Recently moved to a pretty hilly area-just south of Austin. Wondering how many out there train a good deal on a roadie vs tt bike. lots of stopping/starting, climbing, shifting, turns, rough roads, etc. Any benefit or disadvantage for training majority on road an racing/longer weekend rides on the TT?
if a TT/multisport event that I am doing is upcoming - 90% TT bike.
if not, maybe 10% TT bike
group ride? road bike, unless it is a small, informal, triathlete group ride.
welcome to austin. try the ATC ride at 8:30 this saturday! I suggest a road bike but it is a tri bike friendly ride.
Live in Southwestern Pa. where one hour of riding produces at least 1000 feet of climbing. I use my triathlon bike almost all of the time for training purposes as triathlons are my main focus. Especially important if you are now using a new(er) triathlon bike. But if I participate in a century ride or similiar events with mostly road bicyclist, I then use my road bike.
Depends how long you keep Aero position on TT bike. If you’re not in Aero, you’re out of your power position. Road is more comparable to TT position than TT (out of aero) to TT. (that’s kinda hard to read).
I’m usually 85% road and 15% TT all the time now. Ride the TT in aero before tri season just to get used to position and do all inside intervals on TT bike.
I do 80-90% of my rides on my roadie. No problems as long as when you hop on the TT bike you have no issues holding an aero position.
How you ever going to be at one with your TT bike in a race if you don’t ride on it a lot. In many way training for fitness is simply training, what is the harm in sitting up on a road bike enjoying the view in the wind creating more resistance from a general training perspective, an argument could be made it is helping with fitness gains. Training to race is different however and familiarity, developing skills, generating power from a fixed position all comes into play. For me, given a number of bike choices including mountain bikes, and covering about 12 - 15,000km a year, economics play a part, this might be the case for you. Generally I would want to put the most amount of wear and tear on a bike which is economical to run, tyres, chains, cassettes, brake pads etc… However it would make no economic sense to me whatsoever in forking out large amounts of cash on a TT bike and having it cover 500km a year in races and spend the rest of the time sitting pretty in a garage, just a thought.
This time of year…
Bricks on Tuesday and Saturday are on the tri bike. Group or individual rides on Thursday on the road bike.
Outseason…
Almost all on the road bike.