Quote Originally Posted by aicabsolut View Post
I'm just saying, why do you need a $6300 road bike to do a triathlon in tennis shoes? There are plenty of people out there doing tris on all kinds of equipment, and if that makes them happy and healthy and gives them motivation to train for good causes or whatever, then good for them. I am just kind of irked that she's riding a lot of people's dream bike and she probably could've done just as well on a Dolce. It seems more like a publicity stunt than like she cares about the sport.
Hey...if I had JLo's money and had to get a bike and I'd raised $127,000, I'd buy whaterver I wanted!!! She deserves it. Specialized sponsered her; they gave her one of their best bikes, not rocket science...