Subject: RE: Tri bike's affect on quads Being the owner of both a road and tri bike. Both are similar setup (alum frame carbon seat stays/forks/seat post, Full ultegra on road bike, Dura Ace/Ultegra mix tri bike ). For a while now i have wondered if there really was any differance. I do most of my training rides/bricks on the tri bike. I had to brick last week using the road bike on a Tuesday then tri bike on the following Thursday. It was not a monumental differance, but I do feel fresher running after being on the tri bike. On the same course and distances for both bricks (20 mile ride/5 mile run ), the ride was about the same, but the run was about 3 mins faster using the tri bike. Now to be fair, when I do long rides I do them on the road bike, well I did a 45 mile club ride on Saturday using the tri bike, I was a little faster but over all missed the comfort of the road bike (ex hand positions, more comfortable seat, slightly relaxed geometry... ) If I had to only have 1 bike, it would be the road bike. I hope to do a double-not blind test this week. I will do my brick on the tri bike Tuesday and then do same brick Thursday on road bike. I hope this helps. |