AquaBike

I personally have never done one, but know people who have and who have liked them. I'd imagine it could be quite fun to swim and then just kill it on the bike without having to worry about running afterwards.  I was unable to run this entire past summer and considered doing an aquabike, but didn't feel as though I was in a place mentally in which I would be able to handle stopping after the bike (I had trained very hard to have a great season and was not doing well at handling my inability to race). The condition that left me unable to run this year is going to be with me for the rest of my life, and I've promised myself that if I ever go through another season like this again, I will do an aquabike. In fact, it may become a necessity for me at some point...just not anytime soon, I hope.

Good luck, and have fun. Maybe I'll see you out there one day!

-Lauren

I watched the Vineman Aquabike this year, and it looked like a fun race.  I mean, the swim is great!  And the bike course is beautiful, if a bit challenging.

I say go for it.  Course, I'm partial to local races.

The only complaint I heard/had about the Aquabike was that there is no real FINISH LINE.  Just the bike dismount.  It kinda looked like it would feel like an anticlimax.  That, and the race volunteers and organizers were still working the bugs out in terms of how to direct the bike traffic coming into T2.  It's held the same day as the Full Vineman, all the different relays, and Barb's Race.  So there's technically about 6 different races going on at one time. 

If you're ever in the area, we'd be happy to take a ride around the course with ya.