Getting ready for a couple of du's, a half marathon, and a century.

I have a 2003 Giant OCR2.

I am in Rowlett, TX

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Bike racing, IMFL, oly

02 Litespeed Vortex, 04 Cervelo p2k

Northwest Arkansas

Training for tris (sprint, oly and long), perhaps duathlons ...

Cannondale R600 2001 & Cervelo One 2002

100 km east from Paris, France

Bike Racing and Olympic/HalfIM Triathlons

00 Redline Conquest RSX/105 mix
03 Cervelo P2K with Campy Centaur
04 Litespeed Avoir with Campy Chorus

and almost enough parts to build up an old Specialized frame with Campy Chorus ('02) parts

A little north of Philadelphia, PA

Pure Demographics here:

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..) Sprint and olypmic distance tris



What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have? Softride Powerwing 700 1999 version(small yellow), 2002 Softride Powerwing 700(blue medium), 2003 Orbea Dama (48 I think..wifes bike in the making) and a whole lotta wheels

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses) I ride just about anywhere that cars are scarce and the people are friendly (usually out in the country about a 15min drive from town). Reside in Hamilton Ontario Canada

Thanks for all your input!

-SD

Hey Dave.

Tris, Dus, sprints, Olys, 1/2s, and IMs.

Road: Bianchi ti

Tri: Litespeed Tachyon

Mtn: Bianchi Grizzly

Cross: Voo Doo Loa ti

Home: Hostile suburbs of Detroit. ;-)

Tri's - various regional 1/2 IM's and building to IMFL

I have a '99 Softride Powerwing and a '03 QR Caliente

St. Louis, MO

Tri - all distances but prefer long course (IM USA is my "A" race this year)

2001 Trek 2200

Cleveland Ohio. The snowbelt, where our motto is "Misery builds character."

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tri's - very slowly. mostly lc and im this year

bikes - 99 cervelo eyre, 98 giantsomethingorother road bike, guercotti (sp??) cross bike (spring & fall)

right now i mostly ride the road bike in the living room and the cross bike to the gym. when i'm on the roads it's NW of toronto and the milton area.



k

Du's, 5k, Country Music Marathon and Century



2001 Bianchi Giro Road bike, 1991 Diamond Back MTB



Clarksville, TN

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jimmyk

I race du's and various running race distances.

I have a 2000 Cervelo One, 2003 Leader 715 and a Cannondale F600.

I live in West Central Indiana.

Triathlon (sprint to IM distance), Du, club-type-TT's, running races

Russ Denny custom, plus 12 other miscellaneous bikes

Raleigh, NC

Mainly duathlons but will also do some TT's, bike races and running races.
road bike is a Giant carbon fiber w/ a mix of 105 and ultegra parts.
The Du/TT bike is an Omega w/ DA and aftermarket parts.
I'm in the outskirts of Phoenix, AZ

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Accelerate3 Coaching
Insta

Sports: swimming (distance freestyle, 400 IM, open water), cycling, sprint-tri

Bike: 2003 Canondale xr800 (cyclocross bike, well suited to my gargantuan proportions)

Home: Dearborn MI



Vince

Oh, my heart has been broken many times by all our major sports teams.

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Road races 20k 1/2marathon, one marathon and maybe an ultra this year triathlon a couple of early season du's and sprints, an Oly and two 1/2 irons in Aug.

I ride a 04 Cervelo Dual in Mid Michigan

Jim

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**Note above poster works for a retailer selling bikes and related gear*

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Mostly Tris> sprint to IM.... Also some short TT's and various run races.. I MTB maybe once or twice a year.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

2001 Kestrel Talon, 105/DA (slowly upgrading) and bontrager aero wheels.

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

Chicago area


Thanks for all your input!

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Half IM, Full IM, Oly Dist.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Yaqui Mariola DL road/tri bike - Campy
Yaqui Carbo 78 degree tri bike - Campy


Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

SF Bay Area

Pure Demographics here:

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Bike Racing, Sprint Tris

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

'03 Klein Q Carbon (TT), '00 Trek OCLV (Road), '04 Cannondale Track, '94 Serotta Colorado (Road)

Where do you reside and where?

Bermuda, but the Serotta lives at the in-laws in Nova Scotia.

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Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

The second half of my moniker, pays homage to my beloved Browns....Where in Cleve do you live?....was born and raised there, then moved to the warmer climes of good ole' FLA!

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
Mid distance tri's, bike racing, running, and 'adventure' racing. Contemplating a Fall Iron-length event.


What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
03 Merckx Team SC
01 Steelman Manzanita

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)
Currently, Manhattan, Kansas. In two months my wife and I will be moving to Las Vegas, Nevada.

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"In case of flood climb to safety"

Race - DUs, Oly, Half IM and the local TT's to see if I'm getting any faster on the bike

Bike - Look KG486 (blk)

Reside - Fort Mill, SC

I play IM games

Live in Illinois



Bikes

Softride Rocket R1 700 - Record 10/Shamal

Softride Rocket TT7 - Record10/ Zipp 909

Litespeed Ultimate (custom) - Record 10 - Chorus mix - Neucleon

Litespeed Palmeres - Record 9 (lent out on "perma-loan", will never see that bike again)

Basso SLX - Old school down tube Campy

On the way - Cervelo P3 - Record 10

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

Acouple of sprints,an oly and IM CDA and a possible Ultra in the fall

2003 Klein Q-Pro_carb

Billings Montana.

Origanally from Cleveland -------Garfeild Hts and grad from Eastlake North in 77

Hi SuperDave,

I am doing mainly Triathlons (Sprint, Oly, Middle distance, Half), the rest is preparation for these (road running races, cycling events, ...).

My bike is : Trek OCLV 5200, with Mavic ksyrium wheels (very mountainous where I live).

I live in Vevey (Switzerland, french speaking part).

What about you SuperDave, you did not give your details ???

Damn record...what on earth do you do for a living that allows you to buy such toys? And are they hiring? I'd be willing to switch to Campy if you help get me the job;-)

Got a boatload of Sprint tri's, a few club TTs and a couple of centuries lined up this season.

Giant TCR, Cervelo P2K

eastern Ontario

Sprint, oly, half tri's. Mostly 5k to 10k races.

Cannondale ironman 2000 - 2003

Trek 1000 - 2000

East Tennessee

Sprint to 1/2 IM tri, bike races, running races.

Softride Rocket TT and a 03 Klein Q-Carbon

San Jose, CA

1) Duathlons, Olys, 1/2 IM and full Ironman (IMLP).

2) Felt F1R (road bike '02) Felt DA 700 ('04)

3) Brooklyn, NY

Wisconsin resident

A Racing: 6hour to 24hour events. Only two signed up for thus far this year. Will do 4 total.

MTB – built around Trek 8500 frame, SID carbon/titanium, Bont Race light wheels, XTR w/cheap V-brakes



Triathlon: will do one sprint and one oly. Tri is merely for fun. Found Slowtwitch because of interest in IM nutrition and training techniques for A Racing success.

Ridiculous Road Bike – Circa 1988 Fuji Club, Suntour components w/downtube shifters, ridden with MTB pedals and shoes, teal and yellow… (did I yet say "steel is real"… if I did, tell me to shut up). Would like to buy a 2003 Giant TCR1 or 2. I will only buy a previous year’s model. Giant seems like the best mix of components to price.



Tri bike? Will purchase one if I do an ironman (very distant future). I’d buy a cheap one w/tiagra

one IM and one marathon per year

2000 Oryx road (75% of miles)

2000 Cervélo ONE (TT, race and maybe one ride per week)

1992 Nishiki mtn bike (play and communte when weather is ok)

Small town just west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (I work in Montreal)

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Half IM, IM, multi-day bike touring that will feel like racing; bike racing second half of season

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

2000 Cervelo P2K
2001 Cervelo Prodigy

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

San Francisco, 2 miles from the Alcatraz finish line

clm

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clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

- Sprint, Oly, 1/2 IM triathlons.

- '04 Quintana Roo Caliente.

- Santa Clarita, CA.

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What sport are you slowly twitching?

