There was an individual time trial cycling race at Floyd Bennett Field this past Sunday. The organization running the race is called the Century Road Club Association (CRCA). Time trial races are "against the clock" rather than directly side-by-side with other racers. The best time wins. No "drafting" allowed. No riding behind another racer to avoid the wind. Starters are staggered but even if racers should get near each other they're not allowed to race in a line. Team time trials allow teams to form line formations, but only teams. Everything about time trials is fighting the wind. Streamlining is critical and so the riders have streamlined bikes, streamlined apparel and streamlined helmets. Whatever makes you slippery to the wind is good.

I've put the sleekest looking racer at the top of the tabblo. Unfortunately there's a small problem. Notice the back tire. Flat or very near flat. That's the luck of the race sometimes. The clock doesn't stop for flats.

This image isn't from the time trials. It's from a race in Prospect Park a week ago but one of the racers was a volunteer at time trials and when I saw a picture of him from then I thought I'd add it in.

***** Update: I've added some more images from the race. In this update the images are of members of the Empire Cycling Team which did very well. *****

This second batch of images was also processed on my usual web linked setup. The images don't have the heavy tones and saturation of the first batch. Different computers give different looking results.