Lise
01-11-2006, 05:39 PM
Hello TE triathletes :D !
This April I'm going to get a "real" tri bike at the Bike Expo in Chicago. I want to do 2-3 sprints, and 2 Oly distance tri's this season. My goal is a 1/2 IM (or as they call it these days, "70.3") next year. I want a light, sturdy bike that won't cost me too much. I am not competitive. I just want to go faster with less effort than it takes on my city bike. I've ridden my Marin Larkspur city bike in 6 tri's now, and ride it all over town (though not in the winter, yet). When I rode it on a 100K ride at the end of summer, I was in good shape, but I was smoked by older, heavier women on lighter bikes. I am aware that they may well have been older, heavier, better trained and harder working women, but....I like to think the bike may have had something to do with it! :p
So--what do you ride? What do you like/not like? It's time to start the serious research, and like any good scientist :rolleyes: I start by asking my friends!
L.
This April I'm going to get a "real" tri bike at the Bike Expo in Chicago. I want to do 2-3 sprints, and 2 Oly distance tri's this season. My goal is a 1/2 IM (or as they call it these days, "70.3") next year. I want a light, sturdy bike that won't cost me too much. I am not competitive. I just want to go faster with less effort than it takes on my city bike. I've ridden my Marin Larkspur city bike in 6 tri's now, and ride it all over town (though not in the winter, yet). When I rode it on a 100K ride at the end of summer, I was in good shape, but I was smoked by older, heavier women on lighter bikes. I am aware that they may well have been older, heavier, better trained and harder working women, but....I like to think the bike may have had something to do with it! :p
So--what do you ride? What do you like/not like? It's time to start the serious research, and like any good scientist :rolleyes: I start by asking my friends!
L.