Sonos ONE

Got my wife a Garmin 920. She cried... in happiness. I know, I was in suspense as to which reason she was crying as well. That kind of thing can go either way.

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VENZO Workstand Bike Bicycle Race Team Repair Stand


Now I can swap out my race wheels, wash my bike, and perform other maintenance without putting my bike on the trainer.

Nice! How did you swing 20% off as opposed to their standard 10% off?

I'm surprised with all the credible data proving the enormous gains and hours saved that has just been released he didn't get some 130mm cranks. Wtf??? Needs to find the thread obviously...

GoPro for the mountain bike (and road use occasionally)

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Taylor Rogers
Manager and Bike Fit Specialist
Fraser Bicycle and Fitness
34501 Utica Rd
Fraser, MI 48026

I got a bit fatter, since the pool was closed Sunday and Monday. I ate lots of sweets, which I don't normally do, and drank more beer (two a day!). I made Christmas dinner, so I ate lots of it. Since I don't run as much as I used to, and I have a toddler at home, I've been a bit softer that I was before the toddler came home 23 months ago. I'm still beating the KQ's and college triathletes at masters practice. I know they hate it when the muffin-tops are leading the fast lanes...

Shelby GT500. Went to dealer with my bike to see if it fits. Just barely, with front wheel off. Waiting to hear if seller will take my offer.

For the win!

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Let food be thy medicine...

I got myself a pair of custom cycling shoes. I have heard good things regarding custom for many years and have finally taken the plunge.

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I received the same 20%; it was a special deal for a short time. I had actually ordered it at 10% off, but was backordered, so was able to get the extra 10% since it hadn't shipped yet...just fell further back in the queue. No worries.

Thank you -- I was really happy with how it came out and have been messing with it for a few weeks, finally finishing it up on Christmas day.

In 2017 I rode a Felt B2 for all races except one local Olympic for which I used the TriRig Omni, which I did not own but was testing for a review. I also owned a Diamondback Andean but I could never get that bike to work for me and returned it.

All these bikes had or have problems. I have never had a TT bike that I truly loved and could say flat out is a forever bike. I have a forever mountain bike, forever gravel bike, forever fat bike, and based on my experience thus far with the 3T Strada, maybe my forever aero road bike. But I just can't seem to find the proper balance among TT bikes between fit, performance, ease of ownership, etc., and yet is the bike I ride the most. I have owned something like 8 TT bikes and tested a couple more and they all suck. So this fall I resolved that 2017 will be the year that I find my forever TT bike. Then I'm just going to sell the others.

But why the P5? Well, the aero testing taught me that the P4 is probably the fastest bike ever made. The differences in aero drag between the P4 (from other testing) and between the P5 and P5-X (from our testing) are so minute that the weight differences in those respective bikes almost entirely bridge the aero gap. The P5-X is no faster than the P5 and the P5 is no faster than the P4.

Besides that, I have long been forced to use an undermount bar setup in order to hit my fit coordinates, and I hate that undermount setup. Besides the fact that it's probably slow, it's ugly and prevents normal BTA configurations, etc. Moreover, many of the latest and greatest bars are overmount only, like the PD Aeria Ultimate. Aside from the Neil Pryde frame, the 51 cm Cervelo P4 is the only frame that allows me to use most modern bars and to use overmount configuration while still hitting my numbers. The way it is built now is the lowest stack I have ever ridden at 542, and my extensions are above the bar. It's amazing. The pad-center reach is 500 and I will need to go longer by 5-10 mm.

Basically, this is not only probably the fastest bike I could build for myself but also the best fitting one. There are drawbacks, like the world's worst ever rear (rim) brake. No bike is perfect.

There's one other contender for me, which I also bought this off season at a banging price, is the Trek Speed Concept. I will build this up soon.

Aside from that, the new TriRig Alpha X extension clamp accommodation will allow me to use an "in line" setup where the extensions are neither over or below the bar. I plan to buy that front end and hardware and sell the Enve front end that is on my Felt B Series.

So in 2017 I will own three TT bikes: the Felt B Series with TriRig Alpha X; the P4; and Trek SC7. What I am preparing to do is find out which one I actually want to keep. I toyed with the idea of taking them to the tunnel to tease out aero differences, but why? They are almost surely so damn close that the totality of other factors between them would become the arbiter. And then I've spent days of my life driving this shit down to Mooresville and thousands of dollars to find out what I already know, which is that it doesn't make much difference at all when you have these amazing machines set up really well.

