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# [Rugby player to cyclist?](https://blog.zinn.bike/rugby-player-to-cyclist)

 Written by [zinn\_dev](https://blog.zinn.bike/author/zinn_dev) | Mar 15, 2011, 9:00:15 AM

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My quest to turn myself from a rugby player into a half decent Time Trialist continues...

<https://blog.zinn.bike/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/beforeandafter-3.jpg> Making progress.

I've just updated my blog with a whole lot of valuable information from Lennard Zinn about TT positioning and what I can do to turn my beautiful Project Big Dolomite Ti bike into a makeshift TT rig.

What I have to do to it - getting the seat a whole lot further forward - isn't pretty - but it's certainly working.....

<https://blog.zinn.bike/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/dsc00164-1.jpg>

I've still got a lot of things to change - but progress is happening.  And I'm learning what a beautiful - stable - versatile platform my Zinn is.  I've had the bike for over a year now and have been racing on it constantly - and it hasn't missed a beat.

I honestly still get that "I've got a cool new bike" feeling every time I get on it.

Quite a few people have been asking me how I'm getting on with the bike now that I've had it for a while - and the short answer is that i still absolutely love it.  The long answer will come in the form of another review - which I'll do shortly for this blog.

But in the meantime - if you want to find out more about the TT'ing - check out this latest over at my [blog](http://everydaytallstories.wordpress.com/)...

Cheers

Adrian.

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