Tri's - Oly and 1/2IM, building to IM next year

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

2001 Kestrel Talon

Where do you reside and where?

Central Illinois (moving to San Diego in a few months)

I run, Du, TT and Tri.

I have a '93 Holland Steel frame hung with Ultregra (triple) and Velomax wheels. I just got a '03 QR Caliente frame and am moving all my parts to it from my old tri bike; Ultegra, with FSA compact cranks. Race wheels are 404 front and Powertap on a Mavic rim in back.

La Jolla, California

I am training for IM USA, Flying pig marathon and others tri's.

I ride an Aegis Trident 2003 and airborne(road bike)

I live in Cincinnati, Ohio

Sprint, Oly, Half, Du

2004 Felt B2, Zipp 404 front, Zipp Disc rear

Bridgman, MI. About 1 hour North East of Chicago

Road bike racing, road and mtb duathlons, small amount of sprint and oly tris, running races.

Pinarello Prince road bike

SOMA track bike

Santa Cruz mountain bike

Schwinn compact frame crit bike

Saucony Hurricanes, many pairs.....

I live in the East San Francisco Bay Area.

Leigh

Austin, Tx

QR TeQuilo ('98 model)

Still need to convince the boss that I NEED a road bike and a mountain bike....:(

-TxDude

Race- Du (World Long Course in Aug.), sprint & oly tri, road races (5k-->marathon)

Ride- '04 Felt B2, old Cannondale 3.0 series road bike

Reside- Memphis, TN

1) Road races - 5K to marathon; tris - sprint to 1/2 IM, maybe a full in the fall?

2) 2001 Trek 5500

3) near Phila, PA

Where: NW Phoenix

What: Sprint, Oly, and off road tris, one du a year, aquathlons (swim-run), some road racing in the late fall, track (running) racing occasionally; two tris and a du raced in 2004 so far.

Ride: Old steel custom bike for tris, 2003 Specialized S-Works Epic (the problem with doing on and off road tris ...too much bike stuff required)

Tri: Oly, Half, IM (Lake Placid this year)

Road race: 10K, 1/2 marathon, hoping to qualify for Boston '05.

I Mountain bike and ride centuries for fun.

Road/Tri: Lemond Buenos Aires
Mtb: Giant NRS 2

I live west of Boston, MA

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What sport are you slowly twitching?
Rehabing from knee surgery so not sure about the season. Currently only on the bike.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
A '98 C-Dale cadd3. If I could just finish grad school a get a job I will get a new ride.
Old Trek 930 for Mtb

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)
Union County, NJ

A

Thanks for all your input!

-SD[/reply]

I, too, am in Cleveland, and I strongly contemplated not going to class today when I saw the snow outside my window this morning. Isn't it supposed to be spring?

Training for road racing, the Cleveland Marathon, and Olys

Trek 1000T

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http://www.theninjadon.blogspot.com

"The bicycle riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun. They did not take the race seriously except among themselves." -- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

Pure Demographics here:

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
Tri-sprints, hopefully my first OLY in Louisville this summer


What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
2003 Raleigh Competition


Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)
Owensboro, Kentucky
Just moved from Grayson County, Kentucky did most of my riding there. I am looking for places to ride and groups to ride with in Owensboro. Joined the YMCA for my swimming, you can run anywhere in Owensboro. Great city!

Tri's of any shape or size -- from sprints to IM. I suck, but I'll sign up for anything.

2001 Cervelo P2K. The Big Red Machine.

Central Wisconsin.

-- Big EE

I'm training for 1/2 IMs, on my journey to a full in 2006.

My rides are as follows:

1) 2004 Elite Razor
2) 1999 Specialized Allez Pro
3) 2003 Surly Steamroller (Fixed Gear Commuter Bike)

I live and train in the big apple.

Training for sprint and oly tris. Will do the occassional 10k or open water swim, schedule and mood permitting.

Got a Vitus, year= old. It's got 7-speed DA on it, which I think means it's just a little younger than me. Probably. ;)

I live on the bike course of IMCDA. Last year when I picked up my Sunday paper, I could've knocked Heather Golnick off her bike if I was so inclined. If you did IMCDA last year, odds are I watched you bike from the shade of my patio with a cold beer in my hand. Not that I'm rubbing it in, or anything.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

3-4 Halfs, IMFL,

Kestrel KM 40

Dallas, Tx

tri sprint to IM

02 Griffen triton was on Kestrel 200sci

central oklahoma

Triathlons up to IM, running up to marathon

02 Softride Qualifier

03 Marin Bear Valley MTB

Fairbanks, Alaska

climbing (as in rock and high-altitude mntn) and off-season stuff now, getting ready for a summer of short-course racing (no more long course for 2 years!), then fall mountain biking, cross-country running and rock climbing, then winter mountaineering, swimming and indoor track. will punctuate racing seasons with Beer Miles. (http://www.beermile.com)

riding:

-rocky mountain hammer

-peugeot ventoux

-kestrel KM-40 (original version)

-picking a soloist for short course soon

in edmonton, alberta.

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https://lshtm.academia.edu/MikeCallaghan

http://howtobeswiss.blogspot.ch/

Sport - ocasional Du's, used to bike race (road only)

Bikes - 2002 Softride Qualifier, 80's Nishiki Linear (old school time trial 24" front 700c rear), 90's Schwinn 564, Couple of early 90's Paramount MTB's, 02 Tsunami Compact, Couple of early 90's Burley Tandems, just built up Tsunami Triplet (my secret training weapon - nothing like toting 60#'s of bike and 95#'s of kids), I left off the young kids bikes ;-)

Where - South of New Orleans

Couple of olys, 1 half and IMC this year

2001 Cervelo P3

Rocky Mountain Hammer

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Evan Nitschmann

'B' race: Striders Duathlon, 'A' races: Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon, Ironman Canada.

1997 Cannondale R800, Giant ATX mountain bike (lots of mountains here in Houston, Texas), Litespeed Blade.

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Once, I was fast. But I got over it.

1/2 IM focus, couple of stage races, off-road tri, cross

TT- Guru Crono

MTB- Cannondale Scalpel 2000

Road- Cannondale R4000 CAAD6

Cross- Mongoose Scandium

Portland, OR

1. I am a washed up, semi-retired fomer triathlete/runner. Not training for anything specific. Perhaps a century ride this summer.

2. Cervelo Erye Road bike

3. Aurora, Ontario - about an 1/2 hour north of Toronto( where I am pleased to say it was -13C this morning!!)

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

What sport are you slowly twitching? Half-Ironman while working up to my IM debut in '05.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have? 2003 Giant TCR 1 Composite w/ Dura Ace, Ksyrium SSC, Profile Jammers

Where do you reside and where? Sammamish, WA

Races: after a 9 year hiatus, a half IM this year, then IMFL next year to celebrate turning 50.

Bikes: Softride Rocket TT7, DA 10. Rivendell Romulus, the all steel, befendered wintertime wonder. Gary Fisher MTB, Sugar 2.

I live and train on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts.

i'm training for cycling (collegiate race season), running (10k, maybe a marathon later this year), tri season, as well as a little bit of masters swimming.

i ride a 99 kestrel 200 sci, and i also have (but not out here with me) a guru trilite and a giant tcr1 about 3/4 built

i'm living in bozeman montana, which luckily has been melting over the past 2 weeks.

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

>> Cal 1/2 IM, SD R&R Marathon, Vineman IM

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

>> 2003 Kestrel KM40 w/ Dura ace, HED3 & HED Alps.

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

>> Orange County, CA.

Sprints and Olympics throughout New England on a stock '03 p2k.

Sports: Road racing - 10K and up...prepping for St. Louis marathon on 4/4...tri's - couple Oly's, couple o' 1/2 IM's and IM WI. Possibly a TT thrown in for good measure.

Bike - '00 Litespeed Ultimate 57 cm/Dura Ace 9/Speedplay Zero's

Home - northern IL...although I prefer riding in southern WI.

