Bucket? (Page 2)

Rock that bucket baby and get a photo to show it off..

I had my photo taken with my bucket,,,,

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And remember, the correct pronunciation is "bouquet".

"Better bring me a bucket!"








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OK.  I get it.  Thanks for sharing. 

How about this.  I will take my bucket for my little 200-300 person race this weekend until I get used to the transitions and figure out how to be quicker with my shoes.  If my race is crowded, I will toss my bucket aside for the good of all racers.  I also promise I will downsize and not take a bucket for any big races. 

PS - I also cancelled my order for the 3 foot Princess balloon that I was going to tie to my rack.  (I'm KIDDING!  I was NOT considering a balloon!)

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Edited by PennState 2009-07-08 3:16 AM

Edited by kimmax 2009-07-08 5:32 AM

Would this one be too big?

LOL, I love a good bucket thread. 

In all seriousness, see the pictures below:





For anyone that doesn't know, the bikes are squished in pretty tightly in transition.

If you do use a bucket, your transition spot will probably look similar to this:




Personally its too much clutter for me, but to each his own.

I want to get in on this bucket thing.

I've never ever been allowed this much room for my stuff in transition. Typically, racers are expected to put their stuff under the wheel that is off the ground - not to the side. If everyone put their stuff off to the side taking up the room of another entire bike, there would be no room for about half the racers. Look at that diagram - the stuff literally takes up the space of another racer. Maybe it is not to scale... but it's misleading for sure.

In the case of racks that sit ON the ground, a space to either side is fine, but the bikes are usually staggered (one front wheel in, the next back wheel in) so you have that space beside you to put your stuff.

Guess it depends on the race, and each one is different. I've never had a race where I had to put my stuff under the wheel of my bike. I have also never done a race without racks. Even where bikes are right next to eachother, the handlebars require the bikes to be far enough apart that there is room between them to put a small towel, with plenty of room to line up my shoes, etc. I love that bucket pic though. Not only a bucket, but a nice grocery store paper bag transition bag

while volunteering a couple of years ago in t2 I got to see the pro's transition area.. then as the racks got further to the back the amount of stuff increased greatly.  

The pro's had ,race belt, hat, shoes.  I think on one of the way back racks someone brought a portable generator and mini fridge

If you have a med size backpack that will allow you to carry all of your stuff, and ride your bike at the same time.. if you park a ways from transition you will be pushing your bike with one hand and carrying your bucket full of stuff in the other..

granted you won't have something to sit on, but take an evening and set up a mini transition at home.. bike about 10 min, come back and practice your transition then do a short 3-5  min run, and keep repeating it..
don't think of it as brick training, but practice getting into the bike shoes, then out of ,, then regular shoes on..

You could really do this without the actual  biking/running  and as silly as it sounds (or looks)it will help you a lot... transition are really a place where you can get some free speed,,, most likely you have trained in s/b/r  so working on transitions is just training also.

I've had the neighbor kids hold out water bottles so I could practice grabbing them and other silly looking stuff, but it helps come race day...