A little story that most of you already know about the Bjron Andersson sensation is up on our site now. For those interested here is the link. I hope you find it entertaining.
Tom.
Awesome.
And how’s *your *Bjorn bike project coming along?
It’s done. It’s super cool.
Oh, I *know *it’s cool. I been babbling to the wife about it for weeks.
Is it ridable? For mortals?
It’s surprisingly rideable. Now, given, I played fast and loose with the “Bjorn” geometry- my seating position is nothing like his. But the handlebars sure are low. And I am faster. It didn’t take much time to get pretty accustomed to this.
-Much more later. We’re super busy. Gotta go…
Where are the pictures you promised?
Hmmm, do you mean photos of the bike? They are forthcoming along with a P3 review- the “Bjorn” bike is the one used for the photo shoot of the review.
The other New Zealand stuff is also on the way. I have to go to Hawaii on Wednesday for the Olympic trials- I am doing bike fit and mechanics for one oof the U.S. athlletes- so I would say that stuff will but afterwards.
Great stuff, as always. Thanks Tom. The sick thing is that Gerard’s P3 was the hottest thing on the market BEFORE bjorn rocked IMNZ. I am a proud owner of a P3 but still working on the 4:30 bike split. Maybe if I drop my handlebars lower…
Great read. Thanks Tom.
I liked this too 
“Women posted pictures of themselves on forums to “inspire” Andersson in his training.”
Great job Tom
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Tom, can you run off biking in the Bjorn position, or are your hamstrings and hip flexors too cooked ?
“I have to go to Hawaii on…”
Tom…tsk, tsk…what a bummer - you HAVE to go to Hawaii!
Another great read Tom.
Wow devashish,
I apologize for the stupidity of my answer in advance- I actually haven’t tried it yet. I’ve just put miles on the bike but haven’t tried a brick yet.
I’ll have to several before I post the discussion on the position. Thanks for the reality check…
Why thank you Tibbs… A fine compliment as well my friend.
Tom,
I rode with the Bjorn/Boardman position in 1995 using a look Ergostem. I found that once I adapted, I was faster riding for sure (being all of 140 lbs, pushing less wind is good) and after some adaption running off the bike worked fine. The key was to spend most of the last K “standing up” on the pedals and straightening the body out and getting into a “run position”. The position worked excellent up to half Ironman when digestion was not an issue. It failed miserably at Ironman Canada. I ran something like 4:10 that day and threw up most of my bike fuel on the run !
Dev
Yeah, real miserable- you outsplit me at Canada by five minutes on the run, it would have been a half hour if you weren’t barfing.
No doubt about it, you hung tough and fought the good fight.
Shoulda Coulda Woulda…
Yeah, maybe faster on the run if I did not barf on the run, but slower on the bike than my conventioinal position, so likely no gain. You can’t change what you did, but it is better to have tried and failed than never tried at all :-).
For mere mortals, I’d keep the Bjorn position for half Ironman and less and ride more upright for Ironman where digestion is an issue.
Tom, fabulous article. It is always nice to see an athlete who puts his “card face up on the table”. You did mention Cam Brown’s run…but what about Clas Bjorling’s run. A run like that has not happened in Ironman for a few years
Hey Tom,
I enjoyed reading your editorial. Great job,
justin d
Not “women” but “woman” - ONE. Don’t lump us all in there.