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"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare" - Juma Ikangaa

http://www.litespeed.com

Tri and Du, sprint to HIM, with '04 focus on HIM PR(s)

Tri: '98 GT Vengeance - DA9 - Syntace - Renn/H3

Road: '96 GT Rage - DA/Sora8/105/Tiagra mishmosh

MTB: '97 Specialized Stumpjumper (STEEL! last of the breed, sadly) - Englund equipped Judy SL - S-Works/XT/XTR mishmosh

Cruiser: '01 Dyno Moto-Glide, "dumbed down" to a singlespeed & coaster brake configuration

Lusby, Maryland...but Home is still Wisconsin

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Carl Matson

I race Du's sprint, half, going to pop my first Ironman this fall

Rides:
Road, Trek 2000 frame/105 groupo
Tri, Serotta Tri-Colorado/Ultegra
Mtn, Motiv converted to Single-Speed

I live in Bloomington, IN

Tri’s- sprints to half-IMs normally. IMC this year (currently IM virgin).



1984 Bianchi Nuovo Racing (semi-mothballed)



1988 Cilo (quite active)



1991 Rocky Mountain Hammer (just for fun)



2004 Cervelo P3 (Schizophrenic inducing bike: can’t wait to race it, too worried about performance being outclassed by the bike, but boy is it ever pretty!)



Northern New Jersey (actually train a lot in New York), about 33 miles NW of NYC.

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Behold the turtle! He makes progess only when he sticks his neck out. (James Bryant Conant)
GET OFF THE F*%KING WALL!!!!!!! (Doug Stern)
Brevity is the soul of wit. (William Shakespeare)

1. Tris only........focus on 1/2 IM this year, with a slight possiblity of a late season IM.

2. '03 Kestrel KM40, '97 QR Tequilo........both full D/A

3. A little bitty burg in the White Mtns of Northeastern Arizona

G

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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla.........you don't stop when you're tired.........you stop when the gorilla is tired.

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Just coaching and training... no real racing planned this year while I support my crew.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Mine: Orbea Chrono w/ Dura Ace 9 + Zipp 404s, Shimano DA Carbon wheels, Habanero Ti w/ Record 10, Wife's: Orbea Orca w/ Record 10 + American Classic Carbons, Orbea Starship w/ Record 10, Orbea Altec w/ Centaur 10

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

Victoria BC

Joel

www.CompetitionZone.com

Last year IM, this year sprints and olys.

P3

Miami, FL

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Marcel

1) tri's sprint en this year (I hope) oly., running 10k, 10 m and 1/2 marathon, cycling

2) principia rcs6 2003 xs (ultegra)

3) Arnhem, the Netherlands



Petra

Slow Twitches: Duathlon, Stairclimbing, Adventure Tri, MTB, Road Running and Trail Running....I'll do 40+ races this year.

Bikes: Road--Serotta CSi

Duathlons--Serotta CXII

MTB--Cannondale F3000SL

Resides: Indianapolis, IN

1) Sprint and Oly tris

2) Trek 2300 road bike w/aerobars, used Shamal front and (plan to get) CH Aero cover for rear

3) Chicago IL

I think I'm the poster boy for cerveloguy's fast-twitch newbie training and equipment plan.

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Joey2mak

Doing 3 sprint/oly tri, 1 1/2IM and a full IM in the fall. Have a 25K in May. Iceman in the fall.

Trek Hilo 1000 '99 (wish i knew then what I know now and I would have gone to Tom D and probably be more comfortable - next bike when kids are done with college.)

Mtn Bike HooKoo something 98

West Michigan where there are some hills and lots of paved roads to roam.

Larry

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Don't be afraid to ride too long or too hard. That's what cell phones are for. Rich Strauss

dus. No specific plans. A bit of road racing, as well.

199? GT Course 853 road bike, soon to have S&S Couplers installed.

1999-2001 Corima Fox, with too many weird parts to list, including bunnyman institute seatpost, one-piece aerobar, Bartol System, Sweetwings crank, etc., etc.

Race wheels: Renn disc, Lew Sydney, and Nimble Fly, along with a really, really old Sun Mistral with 16 bladed spokes on oooooold school American Classic hub.

Live in the St. Louis, MO metro area.

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Tri - A few sprints, a couple of Oly, and 1 or 2 1/2 IM's this year

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Cervelo/P3/2001 Omega/?/~1998 Cannondale/2.8 R900/1993
Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)

Southwestern North Carolina (very near SC, where most of my rides go) .

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Happy trails,
Chris

1/2 IMs and a couple sprints this year, pretty much the same last year.

Bike: 01 QR Tequilo with aquired upgrades, REV-X tubular race wheels.

MTB is an old-ass-beat-down-I'll-have-to-snap-the-frame-to-justify-buying-a-new-one-ridgid-fork Univega I got in Germany in 93 that sees off-road during the off-season and laterly has been my main mode of transpotation back and forth to class at Army staff college

Currently Ft Leavenworth, Leavenworth KS; soon to be Ft Campbell, Clarksville TN.



Jim

"I think I'm the poster boy for cerveloguy's fast-twitch newbie training and equipment plan."

Good disc choice, that's for sure!

Triathlons, from sprint to IM

Brand new 2004 Russ Denny custom and 2001 Specialized Allez Comp

Chapel Hill, NC

Are you doing the "GRIZ" Tri in missula or "Peaks to Praires"

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

sprints last year, more of the same with Oly this year, and working up my courage for a half.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?


Ride a late 80s steel-framed touring bike, from which I have removed fenders, luggage carriers, lights, etc. A bit heavy, but faster than you´d think. Someday when the budget permits I´ll have a real tri-bike.

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)


Live north of Frankfurt, Germany

First post on this forum.



J

i'm going for the 'GRIZ' tri. i've heard it's not a bad little race (and, it's the biggest race in montana - at least that's what they say on the entry form). i have no vehicle myself (aside from the bike, obvioulsy), and friends racing in missoula, so i have to snag the ride when i can.

other than that i think i'm going to helena for their oly this summer, and perhaps spokane for the 1/2 IM. other than that, i have to learn the race schedule to figure out what's going on when (i know the mideast schedule pretty well, but that doesn't help much out here).

i'm also planning on running the jim bridger run and the bridger ridge run, so we'll see how that goes.

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I might be doing the "Griz" depends on my leg. To bad you can not do Peaks to Praires(8.8 mile run 43 mile bike 23 kayak)from Red lodge to Billings,its a week after the Griz. Its a blast. You can also do teams. Matbe some people where you are at will do a team and yoy could come on down? Here is the link. If you are interseted let me know. I might be able to find someone from where you are at that is coming down. I know that there are people from Bozeman that come over for it.

http://athletics.rocky.edu/

So far have three half IM's planned (Wildflower, Vineman & Big Kahuna) but looking for some Oly's to do as well.

Bike Collection:

Road: '97 Kestrel 200EMS

Tri: '02 QR PicanTi

MTN: '95 Specialized Stumpjumper

? Univega beater mtn bike

I reside about 60 miles north of San Francisco in Sonoma County

1) Last year IM, this year not sure, probably just a lot of riding and hopefully a fall marathon, next year an off-road Ironman.

2)

beater bike: Bianchi

mountainbike: Serotta soft-tail (labeled Mongoose - ex-Steve Larsen). Very sweet but I'm selling it since I am not doing it justice. But it is so pretty with all the sponsor logos and trick stuff.

road bike: Cervelo SuperProdigy Team (another bike I don't do justice but I'm not selling, more even than how it rides I like the state of mind it puts me in, it whispers "10 hr ride" every time I get near it).

tri bike: P3 and yes, compact cranks.

3) Toronto

Gerard

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Gerard Vroomen
3T.bike
OPEN cycle

Sport: No racing. Semi-regular MTB ride. Bike commuting with a couple of extra laps around the park on the way home. Aiming to do my first tri this year.

Bike: 2001 Diamondback Sorrento MTB (will buy a new bike late this year)

Reside: Sydney, Australia

Sure...

Olympic-dist. Triathlons

Cervelo P2K (with 8-spd and Zipps), Santa Cruz Blur, Redline Conquest Road (with mech. disc brakes)

Chicago west suburbs

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Where would you want to swim ?

