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Jun 2008
1:22pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,300 posts
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GregP
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Jun 2008
1:40pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,805 posts
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hammerite
BB - I'm not questioning your legs in shorts at all. More a case of world champs stripes, and being able to back it up should you be challenged. Although I doubt you'd get challenged, but you never know
I thought about buying a polka dot jersey as I think they look cool, but then realised that I'm no Pantani when it comes to hills.
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Jun 2008
1:42pm, 12 Jun 2008
36,036 posts
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Hanneke
Oh, I'd like a polkadot jersey too, but so far have restrained myself, as I look a real numpty struggling up the hills here with my current bike setup...
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Jun 2008
1:43pm, 12 Jun 2008
36,037 posts
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Hanneke
I just refuse to get a compact or triple, but am paying for it... I am still hoping the legs will get stronger and I will be better able to cope...
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Jun 2008
1:46pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,806 posts
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hammerite
OK the tri thread is bust for me again. But as this is a bike leg question........
What should I do in a tri with the paraphanalia I usually carry on my bike? For a normal ride I would normally have a pump attached to a bottle cage and a saddle bag with a spare tube and some tools in. I did my tri with these attached to my bike on Sunday, but noticed very few others do this.
Should I keep these bits on my bike just in case? If I had no way of fixing my bike during a tri would I just have to pull out (I'd be pretty p!ssed off!)?
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Jun 2008
1:55pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,304 posts
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GregP
Well done, Hanns. Refusing to have a triple on principle. I'm all in favour of that,
Sprint - take everything off. If you get a flat its game over anyway. And take one of your bottle cages off if you've got two.
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Jun 2008
1:58pm, 12 Jun 2008
36,043 posts
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Hanneke
I took everything off, but my bike computer and one bottle cage, in which I had a half litre bidon with energy drink, just in case I needed it... it was a hbot day, so I did have a couple of sips, the only thing I took in during the whole tri, so next time I think I will leave the bottle in transition for those sips... Then again, I do need to drink something when I swallow a fly, which seems to be happening a lot at the moment, both on the bike and running!
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Jun 2008
1:59pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,808 posts
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hammerite
Seriously? Would one bottle cage make that much difference? I'm no Cancellara (btw. I'm not trying to distance myself from every pro cyclist in the last 10 years!)
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Jun 2008
2:01pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,308 posts
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GregP
Joe Beer's been banging on about aero dimples on bidons, ffs.
Apparantle with a standard (non aero) frame, a bidon on the downtube is more aero than not having one.
And Hammers - for the love of God take off your bar tape - its HEAVY.
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Jun 2008
2:02pm, 12 Jun 2008
2,809 posts
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hammerite
should I keep those bits on for longer races? (obviously the bottle cage, as I'll need to drink more).
I don't drink in transition I drink on the move, but like you hann over a sprint it's usually just a couple of mouthfulls. I'll drink quite abit more over an Oly or Half IM.
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