This was his ride for Ralph's (probably the same for IMAZ):



Frame specs can be found HERE dev.

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here is Spencer hauling-

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That looks pretty slack compared to what he used to ride (looks like nose behind BB).

The guy can sure run for a dude with that much cosmetic bulk (on second thought, his bulk is not cosmetic as he uses it very effectively on the swim....functional bulk :-) )

Unless he had custom geometry that bike is normally circa 74 degrees. Ah between him and Lessing, nothing can stop us Brits now.......

Remember Muskoka 1992 when Lessing won ITU World's and Smith was the Junior ITU World Champ. Next year, he raced from the front at Manchester and showed everyone his rear end from wire to wire...same at Wellington 94. Those were two of the most dominating races ever at any triathlon World Championship. In Wellington the wind was howling and he and a group of ~10 guys riding legal a bit behind him and he just pulled away from them on the bike like they were a bunch of newbies...

I'd like to see both the Brits clean up at Hawaii (Lessing and Smith). Would be a very nice day.

Dev

I have that old race on VHS still. Olympic distance sure seemed more raw then. I'd like Smith to get a good result at IMH just to settle his won mind.......

I'd love to borrow that tape, just to see what is was like back in the early 90s. However, Spencer has never been quite so dominating on the bike at IM distance events. He definitely puts the three together but he's never done "a Bjorn"... Lets hope he can improve that 10-15% needed for November and ride the new carbon Planet-x frame to a top three placing in Hawaii.
SteveMc

Spencers bike has a 75.5 degree seat angle .

"he's never done a Bjorn"." Im very intrigued , whats doing a "Bjorn"

Maybe looking at Spencers pedigree , 3 world championships won with panache , two Ironman victories , its a question that should be asked the other way round.

Doing a "bjorn" is riding an im bike split 10-20 minutes faster than the runners... creates lots of discussions on this forum BUT did work for Stadler in 2004 (and has worked well for Natasha too).
Which is kind of relevant 'cos Spencer and Norman must have cycled the Henshaw loop many a times together so Spencer would know if he had it in him to win in such a manner. I presume Spencer will try to stick will Reid in Hawaii as he has done in the past, which is not a bad plan all things considered...
SteveMc

I was in that race against Spencer in Wellington as a junior. I remember looking at him before the start and thinking there was no freaking way he was a junior. I was a 17 yr old twig kid and he was this muscular mammoth beast. I agree, he DOMINATED that race.. Its good to see him doing so well again.

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Not to be contrary BUT I was spectating IMCDA in 2003 when Spencer Smith took off on the bike like a bat out of hell and was so far ahead of everyone it was almost bizarre until he died by the end of lap 2 and DNF'd. That year was a bad year for many but he put on quite the display on the bike, flying through the short in town section (out of the saddle) 20 minutes ahead of everyone.

Not trying to disprespect him in anyway, just putting out an observation.

"Not to be contrary BUT I was spectating IMCDA in 2003 when Spencer Smith took off on the bike like a bat out of hell and was so far ahead of everyone it was almost bizarre until he died by the end of lap 2 and DNF'd. That year was a bad year for many but he put on quite the display on the bike, flying through the short in town section (out of the saddle) 20 minutes ahead of everyone.
Not trying to disprespect him in anyway, just putting out an observation. "

Maybe Spencer learnt thatday that "doing a Bjorn" isnt a great race tactic for him over Ironman distance .

He has a weekly column of planet x website so Ill ask him to write something about his preferred Ironman racing tactics , and the advantage / experiences hes had of blitzing the bike leg to get a good lead , as opoosed to maybe holding a touch back .

Dont forget right now Spencer doesnt feel hes at full race fitness and is gearing everything to being 110% at Hawaii .

So far its mission accomplished .

Hey, come on folks. At Ironman, Spencer raced from the front, wire to wire at Ironman Florida and still popped a 2:52 marathon. As for doing a Bjorn, I agree with PlanetX..Bjorn should (and will) eventually pull off a "Spencer"...or actually let's rename it.

Let's call the strategy, "Pulling a Faris...nose in the front for 140.6 and winning"