who traines with one bike and races with another
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Dan Smith posted 50 weeks ago.
I have a Trek 1500 that I use as my commuting bike and a high end bike that I do my long weekend rides and races on. I find communting is pretty hard on a bike and I don't want to trash my good bike.
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bhanrah posted 50 weeks ago.
I would put your 1500 back together as a road bike and use it for group rides
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driggins posted 50 weeks ago.
i train on both my specialized roubaix and kuota k factor. depends on my mood really. and which bike is ready to ride, in other words, which requires less work that day to make road safe--pump tires, tighten bolts, etc. but my road bike is a little more comfortable and easier to handle whereas the kfactor, with the tt set up, is a little scary on downhills, braking in traffic, etc.
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kylie posted 50 weeks ago.
Like some others, I have an older road bike I use for commuting and a tri bike I do all my long stuff on, and really training rides. I plan to get it set up better at some point to be a good road bike though.
My boyfriend tries on a road bike on Thursdays (40-60mi usually) and a tri bike on Sat and Sun (another 40-60, and 80-130mi). He rides with a group most Thursdays, but on ones where it is just him he sometimes still rides the road one for climbing loops, or just because he really like both his bikes :)
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Sloswimr posted 50 weeks ago.
My wife and I ride a tandem so I can get a workout in and we can still be together. I race on my Trek 1900. It's a road bike, but does nicely in Tri's.
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o2Ripper posted 50 weeks ago.
Commuter: 1985 Fuji - converted into a single speed.
Training: Trek 2005 2300
Racing: Blue T1.4
I like bikes. ;p
-Branden
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jasonm posted 50 weeks ago.
I train an old Giant CFR. Had for years, and it seems impossible to break, despite plenty of crashes and colliding with cars. It is set very close to my race bike which is a Trek 5200.
The majority of my training is on the Giant, but as I get close to important races I will include one session per week on the Trek.
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deepbluex posted 50 weeks ago.
I train on a road bike with stury 32-spoke wheels and worn tires.
I race on my tri bike.
I use the tri bike to train for a couple of weeks before a race to get familiar with the feel of the bike and spot any technical issues with the bike.
The road bike is a little heavier and non-aero so I like the feeling of having that little extra boost of performance by reserving the tri bike for racing. If anything happened to the road bike, it would be less expensive to fix/replace as it's a modest ride to begin with.
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Jstyle posted 50 weeks ago.
o2Ripper;73751 wrote:
Commuter: 1985 Fuji - converted into a single speed.
Training: Trek 2005 2300
Racing: Blue T1.4I like bikes. ;p
What is a blue t1.4???
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Triguy98 posted 50 weeks ago.
Jstyle;73834 wrote:
What is a blue t1.4???
http://www.rideblue.com/t14.html
Blue makes some nice stuff. They were the bike sponsor for the national team last year, I think. I'd ride one.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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TriFatBoy posted 50 weeks ago.
Triguy98;73843 wrote:
http://www.rideblue.com/t14.html
Blue makes some nice stuff. They were the bike sponsor for the national team last year, I think. I'd ride one.
umm.... umm.... wow.
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kb1dqh posted 50 weeks ago.
I race and train on an S-Works Tarmac road bike. If I had a seporate tri bike I still think I'd do a lot of my long (tend to be hilly) rides on this bike because it's so versatile and fun. Personally, even though tris tend to by flat to rolling, I enjoy climbing, going to the california coast, etc, so it's worth training on courses unlike a tri course. Plus, the extra hills help with the cardio.
I have been training in my converted Trek 1500 it has T-wing base bar with Carbon Stryke aero and bar end shifters
I also put a Profile Fast Foward seat post on. I really love riding this bike. But I now have a Kestrel Talon tri bike. I was looking to see how many people train and race on one bike or do most people train on a different bike and save there better bike for Racing and some training to keep the miles off. It just seems to me like having to bikes will save my talon I train a lot at lunch bringing my bike to work