Longer term, I want a TT bike with rim brakes -- my forever rim-braking TT bike -- and a second TT bike with hydraulic discs. Actually I want that second one now, but the options out are far too expensive and/or hastily/poorly wrought. If Cervelo had a P2-X frameset that I could get for what I paid Trek for the SC7 ($2,000 even) I'd have one right now. But the Cervelo disc option is about $5k too expensive and the only other contender, the Quintana Roo, is both $2k too expensive and I just don't trust the performance of the bike. I do believe it could be bottom rung aerodynamically. I mean, we all sat around and criticized Cervelo's development of the P5-X but that was actually the most tested bike ever made. That they didn't release that testing is beside the point. QR basically just slapped discs on their rim version. We're splitting hairs here, because it's like half a dozen watts, but that's everything in these discussions.

I still can't wrap my mind around having a TT bike with hydraulic discs as my only TT bike, however. There is just too much that is a pain in the ass about them, especially for race day use. What happens when you get a rear flat on your P5-X? You are basically out of the race. Go home.

And yet I can't wrap my head around having a TT bike with rim brakes as my only TT bike. Because there is the prospect that you could actually die riding a Cervelo P4 with carbon clinchers in the rain. That shit is dangerous. You really want discs in the rain, especially when you're training.

Can you tell I think about this a little bit?

Scott Cadence Plus aero road helmet. Not sure how much benefit I'll actually get from the aero but it was the most comfortable helmet I tried on and looks cool.

FD mount is removable on the P4.

I wouldn't say I came to the dark side at all. Because of inconvenient things like hills, I absolutely cannot have a TT bike with 1x as my only TT bike with the components on the market right now. I am running 50T and 11-32T on the P4 right now because I'm taking the thing to Florida for the next month to train and I know there is no way in hell I'll need anything else. I will probably toss on an 11-25 when I get there.

But when I get home I'll have a Felt B series with 2x and that is what I need at least until 3T gives us the 9-32T. That changes things. That may bring me over to the dark side on every road bike I own, now or in the future.

This is a really transformative time for these performance bikes. We are on the edge of some really cool shit happening with the simultaneous movement from 2x to 1x and from rim to disc braking.

Check out the 3T Strada. That bike is Gerard Vroomen making a statement about the future of road bikes. It has 1x and disc brakes and it's absolutely beautiful and rides as well as anything I've ridden. And 3T is sponsoring a pro team and they are using the Strada and demo-ing the 9-32T cassette. Do you really think a TT bike isn't next?!? Of course it is. We are about to see the P6 that Vroomen would have given us were he still at Cervelo.

I am hoping that this bike could be my forever TT bike.

Socks.

That’s a damn good summary of the TT bikes out now! I’d love it if my fd was removable. Living in Chicago I’m good with a 52 and 11-28 no doubt but if I do any hills I feel like I’d rather go 53 or 54 paired with 39 then the same 11-28 in the back. I’ve heard so many say running an 11-32 is no issue but I’ve never done it or had to make those jumps so the tighter cassette is really nice.

I was looking at the P4 as well to build up but after your tunnel tests it’s hard for me to justify buying a new bike when my DA is within spitting distance of those bikes. I do almost with I had the B series so I could throw the Alpha x on there since I need some more reach and get a bit lower. But I think I can achieve that by getting new brackets for my PD bars that adjust separately so I can clamp them at the base at but move the pads more forward.

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swimrun wetsuit (Orca)
planning on signing up for a couple this summer so I thought what the hell

I bought myself a Trek Stache 9.7. Actually ordered the Stache 7 but there were none available, so the dealer split the cost difference with me on the 9.7! I couldn't be happier - this bike is a blast!

I was given a set of TRX straps. Didn't really know much about them except that my girlfriend uses something similar at the gym with her trainer. After hanging them from the ceiling in my training cave yesterday and giving them a try, I think I'm gonna like them!

Bont... Rocket7.. ?

I didn't get anything tri-related... well I did get a USB Ant+ dongle in my stocking. My wife grabbed it from my Amazon list.

I think I'm going to slap eTap on my road bike this week, put in a new BB and run Jagwire Elite link brake cables. Have new cranks, chain, etc. as well for it... so an overhaul of my road bike with eTap.

Rocket7

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Finally got a Wahoo Kickr.

I have been sick for a week, laying on the couch with no training. To try and keep from freaking out too much, I may have gone a little overboard online shopping.

feedback sports omnium trainer
oakleys
k-edge garmin/camera combo mounts for road and tri bikes
new versions of the cycliq front and rear video cameras
silca bluetooth tattico pump
a waterproof iphone case so i can ditch the ziplock bag on rides
some latex tubes

Ice Skates. Moved to MN in January and this is 10 minutes away.

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