As the school year comes to an end, I will be moving into a new place for my final year of school. That being said here are the reasons it came at just the right time(mostly tri related reasoning). I'm not saying I am the great triathlete or duathlete. but I have reason for my fitting, for what I buy. And I try and get to know the sport in general, instead of assuming everything I learned in high school running and swimming would make my knowledge of athletics for the rest of my life.
1. The guy I share a room with is a poseur(I don't like to throw this word around but let me explain). Hey got a Trek 5200 3 years ago from a cousin, size 56cm. He's 6'2". It doesn't fit and yet when I got my 54.5 cm road bike he drilled me(approxiamately 5'9" to 5'10") about the size because it was so close to the size of his.
He had a set of Carbon Stryke aerobars on his road bike set out damn near as far as they would go and talked about loving how aero they got him; a full 3 cms from saddle to pads in drop. I explained to him before the purchase the concept of shorty aerobars, but how can you talk a poseur out of carbon anything? You can't
He owns a tri suit and has competed in one multisport event.
He took the $125 aero bars off his bike because they were uncomfortable. hmm??
I tried to explain steep seat angles, he doubted me, found a picture of Lance and said "why doesn't he ride steep?". I said "UCI rules seat 5cm behind the bottom bracket"(and at the same time showed him a picture of a TTer with his ass on the end of his seat). He comes back 2 minutes later says "your seat isn't 5 cms behind your bottom bracket". I say "it's because I ride steep, that rule doesn't apply to triathlons". He goes off and measures his seat to bottom bracket distance, I laugh
Now for the other guy who lives above me...
He switched out the aerobars on his Dual to a one piece vision bar. It was the one with the three bolt clamp. After I explained the need to have 90 degree angles in his hip and shoulder he did what I suggested and got his seatpost faced forward. But felt too low on his bike. So, he gets over 4cm in spacers under the clamp of his one piece vision bar and now rides with hardly any drop at all. It is horrible to see a Cervelo used in such a manner, that is when its used. He bikes on average once a week.
He may be the worst climber ever and when he rides with me or the people I like to ride with we drop him on average of 3-4 times.
Like I said, I'm nothing spectacular. But goddamn I hate it when people don't know their shit and tell me stuff like "your bike looks awful uncomfortable(15cm drop)" even though I ride in the aerobars 40 miles and more at a time. To clear things up, there are about 3-4 guys who like me know what we know and like to learn from each other and have good sources. We ride together when we can and usually do so hard.
Thanks for letting me vent
oh and on a non tri related note, the guy with the 5200 is so akward he can kill any good conversation about sex just by entering a room. He gets no ass.
1. The guy I share a room with is a poseur(I don't like to throw this word around but let me explain). Hey got a Trek 5200 3 years ago from a cousin, size 56cm. He's 6'2". It doesn't fit and yet when I got my 54.5 cm road bike he drilled me(approxiamately 5'9" to 5'10") about the size because it was so close to the size of his.
He had a set of Carbon Stryke aerobars on his road bike set out damn near as far as they would go and talked about loving how aero they got him; a full 3 cms from saddle to pads in drop. I explained to him before the purchase the concept of shorty aerobars, but how can you talk a poseur out of carbon anything? You can't
He owns a tri suit and has competed in one multisport event.
He took the $125 aero bars off his bike because they were uncomfortable. hmm??
I tried to explain steep seat angles, he doubted me, found a picture of Lance and said "why doesn't he ride steep?". I said "UCI rules seat 5cm behind the bottom bracket"(and at the same time showed him a picture of a TTer with his ass on the end of his seat). He comes back 2 minutes later says "your seat isn't 5 cms behind your bottom bracket". I say "it's because I ride steep, that rule doesn't apply to triathlons". He goes off and measures his seat to bottom bracket distance, I laugh
Now for the other guy who lives above me...
He switched out the aerobars on his Dual to a one piece vision bar. It was the one with the three bolt clamp. After I explained the need to have 90 degree angles in his hip and shoulder he did what I suggested and got his seatpost faced forward. But felt too low on his bike. So, he gets over 4cm in spacers under the clamp of his one piece vision bar and now rides with hardly any drop at all. It is horrible to see a Cervelo used in such a manner, that is when its used. He bikes on average once a week.
He may be the worst climber ever and when he rides with me or the people I like to ride with we drop him on average of 3-4 times.
Like I said, I'm nothing spectacular. But goddamn I hate it when people don't know their shit and tell me stuff like "your bike looks awful uncomfortable(15cm drop)" even though I ride in the aerobars 40 miles and more at a time. To clear things up, there are about 3-4 guys who like me know what we know and like to learn from each other and have good sources. We ride together when we can and usually do so hard.
Thanks for letting me vent
oh and on a non tri related note, the guy with the 5200 is so akward he can kill any good conversation about sex just by entering a room. He gets no ass.