I headed out last night & did 90 minutes on my very first ‘dedicated’ TT bike - a Slice.
It is way, way, way different than riding a 1996 Look with clip on bars.
gets a little scary in the corners at first doesn’t it!
I knew a guy who rode a mtb in his first few tris. He got a nice tri bike and in the first tri with it he went around a 90 degree corner without braking or or getting out of the aerobars. Unfortunately he didn’t make the corner without breaking
Welcome to the Slice Club.
Great bike. I love it.
gets a little scary in the corners at first doesn’t it!
If that’s the case…then you did something wrong setting it up.
my set up is spot on. (was done on a retul). I just remember my first couple rides on my tri bike. After growing up on mountain bikes and riding a road bike the past 7 years, it took a little while before I nearly as confident in aero as I am on the drops.
I agree with corners being tricky on the first few rides. Other things that took getting used to were brakes being on the outside and switching hand postions at higher speed and also be weary of weight distribution on wet days. Enjoy the new bike.
Sorry, but no matter how good the setup is on a TT bike going into a corner without instant access to the brakes is not going to be as confident as going in on a road bike / mtb covering the brakes.
Yes, yes it is. I went from a 06 orbea to a 10’ orbea. Man was that crazy. World of difference…Enjoy!
congrats on the bike. Now you have the winter to get comfortable and fast.
Sorry, but no matter how good the setup is on a TT bike going into a corner without instant access to the brakes is not going to be as confident as going in on a road bike / mtb covering the brakes.
Hmmm… now I know how I make up so much time…
I think the physics of the aero position make handling more of a challenge than a road bike for the key reason that one’s weight is not distributed over a wide triangle (either end of road bars and seat - three points of contact) but rather a thin line (arms close together and seat - essentially two points of contact). Are people on this thread suggesting that I should feel no difference between these two distributions? That seems odd.
I went straight from a mountain bike to a tri bike. That was a scary first few rides.
gets a little scary in the corners at first doesn’t it!
It does… and normally, a quick glance behind to check if any cars are coming is a simple thing… but every time I did it last night, it wasnt so simple… I veered off the line a bit…!
gets a little scary in the corners at first doesn’t it!
If that’s the case…then you did something wrong setting it up.
I always seem to find that after 6 months back on the road bike, straight forks take a bit of getting used to…
Sorry, but no matter how good the setup is on a TT bike going into a corner without instant access to the brakes is not going to be as confident as going in on a road bike / mtb covering the brakes.
If the corner is that tight, then why aren’t your hands already on the basebar?
Unfortunately he didn’t make the corner without breaking
Well played indeed.
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gets a little scary in the corners at first doesn’t it!
If that’s the case…then you did something wrong setting it up.
I always seem to find that after 6 months back on the road bike, straight forks take a bit of getting used to…
If the location of the steering axis relative to the the dropouts is the same, then the shape of the fork blades between those 2 points has no bearing on the handling.
I think the physics of the aero position make handling more of a challenge than a road bike for the key reason that one’s weight is not distributed over a wide triangle (either end of road bars and seat - three points of contact) but rather a thin line (arms close together and seat - essentially two points of contact). Are people on this thread suggesting that I should feel no difference between these two distributions? That seems odd.
Hmmm…I actually find my TT rig is more stable when I’m in the extensions than when my hands are on the basebar…
I appreciate that you are an expert and therefore right on everything. However that comment above is not quite correct. Bladed forks don’t allow any vertical deflection to counteract imperfections on the road surface. Curved forks do deflect slightly in a vertical direction (relative to an upright position of the bike). Hence the front wheel skips more with bladed forks making it a bit more sketchy handling.
However weight distribution and rake/head angle are likely to play a greater part in the different handling.