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
- Several sprints, 1 international, 1 half IM, and IMF this year.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
-2003 QR Tequilo that I flipped over a dog yesterday.

Where do you reside and where?
-Florida Panhandle

Just getting in to all of this, so this year I am just going to race cat 5 and do as many TTs as possible. I haven't yet figured out how to run pain free (after running in college and trashing my bod), and i sink like a log when swimming, so I have a way to go on my tri-preparation.

I have a 2004 P2K and a C-dale R1000

Davis, CA

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This year: sprint tris, maybe an Oly.
Focusing on a fall marathon

Tri bike: '00 C'dale MS1000
Road: '01 C'dale CAAD5 custom build kit

East L.A. county

Whatever race I have the time and money for

1997 Klein Quantum II

Long Island NY

IM, Oly, Du, RR, mtb, whatever

Road: 2002 soloist

Tri: 2001 P3

Mtb: 2003 Superlight

Beater: 1999 Raleigh R700

Socal

Tri's: 1/2 IM and Full IM

Road: 2003 Litespeed Vortex DA9

Tri: 2003 QR TiPhoon DA9, Corima 4 Spoke rear and Corima Medium 12 spoke front

North Carolina

Sprint triathlon

1986 Vitus 979, 1997 Softride Powerwing 700, 2002 Trek OCLV 110

Minneapolis

I'll do Tri and Du Long Course Worlds' and either the US Half Ironman Championships or GFT

'02 Cannondale R3000

'04 Kestrel Airfoil once it shows up out of production

St.Louis, MO

I think I win the crapiest bike thing:

beater: 1997 GT course (Reynolds 853 - 54.5cmTT - 11cm HT)
Mtn: Schwinn HomeGrown

100-150 miles/wk, lots of climbing in Angeles Forest
race just ~one tri per year

BTW: wouldn't the QR 0 Gravity 03 for $1300
be a good deal/bike for a guy like me ?

Thierry

Tris - Olympic

Cervelo P2K, Cannondale M400, Specialized Allez pro

Chicagoland, IL

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Firmman 1/2 IM in 04, San Diego marathon in early 05, Lake Placid IM in 05, Survival of Shawangunks in 05

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Giant TCR2 Aero from 2001 I think. Alum frame, came with 105 parts, been upgrading to Ultegra.

Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)

Brooklyn, NY. Ride in Prospect Park and out to New Jersey.

Lee Silverman
JackRabbit Sports

"...what about you?"

Oh, I haven't done a multisport race since '92, or about 50 pounds ago. I mostly race on the Velodrome and the Road with a little MTB and 'cross to keep me dirty.

I've got LOTS of bikes, but right now I'm riding:

Ritchey Break Away w/WCS & Campy Record10
Felt DA 650 w/ Record/Chrous 10 H3/Zipp Disc
Serotta Track Sprint bike: D-Ace 167.5s, iO front & 909 rear
GT Superbike for pusuit: FSA Vigorelli 170s, Comete or iO front & 909 rear
Felt Tk2 for mass start FSA 167.5s, Specialized trispokes F&R
Santana Fusion Tandem
MTB hardtail Felt epo w/XTR
MTB F/S Giant NRS Air w/XTR
Colnago Dream Cross w/ Magic Motorcycle & Record 9s
JamesFrames.com singlespeed w/ 1FS
Panasonic fixed gear w/ 45tx19 & D-Ace front brake

The rest of the collection is either on eBay or about to be.

I'm in Detroit, MI but moving ...soon

Thanks for asking!
-SD

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Race schedule for this year ... Muskoka Long Course Tri, Peterborough 1/2, Kingston Long Course, Cobourg Sprint, Parry Sound or Ottawa 1/2 then on to Kona for the big show

Ride ... Cannondale R700 2.8 series tri bike and Wheeler Titanium

Location .... Frankford, Ontario

running races only for 1st and 4th quarter, bike races only 2nd and 3rd quarter (mainly TT's).



2000 Trek 2500, 2003 Trek 5500, 2003 Elite Magnus, 2000 Trek 8000 MTB



Maine . . . where all the roads suck.

Sports: IM's, Halfs, Olympic triathlons, a few running races, and mountain biking as I can fit it in. (I actually raced as a professional mountain biker from 1991-1995)

Bikes:
Road: 03 Litespeed Ghisallo, Dura Ace 9, Fizik Arione Saddle, Ksyrium SL wheels

Tri: 04 Litespeed Blade, Dura Ace 9, Fizik Arione Saddle, Reynolds, Zipp and Real wheels

MTB: 04 Tomac Revolver, XT

(Plus of course I am lucky enough being able to demo any other QR, Merlin, Litespeed or Tomac bike most of the time)


Home:
Born and grew up in Ostrach, Germany (near the Lake of Constance)

Now reside in Chattanooga, TN

Herbert
Litespeed/QR

I'm mainly a duathlete and triathlete who can't swim. Switched over from a 650 SOFTRIDE Powerwing to a 700c Fetish Aero/7005 aluminum frame this year. Reside in lovely Cedar Hill, TX. Wind anyone?

Hello Mr. Tibbs---do I know thee???

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Team Cambridge
Hilltop Bicycle Repair

some road racing/as many time trials as i can

98 cannondale road

96?clark-kent 78 degree seat tubed road bike

98 smythe road 76 degree

87 smythe tt funny bike

2003 tiemeyer tt bike

two mtbs

1 commuter bike i ride every day

tallahassee fl

    Training for long distance tris - Muncie and IM Wisconsin are my main events this year. Also some shorter local events - tris, dus, bike TT's, and runs - as they fit the training schedule.
1997 Softride Powerwing w. compact crankset, Syntace bar and aerobar. Still running 8 speed - for now, it seems to be enough.
I live on the south edge of Indianapolis and ride mainly on the nearby country roads. I usually make one or two trips a year to the Mansfield, Ohio area to get some hill work on the original Pineman course.

-I'm a long-distance tri guy. Either IM Japan or Korea this year, with Oly races for training. Then looking for a good marathon time if I don't make it to Kona.

Bikes:
-2002 Giant TCR-1 frame w/Frankenstein mix of Shimano 105, Ultegra, and Dura Ace

-2002 Look KG386 w/Campy Chorus 10-speed and PowerCranks

-1999 Cervelo P2 tri bike with 650c Ritchey training wheels and Spinergy Rev-X race wheels. Just upgraded fork to a Reynolds Ouzo Pro Aero

Reside:
-Just outside Taipei, Taiwan
("Itchy Ghost" is a play on the words "foreign devil" in Mandarin Chinese. They're homonyms.)

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--New Order

IM distance racing
2003 Ghisallo Record 10 (Road)
2004 Guru Tri-Ti DA 10 (Tri)
2002 Merlin MTN (MTN)
Alaska

sprint, olympic and half Iron

Road: 2002 Giant TCR Zero w/ Ultegra

Tri: 2003 Cervelo Dual w/ Ultegra

Mtn: 2001 Specialized FSR XC w/ XTR

Cross: 2004 Redline Conquest w/Ultegra

Vancouver B.C.

kenney, i have to say, it's crazy enough that there are two people on the board from montana here, but the fact that we're both from the cleveland area is just too much. i don't know about this.

i grew up south of cleveland, in aurora (yes, sea world, geauga lake - now six flags), and did my undergrad at cincinnati.

as i said before, i don't know about this.

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My race schedule:

PPP, Desert (Du)el, Dirty Half(Marathon), Pacific Crest, Hagg Lake, Tri NW and Banzai Oly's with Cycle Idaho thrown in for fun. I've also planned some 10K's, open water swims and sprints this summer as well.

'03 P2K (650c w/DA)

'02 Carrera Adone RC (Red of course!)

'01 Santa Cruz Superlight (XTR)

Even though the Nordic race season is winding down the skiing and snowboarding are still great (20 minutes away) with a 140" base and bluebird conditions. We've been road riding a ton with this high pressure lately and the outdoor lap pool is open.

Mike Schubert

Bend, OR

Softride Century tri bike

Benotto fixed gear bike

I live in Vancouver, BC and ride all over the lower mainland

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What sport are you slowly twitching? TT

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have? 04 Abici TT, and S-works road, Rotorized of course!

