Tri Bike or Road bike (Page 2)

Faulty logic all the way around. 

This means nothing, other than that you you are possibly a stronger cyclist than the person you're passing. You would pass the same people, maybe even more, on a tri bike. What should matter is whether you are getting the most efficiency out of your engine, and a tri bike has the advantage there. 

Aero is aero, whether your're going 16mph or 25mph. In fact, it can be shown that better aerodynamics benefits the slower rider even more, simply by virtue of them being on the course longer.

Yeah, I'm dumb enough that I keep going to bike shops to kill time while I'm on the road for work.  It's just going to be a matter of time.  I wish there were professional fitters around here.  They offered a "fit kit" at one of the shops I went to, but I'm worried that that isn't going to be an actual fitting. 

Ha! This is exactly what happened to me.  But, On Monday I am selling my road and tuesday picking up my brand spaking new Tri Bike!  Luckily for me, my LBS let me put my bike on Layaway and make payments til I was done..they bought it for me and held on to it.  But, i will be paid off on Monday! Find out if your bike shop will do that for you. (I don't use credit, so that wasn't an option)

This is a good article that discusses the positional advantages of one over the other.

http://www.slowtwitch.com/Bike_Fit/Positional_problems_436.html

As stated in the article, a tri bike will make a huge difference IF you do your riding in the aero bars and are properly fit.  If you're not going to take advantage of the aero benefit, just go with a road bike because it'll be more comfortable.

I went straight to a Tri bike, and have never regretted it.  If your primary sport is going to be triathlon, it's a no brainer.

are there more drafting legal races or
more races that ban drafting nowaday ?

Do u think for a drafting allowed race,
a tri bike has less advantage value compared ?

And then a road bike will do just fine ? 

Also for a tri bike, small wheel size or standard wheel size is more popular  ?

Thank you all for the discussion.  Bought an Orbea Onix TDF today with two seat post and a set of aero bars.  I'll get the best of both while I learn the sport.

Great racing 

I know right. Been doing tri's almost a year.

It really depends on your goals.

I bought an older road bike (about $300) I didn't know anything at the time, but I knew I wanted a road bike.  I rode that bike for 4 years and put quite a few miles on it.

At that point, I'd gotten into doing longer rides (50 miles and up) and wanted a nicer bike to ride.  I decided to get a new road bike, because of what I really enjoy and what I wanted to use the bike for (group riding/centuries/triathlon).

At that point in time I only had the $$ for one bike.  I've been really happy with my decision to get a road bike - yeah, I'd like a tri-bike as well, but I wanted an all-purpose bike that would work for anything, not just triathlon.