Subject: What does Tri Talk think?When I was picking up my road bike from the LBS last night, the mechanic made a comment that has sort of stuck in my head for the last 24 hours and I wanted a second opinion. They know I'm a triathlete and do LOTS of riding on my tri bike. But, they said "now that you have a road bike, you will be doing most of you long training days on that" as if it was sort of a "given". I can see that it's possibly more comfortable to ride a road bike for long rides but the triathlete in me said (to myself ). "If set up properly, a tri bike should be just as comfortable for long rides/training as well". I trained for my last IM solely on a tri bike and never had an issue. I also think you NEED to get some serious hours in on a tri bike. That brings up a question about IM training. How many of my long rides can I do on the road bike and/or how many long rides should be done on the TT bike? (maybe this is better suited for the IM forum ) |