Where do you reside and where do you ride? San Diego

Oly age grouping this year with a lot of TTing as well.



i have an '03 Giant Carbon TCR drizzled with carbon parts and Campag record.



I'm in the UK and ride out in the hills !

Tri : entered Lanzarote Ironman in May - other races are depending on the outcome and if anything is left in my tired body !

Bikes :

2001 Bernardi Tratto, Altec 2 + roadframe, Visiontech Clip-on bar, 9sp Duraace.

2003 Cervelo Soloist, Syntace C2, 10sp Dura-ace

2004 Cervelo Superprodigy, 10sp Dura-ace

2003 Cervelo P3, Syntace Basebar + Streamliner, 10sp Dura-ace

Location

Copenhagen,Denmark,Scandinavia,Europe

Location: Beirut, Lebanon.

Events: All triathlons.

Bikes: Ribble Road Bike (Alu. + Ultegra)

Thorn Two Piece Tandem.

1/2 IM (Cali 1/2) and IM (Brazil) this year (so far)

2003 Orbea Ultrafoco

2001 Trek Team Time Trial

2000 Softride Rocket TT (for sale, frame only....cheap!!)

1998 Mongoose IBOC Champion

Glendale, CA

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Racing: Running: 5k up to 50mi Ultras with a tendency toward Marathons, 2:54 PR

Cycling: Occasional stage race, but mostly TTs as adjunct "training" for tri/du

Tri: Sprint to IM, was forced to shelve a Great Floridian entry last year due to an accident. I don't expect to race longer than 1/2 IM for a few years now due to time available for training. Hawaii will have to wait.

Du: This has probably become my main focus now after my accident last year, due to time available in the next few years. I am fairly fast (AG) combining running and cycling, as in able to run sub 18 5ks onto and off the bike.

Bikes: TT/Tri/Du: Kestrel Talon SL, DA, Hed Aero bars, PowerTap Pro, Hed H3 set, Hed Alps set, Mavic Classics set, Mavic Cosmos set. I'm set up to ride about 75.5 degrees nominal, though I moved very slightly forward on the saddle during hard racing efforts (Probably 76.5 effective seat angle). I run VERY well off this position. . .slightly better than the 78 degrees on my previous Litespeed Saber that got crunched in the wreck.

Road: Specialized 2002 Allez Comp, Ultegra with a few upgrades, also set up for the PT Pro. Wheelsets are mix and match from above depending on usage needs.

Mountain: NONE. . .why tempt fate? The only MB I ever owned got used for downtown grocery runs in Charleston, South Carolina.

Location: I am currently in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. I'll be moving to Quantico, Virginia this summer. A year later. . .who knows. . .wherever the Marine Corps needs me. Hopefully it needs me in SoCal. Barring that, Beaufort, South Carolina would be great.

Du, oly and sprint tri, TT, RR

2000 Cervelo P3, 2003 Cervelo Soloist

NYC, tri state area

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FIT Multisports

Mark C

Tri - Cervelo P3 Road - Fuji Team MTB - Salsa Scandium

Virginia Beach, VA

Tris - sprint to half, Xterra, and occasional road races, bike races, and swim meets. Trying to lower my pb's for 5k road race, 40k tt, and 500 yd scy. (and have fun doing it)

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This thread is amazing. I went all the way through it expecting to see some nekkid pics of someone based on the number of posts. :)

Do: mostly tris. Will do an occasional du or run a 5k or 10k if it's convenient, but the focus is tri. Will probably do 2-3 olys, 1-2 springs and a 1/2 this year.

Ride: Schwinn Peloton road bike

Just bought a Yacqui Carbo tri bike

MTB: I don't even know what it is. It's a hand me down that is only used when I do canoe day trips. With the seat post down and the front tire off, I can fit it in the canoe. Finding a bridge and riding back to the car eliminates the need for a shuttle.

Reside: Nashville, work downtown, reside in the suburbs just to the south.

Trying to improve my IM -best of a 7th place overall this year at IM Lake Placid and IM west-Australia.

Bike : SCOTT TEAM ISSUE CR1 full carbon, dura ace 10-speed,

Belgium, home of the fast triathletes

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Oly and Sprint tri's and du's and occasionally a 5k or 10k road race. I might run the Indy Mini with some friends this year. I did my first pure biking event (a TT) this past winter and got destroyed! ...a lapse in training will do that...

'01 QR PR with '02 Ultegra
'87 Trek 650 (Reynold's 531) with '02 Ultegra (except for original 105 ders, which have seen their share of rebuilding and who are finally starting to give up the ghost)
A good steel bike will last you a lifetime!

Currently in St. Louis, MO, but this may be a busy year...

<<Pure Demographics here:

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..) >>

Sprint/Oly tri. 5k/10k/maybe 1/2 mary this year. Was gonna do a 1/2 IM but school has been eating into training time this year. Grenaded a slushbox in the Ford so that ate up my race budget.

<<What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have? >>

'98 C'dale R800 w/full 105.

<<Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)>>

Live: Olympia, Washington. Ride: All over Thurston County.

Brett

<<Pure Demographics here:

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..) >>

A few sprints, one 1/2 and hopefully IMC again this year...Yet to race oly. Would like to race more than 6-7 races this year (raced 12 last summer), but coach is against it...:P


<<What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have? >>

2002 Guru Chron'Alu. Modded Aerolite bars, Renn Rear. Ksyrium Front. Sweet paint job. Speedplay zero's (match bike color). Full ultegra. Azoto seat. Ninteen forward seatpost.

<<Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)>>

Live: Summer : Edmonton, AB School year: Kingston, ON (Canada)

Ride: hopefully some riding in BC this year, as well as alberta.

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"Anyone can work hard when they want to; Champions do it when they don't."

Road Race, Half IM, IM. 2003 Eddy Merckx Race sl Auckland, New Zealand.

Road races and the occasional du.

1999 Colnago Master Light, full Record, ADA wheels for race wheels (my training partner is JEALOUS!!!). 1998 Corima Fox for dus, Lotus Sport 110 w/ Mavic Zap for fun.

St. Louis, MO metro area.

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Tri and Du... IM (canada this year) long course to sprint

Hotta TT with Hed Aerobars, and ultgra mix for short course, Zipp disc and Corima 4 spoke front

Kestrel Talon with Sweet cranks, Oval fork, syntace, and 8sp DA

'04 Giant carbon TCR, with full ultegra, which is lighter and a nicer ridethen anything I race on....right off the floor.... Dream bike would be this frame with 10sp DA and ADA wheels, or Id even settle for some Zipp 303's.

Home: 'Action City' baby...Traning mecca....forget San Diego and Boulder.................OKC, OK

If my knee heals up, plan to do a Du a sprint and an Oly this year. Just got back in the pool last night for the first time since last Oct.

Road Giant TCR composite

Tri Felt/Easton funnybike

Mtn KHS Pro-team FXT FS

Live in Huntington Beach CA, but was born a ways down the Yellowstone River from mcKenzie and Kenny, in Sidney, MT. Still have family up that way. Great place to visit.......

Been doing 3 to 5 sprints and Olys every year for 18 years, did Muncie 1/2 iron once, and would love to do the distance again, but don't think the knees will be able to take it. In 2001 when the knees were real bad from running, I did 10 MTB races and a few cyclocross races.

20 yr old Motobecane Mirage that stays on the trainer all year. 1987 Centurion Dave Scott ironman expert that I raced until 3 years ago. 12 yr old Nishiki Alien MTB that I ride alot on the all proupose trail. 1999 Giant XTC SE 2 MTB for off road racing and a few Xterras. 2000 Giant TCR2 for tris.

Cleveland Ohio for 45 of my 47 years.

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Sports...
Tri (some sprint, some Oly, some 1/2s, one full (IMWI) and the Desoto TTT)
MTB
Cyclo
Road
Crit
Run (5k, 10k, 1/2 mara)

Rides...

