We see this question asked quite often - which is faster on a certain course??
Well....unfortunately I got to test out my road bike yesterday in a half. Earlier in the week my right rear shifter (SRAM R2C) began have some issues. I had it looked at, but a washer was broken and it couldn't be fixed for the race. As a result, I ended up racing on my CAAD 10 road bike with a HED 9 front and HED Jet disc on the rear - looked kind of cool. I ended up having the fastest bike split by a bit over 90 seconds, but the course was pretty hilly (Quassy) with close to 4000 ft of climbing. My bike time was 2:28 and BBS predicted around 2:21 with the tri bike.
Does around seven minutes sound about accurate due to the change in position and the frame? The one thing I noticed riding the road bike was that my triceps hurt like hell trying to stay in the drops whenever possible to get aero. I tried to find some clip on aero bars, but couldn't get any.
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Well....unfortunately I got to test out my road bike yesterday in a half. Earlier in the week my right rear shifter (SRAM R2C) began have some issues. I had it looked at, but a washer was broken and it couldn't be fixed for the race. As a result, I ended up racing on my CAAD 10 road bike with a HED 9 front and HED Jet disc on the rear - looked kind of cool. I ended up having the fastest bike split by a bit over 90 seconds, but the course was pretty hilly (Quassy) with close to 4000 ft of climbing. My bike time was 2:28 and BBS predicted around 2:21 with the tri bike.
Does around seven minutes sound about accurate due to the change in position and the frame? The one thing I noticed riding the road bike was that my triceps hurt like hell trying to stay in the drops whenever possible to get aero. I tried to find some clip on aero bars, but couldn't get any.
Blog: http://262toboylstonstreet.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/NateThomasTri
Coaching: https://bybtricoaching.com/ - accepting athletes for 2023