I was hoping to get some thoughts on the becoming comfortable riding a tri/disc combo. I recently purchased a Hed 3/3d and am planning on using it in a HI in 7 weeks time. It's a dead flat course with good roads and generally minimal winds but there's always the chance of it picking up on the day.

Anyway I figured I would start by riding the 3 up front with the regular training wheel on back and get comfy with the steering issues first. My thoughts are that this is the more difficult of the two wheels to ride (doesn't the disc bring the centre of gravity back to the fixed rear axle?) so get used to it first...then maybe go out and ride the disc a few times with the trainer up front and then combine the two. I didn't want to put them all on, go out and find myself in difficulty and needing to get home.

Anyway today seemed like the perfect test day. There were 18 knot side winds pretty much the entire time on the long flat bike path. There were times when it got a little hairy but I read some posts the other day saying just to plough on so I did and I lived. I've read that some people get scared and back off and then lose speed. If you're getting blown around a bit but don't back off are you still going faster than normal or does getting blown around full stop mean you're better off without them?

I'm 6ft/175 and consider my bike skills decent enough without having a tonne of experience. Anyway thought I'd try and get some feedback on whether 7 weeks is plenty of time (really only testing on weekends) to adapt to the sensation, whether the disc will be easier to handle and whether getting blown around a bit but not backing off is still better than going hard on a std wheel?

CHeers in advance

Mike