Is it me or the bike? I'm a tri bike flunky!

[Veronica]

Dork on a bike - I'm doing my tris on a lugged steel bike, with a Brooks leather saddle and bar end friction shifters.

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[celerystalksme]

Dork on a bike - I'm doing my tris on a lugged steel bike, with a Brooks leather saddle and bar end friction shifters.

V.

i saw a guy with a mountain bike doing the cycling stage of a sprint tri! that was freaking awesome! if i remember right, he did quite well!

i've also seen a guy take a single-gear/fixed-gear to a tri. believe it or not, that guy KICKED MAJOR ARSE! dude was a beast...his $400 bike DESTROYED almost everyones $1K-$7K bikes...

which just goes to show you...the bikes doesn't really do jack poop...in the end, it's all you. every wonder why many kona ironman records and olympic triathlon records are from many many years ago on supposedly inferior bikes? that's right...it's the rider that makes the bike fast, not the other way around.

that being said...i'm ADDICTED to GEAR! must have all the blingy blingy bikes!!! LOL

[Tri Girl]

I'm the opposite of you. I had my road bike for a year and a half and did my first IM on it with a "tri" setup (and that's in quotation because it was never a comfy tri setup). When I got a P2C, the difference in comfort was day and night. For me, the tri setup is super comfortable and I have more power. It could very well be that you are more comfortable/powerful on your road bike setup- and that's totally OK. You HAVE to be comfy on your bike to do the long stuff (and heck, even the short stuff). You've given it plenty of time to see if it could possibly work for you. I say sell the Cervelo and go back to your Trek. If it ain't broke- don't fix it. You tried the tri bike, but it didn't work for you. Not every bike will work for everyone, but at least you tried it. You'll be happier in the long run with your Trek, and if you love it so then you need to be riding it until it gives out on you. Just my thoughts.