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Ok, so my winter project is going to be building up a tri bike.  If my kids wern't both in pre-school and required a sitter after school I could afford a whole bike at one time but it will be a few years before they are both in kindergarten (woo hoo!)

The plan is to buy a new frame and then pick up all my parts from here, ST, E-Bay, Craigslist, etc.

Here is the frame I think I am going to get.  Any thoughts on color, looking at the black or blue

http://www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk/index.php?page_id=1050

Scroll to the bottom and they have pictures of each of the colors.

Redknight - 2008-10-14 9:31 AM

dalessit - 2008-10-14 8:20 AM

Ok, so my winter project is going to be building up a tri bike.  If my kids wern't both in pre-school and required a sitter after school I could afford a whole bike at one time but it will be a few years before they are both in kindergarten (woo hoo!)

The plan is to buy a new frame and then pick up all my parts from here, ST, E-Bay, Craigslist, etc.

Here is the frame I think I am going to get.  Any thoughts on color, looking at the black or blue

http://www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk/index.php?page_id=1050

Scroll to the bottom and they have pictures of each of the colors.

 

Black. I don't think the pink one is quite you

LoL, you would have to put up some serious bike splits to ride a pink bike as a guy.

What gearing are you running on your current bike?

I am liking my compact cranks on my road bike.

PINK PINK PINK PINK  - REAL MEN WEAR PINK!

I'd vote for the blue, it stands out more.

Have PBK open in another window right now, they don't always have everything in stock and right now the exchange rate sucks but they are still cheaper than most places.

My road bike is black with white bar tape.

I am also debating on seeing how much a custom paint job would be.

Are you doing rides and runs of this length every week? 

Everything I have read says don't split up runs, doesn't give you the same effect as one long continuous run.

During the week I do tempo and speed runs, swimming of all distances, hill repeats or trainer type work and on the weekend I schedule the longer runs and rides.

It is vital for your body, and proper recover to splits these up... Run with a headlamp or find a treadmill in the middle of the week.  You can also split up your long run (some before work, some after, although....I find not a beneficial)...

I did it this weekend (back to back long workouts), and haven't felt good since.  I didn't even feel good on my ride.  Let your body recover!  I DID workout like that this weekend, 1) Because I am not training for anything in particular, I knew I could take some day(s) off after.  2) It's the weekend, what else am I going to do?  Watch my crappy football get crushed again?!  NO WAY!

You just need to move, I think that is the best answer

Another vote for split them up.  Definitely tough this time of year, but you don't want to injure yourself with them back to back.

I know my bike is black, but if that blue bike stands out as much as it looks in the picture, that would be my choice!  That looks excellent!

Good luck building that.  You have the benefit now of the off season to take your time and learn as you're doing it.  Sounds fun, and will definitely be a great accomplishment!

Speaking of wheels, which do you use?  Do you have wheels you only race with?

I am using a couple wheels... For the Cervelo, I have Easton Vista on there... Race w/ the Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL Premium ...  On the Xlab (tri bike) I am running Shimano's WH-7700, and hopefully will be racing w/ a set of Zipp 606's.... But may just switch over to the Mavic...

Difference is.. Cervelo is Campy settings, and Xlab is Shimano, so I have to change the cogs, etc...

I was thinking about these.

http://www.neuvationcycling.com/product88.html

With a wheelbuilder cover on the rear wheel.

Putting Michelin PR3's on them, I have them on my current bike and they make a noticeable difference. 

So, who allready has 2009 mapped out for training and races?

So far I have Shamrock 1/2 marathon planned for march and Marine Corps Marathon in October, though recently I have been debating just doing the Shamrock full marathon to get the running training out of the way over the winter and focusing on Tri's over the Summer and having a real off-season this year where I can focus on losing weight and building a stronger base.

Last year I just kept doing the same 12 week Sprint - > Olympic plan which I found to be more volume than most of the pure Olympic plans here.

For 2009 I plan on spacing out races I will do as A races so I can get in the right kind of training instead of this year where I just had random races sprinkled throughout the year .  So far I have Mooseman Int'l scheduled which is just about 12 weeks after my 1/2 marathon.

My wife wants to do a 1/2 but I am not sure if I will be ready for that next year.  We train and plan differently, she signs up for races she can't quite do when she signs up to give her motivation to be ready for them, me I like to know I am 100% prepared before I sign up.

Tony, what no Savageman????    I am the same as your wife,  I like to pick my challenges and then train for them.

I want to do a half marathon this winter/spring as motivation for my run training and the Shamrock has been recommended to me.  Have you done that one before?  What is it like?

 I am thinking a half mary this winter/spring, then my favorite sprints, the Army 10 miler again, Savageman (my hubby is dying to improve his time) and a half in there somewhere.  I would love to do the Kansas 70.3 since it is back home with my family, but there is potential scheduling problems.  To do both a half mary and half iron I need to be inspired by the location. Those are hard distances and  I don't want to race them JUST because of the distance.  BUT I WILL RACE THEM SOMEHOW BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCES.  Does that make sense?

Shamrock is alot of fun, it is during St. Patricks day so lots of drinking involved after the mary.  Plus it is pancake flat.

I am a wuss so probably no savageman for me...

I'm planning on a sprint in May and June.  Don't know where yet - possibly April as well.  I'll do the Pittsburgh Olympic on 7/19 - registering today.  Already registered for the Morgantown, WV HIM on 8/9 (that will be my first HIM).  Planning on the Akron Tri in early Sep - don't know the date yet, and not sure if I'll do the Sprint or Olympic.

Also planning on SAVAGEMAN!  Not sure if I'll do the Olympic or HIM for that.  I watched some YouTube videos of it, and I don't think I saw one tri-bike go up The Hill.  So that has me concerned about doing the HIM there.

I'm kind of annoyed that the early bird registration is already happening in many cases - or already over.  I completely missed Eagleman before it filled up some time ago.  Morgantown had their earlybird on from 10/1 to 10/6 - 10 months before the race!  I got the HIM price during that time for just a little over what the Olympic is now.  The Pittsburgh early bird ends on 10/31.

I would like to be able to assess my training during the season, or even late winter, but it either becomes a lot more expensive, or you miss out on your race.