Subject: RE: tribike vs road bike debate for relative newbie mroger82 - 2011-12-27 8:01 AM Yes, I disagree with the hill statement also. Maybe what she meant is a more technical course with multiple tight turns. A roadie will always out perform a TT in that situation due to weight shifted rearward on the roadie making it easier to turn the front of the bike. Something like that. I was trying to be more succinct that I normally am and over-simplified it. Basically, some courses a road bike will serve you better than a tri bike. And if you go really long -- Double Centuries and up -- then comfort is more important than speed and not only do you want a road bike but you want one with lots of gears so you don't burn your legs out in the first 200 miles. In fact, my plan for this season is to turn one of my road bikes into an ultra-cycling bike with mountain bike gearing on the back (it already has a triple on the front) and then get race wheels for my racing road bike so the two bikes are optimized for their respective purposes. Some day I want a tri bike too but I've decide that once I get one I probably won't ever get another so I am saving up to get a top of the line TT bike in the 6-8K range. IOW, it's going to be a while. I supposed some day I should get a mountain bike too so I can do XTERRA races. Hmmm. I'm starting to see why some of my friends have seven bikes! |