Great job, XCemdee!
You did more, this morning, than many do all week!
Keep learning and growing.
I'm proud to be your Pappa.
Great job, XCemdee!
You did more, this morning, than many do all week!
Keep learning and growing.
I'm proud to be your Pappa.
I would definitely try it again with clipless pedals, but now I want to do longer slower rides.
I was way under pace for first part, and then by mile 40 my legs gave out. Got charlie horse at 43 and stopped then. Definitely a learning experience and I’m happy I did it.
Monkeys Skyping wrote:
coach wrote:
Respectfully, this is the kind of talk that kept me away from triathlons and more serious cycling. I didnt like the complexity (for me) of gears, chains, rings, materials for frame, tires etc.... my old Trek 1220 and I couldn't cut it.
While it's true that in cycling one can geek out and buy a couple percentage points of efficiency, your Trek 1220 is a competent enough road bike. By design, it's set up to be reasonably efficient on the road. If others are putting big time on you in triathlon cycling leg, it's probably not the bike, it's because they're better cyclists.
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Many cyclists grossly overestimate the benefits of fancy new gear, but if coach wants to be "good" at non-drafting triathlon, a stock Trek 1220 is not fine.
If you're good at running and don't enjoy thinking about equipment, running is going to be more fun for you than cycling.
I like cycling and spend more hours/year riding than running, but the simplicity of running is beautiful.
solomonn wrote:
Please, we all are "on the rivet" eagerly awaiting the climax in the work of complete fiction.
Lol
knox harrington wrote:
Monkeys Skyping wrote:
While it's true that in cycling one can geek out and buy a couple percentage points of efficiency, your Trek 1220 is a competent enough road bike. By design, it's set up to be reasonably efficient on the road. If others are putting big time on you in triathlon cycling leg, it's probably not the bike, it's because they're better cyclists.
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Many cyclists grossly overestimate the benefits of fancy new gear, but if coach wants to be "good" at non-drafting triathlon, a stock Trek 1220 is not fine.
If you're good at running and don't enjoy thinking about equipment, running is going to be more fun for you than cycling.
I like cycling and spend more hours/year riding than running, but the simplicity of running is beautiful.
Again, I was a novice cyclist, although I ended up putting lots of time into cycling. I went to triathlon workshops and the geek talk was dizzying, at that time I just had a diamondback hybrid. Yeah I enjoyed the simplicity of running. I also was a p#$$y on the bike, scared of pacelines, going around corners and absolutely frightened of downhills. Much respect for cyclists.
^This is exactly what the type of person that smokes me on the bike looks like. Yes I'm the middle aged try-hard hobby-tri person with a CF bike that everyone hates on that can barely avg 20mph in full aero tuck on most courses
LMAO. Good stuff!
Who couldn't be proud of this guy?
I want to give a shout out to all of you who gave CXemdee positive help/suggestions both in preparation for trying his new bike wings, and afterward.
Best to you all,
Proud Pappa
