There are so many little nuggets of wisdom in this sport. But I'd love to learn more....
In transition, I keep my helmet upside down and ready to go on the ground sitting safely on my towel. Pretty much every race I see someone's helmet in transition get knocked off a bike's aerobars and onto the concrete by someone who accidentally bumped the transition rack grabbing their own bike. I can't stand the thought of my helmet hitting the cement from four feet in order to save .5 seconds in T1 it takes me to bend down and pick it up. Equally upsetting to me is that if bumped off it won't be where I left it and I'd have to deal with a tangled mess of helmet straps and sunglasses.
Here's the tip though, I keep two pairs of glasses ready to go near the helmet-a pair of sunnies and a pair of clear glasses for fog or rain. I grab whichever pair are suited for conditions. Keeps flys, moths, and pebbles out of my eyes at speed.
Here you can see the sunnies in the helmet ready to go and the clear ones next to it as an option.
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Madison photographer Timothy Hughes | Instagram
In transition, I keep my helmet upside down and ready to go on the ground sitting safely on my towel. Pretty much every race I see someone's helmet in transition get knocked off a bike's aerobars and onto the concrete by someone who accidentally bumped the transition rack grabbing their own bike. I can't stand the thought of my helmet hitting the cement from four feet in order to save .5 seconds in T1 it takes me to bend down and pick it up. Equally upsetting to me is that if bumped off it won't be where I left it and I'd have to deal with a tangled mess of helmet straps and sunglasses.
Here's the tip though, I keep two pairs of glasses ready to go near the helmet-a pair of sunnies and a pair of clear glasses for fog or rain. I grab whichever pair are suited for conditions. Keeps flys, moths, and pebbles out of my eyes at speed.
Here you can see the sunnies in the helmet ready to go and the clear ones next to it as an option.
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Madison photographer Timothy Hughes | Instagram