2004 Litespeed Ghisallo, DA10
2003 QR TiPhoon, DA9
2003 Merlin Ixios (one off cyclocross bike), Ultegra
2003 Tomac Revolver Pro
2004 Merlin XLM, XTR Disc (set up as townie bike for the paved trails)
2004 Litespeed Blade, DA 10 (on the way)
2004 Litespeed Tuscany, Ultegera
2004 Merlin Agilis (frameset for now)

Residence...
Aurora, IL (outside chicago)

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Seems like the perfect thread to chime in on with my first post - have been lurking here for quite a while and have learnt a huge amount from you guys.

Tri's - Sprint to IM debut in South Africa 2005 hopefully. (Did PE Half Ironman last Sunday and had a blast doing my first HIM.)

Riding a Raleigh RC 2000 road bike (Local SA entry level version but a man has to start somewhere!)

Live and ride mainly in adn around Johannesburg, South Africa.

Cheers

I did IMFL last year . I live in Rolla If you have any questions e-mail me.

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Last year, sprints and Olympic tris, this year olympics, half IM's and full IM's

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Tri-bike, 2003 Felt S32, Road-Bike 1986 GIOS Torino

Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)

SE Michigan, Hines Drive to Brighton

jaretj

Every calendar's days are numbered

1) Tri Oly and 1/2IM, marathon, 40K road TT

2) 2000 Klein Quantum Race

3) Pittsford, NY, ride all over upstate NY

Dan

First race of year will be sprint distance Escape from Fort Desoto April 17th followed by St. Anthony's Olympic distance April 25th, both in St. Pete, Florida. I plan on doing several local sprints throughout the summer, a 4th of July Charlotte Harbor, FL swim, Disney Olympic distance in Sept., then Great Floridian 1/2 IM in October. Also plan on doing a century or two.

Bike 1 is 2004 QR Tiphoon, full Ultegra with Real Design Supersonic carbon wheelset for racing and Velomax Vista wheels for training.

Bike 2 is 2004 Cannondale Ironman 800. Was a gift from a dealer.

Bike 3 is a KHS Flite 2000 road bike with full ultegra.

I live in sunny and windy southwest Florida. Charlotte County. Obviously, all my rides are locally.

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getting ready for couple of Half Ironman, and Full Ironman this year.

Ride Quintana Roo Tri bike (Ti) for racing.

Road bike is Firenze.

Living in Chicago, IL

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Trying to find ways to pass the time.

> What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Tri's since 2001, sprints then olympic, 2003 first 1/2 IMs, this year 1st IM (Zürich)

Running since 2001, 1st Marathon 2003, another one in 10 days.


> What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Road: 2000 (?) Colnago Dream (mix 105/DA)

MTB: 2003 cannondale Scapel

Tri: 2001 cervelo One (DA). Wheels: Zipp 303 and a Renn diisc, a Lightweight 12 spoke front and rear disc should be here some time soon. Trying to purchase a P3 or Felt DA 650 if somebody is willing to sell me one :-/.

> Where do you reside and where do you ride?

Wettingen (20km outside of Zürich), Switzerland, ride: currently on my CompuTrainer since the weather is really bad :-(, otherwise all over the place here, training camp in Gran Canaria in January and again in 14 days.

Simon

Any tri distance. Sprint-IM. Adventure races 8-36 hours.

Softride Classic TT.

Klein Pulse mtb

I live in Chicago

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Sprint, oly, and 1/2 in fall, mabye a marathon

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

2003 Giant TCR composite, 1991? Cannondale 3.0

Where do you reside and where do you ride?

Las Vegas, best ride is Red Rock

Bob

Usually 1 1/2 iron a year w/ several shorter ones every year. Lots of different run distances.

Bike is a 3rd hand Cannondale R700 (yes I'd take a new one if anyone has one).

John

Tri - all distances

99' KM-40

Phoenix

Computrainer during the week

Northeast Phoenix on the weekends

Triathlons over the last 10 years of various distances. 50 races total. Over the last 4 years only 10 races of the they are broken down as 4 full ironman, 3 half ironman, 1 olympic distance and, 2 sprints. I am signed up for Lake Placid this summer and it may be my only race this year unless I decide to jump into the Great Floridian (Probably full maybe the half).

I ride an old school style Softride Power V set up for comfort over the distance. I'm positioned more like Zack than Bjorn. Just recently added a Power Tap that I finally repositioned so that it picks up most of the time. I'm hoping that the use of a power meter will help me better ration my energies up the hills in Lake Placid.

I live in pancake flat Naples, Florida. It's great for riding during the winter. But having no hills really limits my training.

Tom Demerly.

2004 Guru Aero-Ti w/DA10 & Easton Attack.
2004 Guru Tri-lite w/DA10 & Easton Attack.
2004 Cervelo P3 w/DA10 & HED bars.
2004 Look KX Light w/Campagnolo Record 10 Carbon.

All bikes sittin' on Mavic, Zipp, Hed and Spinergy interchangeably.

I ride mostly around here and all over the world.

Raced 3 races since November: Laguna Phuket, Thailand; RBTT/Fatum, Curacao and Ironman New Zealand.

Doing the local stuff plus Ironman Austria on July 3rd and maybe another Ironman in fall...

I live in Dearborn, Michigan in the United States.

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The Tri Shop.com

Newbie... running (5K-1/2M), Tri, Oly, Du & 1/2 IM for this year. At least one marathon and a full IM for the next year!

GIANT Quasar (6 speed) - road bike (old & ooooversized)

soooon... 2004 CERVELO DUAL - tri bike (from Tom D.)

Shelby Township, MI

riding in the backyard of my apartment... Stony Creek METROPARK ;)

Central FL Triathlete
Sprint to IM
New YAQUI CARBO, DA-10sp, Zipp 909s

mainly long distance, just finished 3rd IMNZ, but will race most multisport events if so inclined, or half/full marathons.

'96 Trek 2300, '03 Cervelo P2K, unknown vintage Kona MTB

live Wellington NZ and ride the hills around here..

I am training for my first Ironman-Ultramax 9/25 in KC- and have completed three halfs and several olys.

I ride a Moots Vamoots road bike. For tris, I add aero-bars, put on a shorter stem, use a no set-back post, and move the seat up and forward.

I live in Evergreen, Colorado and ride in the Rockies and occasionally the plains around Boulder.

Where do you shop? I'm assuming from the models of bikes you have that you go to Lebenon and Wheelie Fun, anyone in Cincy that you frequent?

Thanks for the intel!

-SD

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SOMA?

What happened to the Tk2?

Have you been able to get on the track yet?

-SD

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Are you doing Fisk Knob fixed? I've decided not to do it this year, I'm just not ready for that hill with the 53x16!

Good Luck if you go!

-SD

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Um, I'd really rather not go into it publicly. I have been riding the SOMA on the road (a little at a time, those are different parts of those muscles!!). Haven't been down to the track yet, but I'm hoping to go soon.

Leigh

1. Triathlon (OD, MD last year, first IM this year), Running (10K, Marathon), Cycling (TT), MB, offroad Tri (2006 mountain extreme utah), long term focus on ultra endurance events

2. 2002 Trek 1400 (used as road bike and tri bike with bend forward seatpost and Syntace C2, its a bike only available in Europe - basically a speced down 1500 (with 105 and tiagra brakes instead of ultegra) Rating 3/5) 2002 Genesis hardtail mountainbike (sucks, 14,5kg used for commuting and winter training, Rating 1/5) 2003 Trek Fuel 90 (rocks - awesome bike, rating 4/5), 2004 QR Caliente (Profile Carbon X, Ultegra, Xentis wheels (www.xentis.at) - best 4 spokes in the world (stiff, durable and faster than me - which is easy))

3. Live in Vienna / Austria, riding mostly around vienna, Klagenfurt IM, Swiss half last year, Next Year will be IM Japan, 2006 will be Utah, rode in Florida this year for Training

Any TRI up to 1/2 IM this year, DU, centuries

1997 Cannondale Silk Road --- 2004 Cannondale Ironman 2000

Reside in Massachusetts, ride same and New Hampshire

Sport: Oly (two or three this year) and maybe a full distance in september, some half marathons, 10 k run and a marathon. And some single track mountain biking just for recreational purpose.

