There is a guy that rides with my team that has a zipp bike. fking sweet lookin piece of machine.

Very nice. Thanks.

Is it just me, or is the Hotta just like a Cheetah?

ummm, maybe i'm missing something, but it seems to me like a lot of these guys are riding disc wheels - in both the front and the back.

isn't that supposed to be dangerous outdoors? like, a slight crosswind could easily cause a crash?

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"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

"isn't that supposed to be dangerous outdoors? like, a slight crosswind could easily cause a crash?"

Most of those pictures that show double disks are taken in a velodrome where wind is less of an issue.

Mr. Chameleon, from your response can I assume you ride dual 700c disks in all conditions?

It seemed to me that you were suggesting that triathletes are stupid and anyone can easily ride double disks. I apologize if I misread your tone.

Most photos you see of dual disks are on velodromes. If you want to talk about the *specific* page to which you were referring, I only see one guy riding dual disks and he has a 24" front. If you look at more of the galleries, he seems to be on a Hed CX at least as much as he is on the disk. Front disks work for a small segment of the population, on a small number of courses, for a small amount of the time. I think that would make them hard to recommend, wouldn't you?

not at FIesta Island, closed course, 20 ft of climbing, 1 way loop



http://www.fiestaisland.com

whoa, i definitely didn't mean to start a flame war...

the guy to whom i was referring can be seen in this picture: http://damonrinard.com/tt/01may06/mvc383s.jpg

now, everything i've read (and please note, i am a newbie and do not pretend to know anything about cycling) the front disk is dangerous outdoors. whether or not you're advocating them, maybe you can answer this: why would he take the risk, if the danger is there? for that matter, while i know that it's hard to quantify, can you tell me in relative terms how dangerous it is to use a front disk?

also, having just now reread the thread, i'd like to ask this of TimeTrial.org: can you describe fiesta island, and why it's any safer than any other outdoor course? for that matter, what does climbing have to do with crosswinds?

fortunately, i am not now, nor will i be in the near future, at risk of being able to afford 1 disk wheel, let alone 2.

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"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

Both dual disk bikes are Hooker Elite TTs. Not sure who is in photo #383, but #362 is ridden by Dave Spangler, who was the head of the Hooker bike project, engineer, and top execitive of Hooker Industries. He's probably put more miles on that bike, using both disk wheels, than most of us will put on a bike in a lifetime. If anyone can handle it, he's the guy. And now in his 60s, he's still a major threat in any TT he enters. I've ridden my Hooker with the front disk on it a few times with no ill effect, but prefer to use the Cx front for triathlons (front disks are illegal in tris anyway). If I were to ride a flat TT with calm winds, I might slap the disk on just for kicks.

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...this page, from the same site, may be more of what you are looking for.
http://www.damonrinard.com/photos/index.htm

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