Remco wrote:
In the fall and winter i ride my MTB on singletracs in the woods in the weekends and in the evenings i do a spinning class and a workout on the trainer.
I have never owned a tri bike up untill recently. Am planning my schedule where i ride my roadbike twice a week during group rides and one ride solo on my tri bike.
People here mention that they have seperate wheels for training and for racing.
Why is that?there are threee reasons I've come across:
- Don't want to risk damage or wear on best equipment during training. Want to save it for the race.
- Want to use fast tyre option in races but not happy with their durability and/or cost for training. So keep fast tyres on race wheels and use training wheels with something more durable mounted.
- Want to feel faster on race day, so intentionally make their bike feel worse the rest of the time. For example some fit Gatorskins, and butyl tubes specifically to make the bike slower.
I don't subscribe to any of those 3 ideas. I use the same gear for training that I race in. I spend most of my time training. Why wouldn't I spend it using my best stuff? I like to go fast and I like supple, grippy tyres.
I do some things differently in training, for comfort or practicality, like using a standard road helmet or bringing along more water bottles....
Item 1 above, I sort of understand but think it's kinda silly except in really bad conditions. If I was going to be too cautious to use and enjoy it, I wouldn't buy it.
I think item 2 is reasonable but it seems a bit of a sacrifice.
Item 3 seems totally ridiculous to me.