Ride: Colnago Dream B-stay 2003 mod, Kona Kula Mtb 2000 mod

Where: Oslo, Norway

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Bent Olav Olsen, recreational triathlete?

Mainly long distance triathlons, marathons etc.

2003 P2K - currently in a container on a ship somewhere between London and Tokyo :-(

Reside in Tokyo, Japan and do races all round the world.

2003 was mostly marathons but I did do Wildflower Long Course as well.

Doing Escape from Alcatraz and Ironman Korea this year - most of my training will be on a trainer on my balcony though.

dt.

Nope, Martian 1/2 marathon as a final tune up for Boston. I won Fisk Knob 4 or 5 years in a row ( fixed) and felt obligated to defend. Was very grateful when you rode and whooped me so I could retire with honor.

For the info that's not in my profile...

Sports: Sprint and Olympic Distance triathlons, Off-road Duathlons, Xterra. First year pro, we'll see how that goes.

Bikes: Javelin Arcole tri bike with Shimano DA9, ultegra brakes, Zipp race wheels; Kestrel 200sci road bike with Shimano 9 mix mostly DA...for sale right now; Jamis Dragon Hardtail mtb with only a shimano Crank and FD...SRAM and disc brakes rule; Hammerhead100x full suspension with similar build kit to hardtail... http://www.hammerheadbikes.com.

Reside: 5.5 years in Austin, TX...all 29 in Texas hence the handle

Ride: computrainer during the week, roads and trails on the weekends

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1) Mainly tri and some Du I like all distances

2) Bikes:

Yaqui Ocotillo

2001 Klein Quantum Race

1976ish Colnago Super

Marinoni with PCs

3) San Diego

Tris, sprints, oly, 1 1/2IM this year, dus, adventure

2002 P2K & 1985 Vitus w/full Camp Super Record

Mostly roads and local Rails to Trails called the St. Tammany Trace

North of New Orleans

Bob Sigerson

Awesome Posts everyone. I'm amazed at the variety of all of the athletes here and equally amazed at all their different bikes.

It seems some bikes and races have a story to tell and I thank those of you that told theirs breifly here.

This quick post revealed how close some of you are (SE Mich) and how widespread this forum reaches (SoCal to NYC to Belgium to NZ!)

Here is another thought, would your interest in this sport and particularly this discussion forum compel you to purchase a t-shirt, jersey, keychain, water bottle, or other such trinket?

Also, has this forum lead you to purchase something that you may not have if you hadn't been turned on to it here?

Thanks again for the responses and please feel free to respond to the original post.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should repost the new question in another thread...

-SD

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Here is another thought, would your interest in this sport and particularly this discussion forum compel you to purchase a t-shirt, jersey, keychain, water bottle, or other such trinket?
----------------------------------------------------------------------of course it has...buying of the TSR jerseys and maybe a tshirt as well----------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, has this forum lead you to purchase something that you may not have if you hadn't been turned on to it here?

----------------------------------------------------------------------not yet but the whole Fizik Arione thing has me curious..unless I can coerce CG to sell me the other seat he bought at the bike show;-)

Bikes:

Ti Cycles custom ultralight road bike

(2) Ti Cycles cross bikes

no-name Russian Ti TT/Tri bike

Ti Cycles custom steel track bike

Fat City Yo Edddy mountain bike

Raleigh AL rain bike (old team bike, fendered up...)

No-name lugged steel road bike set up as a road fixe w/fenders

Ibis Mtn bike, currently in pieces

Fancy useless high zoot "funny bike" (650f/700r) forget the builder. In storage.

Elite Tri/TT bike is in the works...

I live in Seattle, and ride mostly in the Northwest, in as many disciplines as I can find time for.

MH

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Sport: Tris (Sprints and Half IMs, misc running events)

Bike: 2003 Felt F50, Tri setup.

Reside: Tucson, AZ

Tucker

Triathlete

Cervelo P3 & Litespeed Blade

Oahu, Hawaii

Taskmaster
2004 Felt F-15 w/Campy Record and Ritchey Carbon Wheels.
Recreational Tri/Road
I live within close proximity of all that is cool.

"All that is cool"

So is that the north pole or south pole?

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Road racing/crits/tt's

Road bike: 2003 Look kg381i Record
CX: Custom CX bike with various parts
TT: Javelin
Fixed Gear: converted Nishiki to sweet FG ride

jeremyb

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Vintage Cervelo: A Resource

How was the move to LV,NV?

I've got an opportunity to go to Sparks? Anything going on there?

Did you ever make it to Interbike and get in?

I loved that Vegas weather.

-SD

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Olympic Tri

05 Felt S-22

04 Softride Rocket TT
The Citadel, Charleston, SC

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Sprint and Olympic Distance Tri's (was training for 1/2 IM until Hurricane Charley gave me new priorities)

2004 QR Tiphoon, 2004 Kestrel Talon Road set-up

I live in Port Charlotte, Florida (west coast right next to Punta Gorda), I ride with a cycling and triathlon club called "Cycle Haus." We mainly ride in Port Charlotte and North Port. Sometimes catch a ride in Venice and Sarasota, FL.

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Working my way towards my goal of IMNZ 2006. Haven't raced this year, as moved to Borneo from Texas, so upset the training and racing options. Getting back into some distance and just trying to keep the injuries at bay.

Chucks bikes special, tri frame, 105 etc. Looking at a rocket tt frame secondhand sometime next year.

Brunei, N.W. Borneo, ride the local roads and try to not get killed.

J.

tri's - all distances

tri - cervelo p2

road - specialized allez

mtn. - dean oscar

live/ ride - southwestern ontario, canada

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Tris all distances (HIM and IM favorites)

Tri: 2004 P3

Road: 2002 Specialized S-Works E5, Fixed: 2004 Specialized Langster, Touring: 1996 Trek 5200

MTB: 2001 Gary Fisher Super Calibre

Ride: Upstate NY, Finger Lakes

Cheers!

Trevor

Training for Oly tris

05 Specialized Allez elite

near Dallas, TX but relocating soon to Atlanta area.

Former runner with physical challenges that have limited my running, and since they don't do swim-bike Dus, I'm a triathlete and coach. I like to train long and race short: Oly and sprint with the occasional half IM. Might do an IM next year (Cali, because it won't screw up my season).

Cycling events: 2000 Trek 5200 with 60K miles on it
Tris: 2003 BP Stealth, DA gears, brakes and pedals, HED bars, Aspide Tri saddle, rotor cranks, Accell II rear wheel, HED Cx front.

Walnut Creek, CA

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Mostly Mid-Atlantic regional and local Tri / Du scene.

'03 Felt S22, Renn Disk, Mavic Carbone

Ride flat to rolling in SE NJ, hills in the DE County PA area.

Completed sprints, oly, and a half and some crits and road races. Training for a full.

Douglas Precision Plus, road bike

Cervelo P3, tri

Bob Jackson Super Tourist, towing the kids

Atlanta, Ga.

1/2 IM, IM

Cannondale R2000, Guru Trilite

NW Florida (Hurrican Alley)

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
Running races: 5k, 10k, marathon coming up
Triathlon: sprint and Olympic distances, hopefully Half IM and IM distances soon

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
Racing: 2004 Yaqui Carbo 55cm/78deg
Training: 1999 Principia 650 time trial frame, Ultegra

Where do you reside and where? (generally, no addresses)
Ilmenau, Germany & Kalkar, Germany

Training to be able to train for an Ironman, Western States 100, and RAAM. All three are a long way off as of today.

'03 Klein Q-Carbon Team.

Majority of workouts done in Angeles National Forest and soon Lake Arrowhead area in Southern CA, where I'm moving tommorrow.

mainly 1/2 IM and IM races

tri - 2003 p2k w/zipp 404s, renn disc, fsa compacts, arione tri

road - specialized allez comp, kestrel 200sci

wish list - cervelo superprodigy, cervelo r2.5, cervelo p3carbon (i know, join the club)

riding up by me in north jersey isn't too great, so i do most of my riding near where my family live in s jersey.

offseason training for 2005 boston marathon, im cda, im canada, and looking to sign up for im florida as well.

