aspires to become involved in the dark art of time-trialling or to the very experienced rider organiser or volunteer. At a UK time-trial there will be no overhead banners at the finish open air podiums live entertainment or dancing girls. Time-trialling is the purest form of cycle sport and always will be. It has survived on these shores without fuss since 1895 and long may it live on that way.