Just for fun, as I am doing a sprint Tri next week, I did a training ride in running shoes, on a course I have been using that gives me a chance to ride at speed. The course is strictly an out and back 9k so anything that slows me down one way, gives it back the other. I live downtown and finding a place to ride fast (ish) is tricky. It's not always smooth and not always straight (typical of most things downtown). I have been testing bits and pieces of equipment to see what was fastest with some new gear based on a flat course (they say). Little tweaks really, gets me training and keeps me amused.
I wondered if the T2 time savings were outweighed by the speed loss from flat pedals (no clips, just flats). I'm always slow in transition, and as a shit runner I often get run down, sometimes lapped or unlapped, so a minute would be useful on a short (7k) run course. I will admit that on a hill on the way home I forgot they were flats and tried to pull, nearly came off.
I was about 45 seconds faster than usual.......must have been the wind.
Anyone tried the same thing and with what results?
I wondered if the T2 time savings were outweighed by the speed loss from flat pedals (no clips, just flats). I'm always slow in transition, and as a shit runner I often get run down, sometimes lapped or unlapped, so a minute would be useful on a short (7k) run course. I will admit that on a hill on the way home I forgot they were flats and tried to pull, nearly came off.
I was about 45 seconds faster than usual.......must have been the wind.
Anyone tried the same thing and with what results?