Hey SuperDave -- Thanks for asking!

The move itself was great ... nothing like driving across the desert southwest in a rented Uhaul with no radio reception!

My wife and I like LV so much, we've already decided to move to Colorado next summer. She's a veterinarian, and has taken a position with the Colorado State vet school in Fort Collins. We're both very excited about moving to CO and leaving LV. Las Vegas is a fun place to visit, but living here sucks. Imagine all of the worst things about southern california (traffic, crime, smog etc), but it's hotter and there's not beach.

Sparks is a long way from LV, it's up by Reno and Lake Tahoe, I think. I've never been there. Being that close to tahoe, it's probably cooler with better scenery.

re: the weather: right now, it's perfect. beautiful. I did the Las Vegas century yesterday (all 110 miles, it was a little long), and it was fantastic. Shorts and a short sleeve jersey in mid October. Keep in mind, summer here is 6 months long and it gets extremely hot (110+) is common. From our arrival on June 1, until mid Sept., it topped 100 all but a handful of days.

I managed to make it into Interbike on Friday. My friend Bill is a sales rep for Giant, and he got me a badge. I had a great time. Your bikes look great ... one of the most complete lines in the show. I wrote a rambling review of what I liked.

Take care
jason

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
Tri, all distances but focus this year has been on IMFL (1st IM!)


What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
Tri- 04 YAQUI CARBO!!!!!!!

Road - 01 Specialized Allez


Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)
NY, Long Island area


Thanks for all your input!

-SD

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SD,

I live about 1.2 miles from your HQ (in Lake Forest) :-). I haven't raced in 2 years, but I refuse to call it "retired" (after 10 years). I'm hoping to get back into short course racing next year, perhaps a IM distance race late in the year (non IMNA), then maybe go long again in 2006.

Strictly road and/or tri bikes. I've never even owned a MTB (although I would like to, just need more $$$'s).

...and Santiago Canyon Road is pretty much my domain. It's easy to ride up, turn around and come back. Occasionally I'll drive somewhere to ride flat ;-)

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I currently ride a Kestrel Talon, but looking for new bike. Probably tri - I just can't make these slacker angled bikes work for me for tri (probably ride 80 degrees or so).

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sprint, Olympic distance

1998 Litespeed Classic (upgraded to Campy Record 10 speed last year)

2002? Yaqui (bought it used on ebay. Wheels were worth as much as I paid for whole thing.)

Eastchester, NY Ride Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield county CT.

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Tri-ing for a cure.

NYtrigal's Team in Training Page

Running is the bane of my triathlon existance. Sucks when I got from 4th to 9th in AG at Nationals because of my run. LOL

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Tri-ing for a cure.

NYtrigal's Team in Training Page

What sport are you slowly twitching?
Triathalons, Byron Bay Oly, HIMGC, HIMForster, IMWA
What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
Softride on the computrainer Felt DA with zipp 909's and dura ace for the road
Where do you reside and where do you ride? Sydney, Australia. Usually ride on the M2 near my place or head down to Waterfall or north to Wisemans Ferry.

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George Eliot

Sprints, train for oly next year, du, TT

1995 Scott MK 1.0 MTB

2003 Trek 2000

Rio Rancho, NM

What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

Some sprints, a couple of dus, emphasis on the slowly part. Oly next year?



What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Old QR so I won't be accused of posing, whatever that is, and a Leader road bike, likewise



Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)

Western New York, where the season has shut down and some people are dusting off their trainers.


-SD[/reply]

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Lou Battaglia

Why didn't I retire last year?

Sprint and Oly, plan is to do 1-2 half IM's next yr, perhaps IMLP in '06

MTB (used to race Expert, did a 24 hr race once), road bike (for fun and training, some charity centuries), adventure racing (sprint, and 24 hr so far). Don't know if rock (and ice) climbing count(s) as "slowly twitching" sorta activities, but I actually do them more now than any of the above.

Road/Tri - '99 Klein Quantum Race, stock everything, w/ Profile clip on aero bars. Considering some race wheels....

MTB - old bike: '97 ProFlex 957 w/ loads of ELS (Expensive, Lightweight Sh!t)

- really old bike: '94 RockHopper, w/ big gearing (48t) and 1.4 cross tires ='s crappy weather road bike

Live/ride/race: Hudson Valley, NY

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
Triathlons. Sprints, Halfs and an IM. Only ride Mtb when out riding with the family.

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Tri: Planning to purchase a good used 2000 P3.
Road: 2002 Trek 1200
Mtb: 1996 Trek 820

Where do you reside and where do you ride?
I live north of Madison, WI. When not riding the rural roads near my house, I'm usually riding on the Ironman Wisconsin bike course loop or on the trainer in Winter months.

" BTW: wouldn't the QR 0 Gravity 03 for $1300
be a good deal/bike for a guy like me ? "


Um, yes if it fits.

-SD

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TT's and Sprints to 1/2 IM's this year.

2 Zipp 2001's , one for racing, one for training (1997 models, but just got them out of the box a few months ago brand new) Training Zipp has Rotor Cranks.

2003 Trek 5500 road bike

1993 or so, Trek 8000 police model mountain bike (bought my bike when I left the Police Mountain Bike Patrol)

Ride on he NE coast of Florida

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#1. have done 3 1/2 IM's, lots of oly's. this year training for long course tri worlds in denmark

#2. I have 3 bikes. Cervelo P2K...2001.

Trek 1400 (the beater bike, now!)...1997.

Kona Explosive mtn bike (bought second hand...not sure of the year).

#3. living and training in Nova Scotia, Canada.



Kurt

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1. I'm mostly and IM guy - I've done some 1/2 IMs and a few shorter distance tris, but only as a way to build strength / endurance for the long day. i would pick a bike race on the weekend over a sprint tri but would ride in the afternoon of either event. I've been thinking a lot about why I like IM best and I think it's because it's so damn hard. there is so off-the-couch way to finish the IM. even low volume training is still hard.



2. I ride a lot of bikes. Right now I train on a Trek 5.9 Madone SL and race on a Trek TT. I also have a LeMond for road racing and I have a cyclo-cross I ride all fall. Aside from some new parts for the bike my biggest tri-related purchases have been a PowerTap Pro and a rear disc. I think both make a big advantage and I would encourage people looking at a CT to get a PowerTap wheel instead.



3. I like in Wisconsin. It's damn cold here now - really cold. So today i'm going to ski for a while before my run and trainer ride. thank god for netflix!

If you are in the market for a wattage measuring system and a rear disc, would you consider a "powertap" hub in a disc? Do you think that would have a broad enough market?

-SD

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)
-- Road, Mtb - mostly 12-hour, 24-hour races.
What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?
-- 2002 Giant OCR1, 2002 Trek 8000, Giant commuter, 1954 (?) Schwinn Admiral -- looking for a new road bike in the $1600 - $2000 range. Out of respect to Pooks, I won't say what I'm considering ;-)
Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses) -- just moved to Boston two days ago!

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2004 Kestrel Talon Aero

Suburban Philadelphia

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I think if you could put a powertap in a disc some people would buy it, but it's so specialized and would be so expensive ($1800+ i would guess). I think for that money I would buy an SRM instead. I race a lot on the PT (i have a bontrager aero rim on it) and am going to re-build it onto a carbon rim to make it a bit more race ready.

The best thing that PT could do I think is match the SL hub with a really light rim to make a good climbing / road racing wheel.

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Check out the new Zipp website, we are selling several wheels built with the powertap SL hub now.

-SD

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What sport are you slowly twitching? (tri Oly, Du, TT, Mtb?..)

IM, Oly, TT and 24 Hour Mtn Bike Solo

What make/model/year of bike(s) do you have?

Performance, R100 I think, 2002

Orange Evo 4 2005

Specialized Hardrock Comp 2001

Waiting for Cervelo P2K 2005 or Felt 2005 S32???? in May

Where do you reside and where do you ride? (generally, no addresses)

South Downs, Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, UK.........basically for those with kids, where Winnie the Pooh lived :) (thats if you believe in AA Milne, if not where he wrote the books)

Thanks for all your input!


You are welcome