Two people in the past 24 hours have asked:

Where do I find information about time trials in the area?

Not at Chicago Bike Racing, I’m afraid. I’m keeping the focus here on mass-start bicycle racing, so help me God.

But ABR sanctions quite a few time trials close to Chicago. Check out its calendar here. And the Illinois Cycling Association is looking to start a series of USCF-sanctioned events with the Chicago Time Trial Series.

I recommend the John Fraser Time Trial the first week of April. (Full disclosure: It’s run by ABD, a sponsor of this site.) I expect a handful of mass-start specialists will do it, so you can measure where you are relative to the people you’ll be racing against later in the season. It’s also on the same route as the Fall Fling, a four-race series in October, so it’s a chance to preview the course. Plus, if you do both you’ll have a valuable benchmark to see how much you’ve improved over the season.