If only I could swim, I would have finished higher in my age group at the Nepean Triathlon yesterday...
There is one advantage to being so slow in the water: You don't get the bad feeling of being overtaken by faster riders. I ended up going past more than 40 riders in 30km.
The retrogrouch in me was happy to go past (more than one) carbon special with disk/tri-spoke wheels. It was further confirming evidence that the motor is more important than the chassis.
The weather was cool, overcast with a moderate breeze - perfect racing conditions. (ahhh.)
Roll on Canberra!
Ritch.
PS. Hippy: 40.4km/h average in C-grade? blimmin 'eck!
If only I could swim, I would have finished higher in my age group at the Nepean Triathlon yesterday...
There is one advantage to being so slow in the water: You don't get the bad feeling of being overtaken by faster riders. I ended up going past more than 40 riders in 30km.
Tee hee, that sounds like me, except I say that's my advantage about being slow on the bike - I end up overtaking about 50% of the field on the run!!! Oh dear, that's not good, I'm a shocking cyclist.
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The retrogrouch in me was happy to go past (more than one) carbon special with disk/tri-spoke wheels. It was further confirming evidence that the motor is more important than the chassis.
Fuel is very important too, I saw that in a magazine.
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The weather was cool, overcast with a moderate breeze - perfect racing conditions. (ahhh.)
If only I could swim, I would have finished higher in my age group at the Nepean Triathlon yesterday...
<mum> "as long as you had fun.." </mum>
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There is one advantage to being so slow in the water: You don't get the bad feeling of being overtaken by faster riders. I ended up going past more than 40 riders in 30km.
hehe.. yeah that's the ONLY thing I like about 'competitive' swimming.
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The retrogrouch in me was happy to go past (more than one) carbon special with disk/tri-spoke wheels. It was further confirming evidence that the motor is more important than the chassis.
Ooh yeah.. now you're talking my language! Flashback to waxing some trispokers on my mtb... ;-)
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PS. Hippy: 40.4km/h average in C-grade? blimmin 'eck!
That's a bunch of 50 riders remember. Not a non-drafting tri. I heard that B-grade went nuts and were up near 50 rather than the more usual low 40's. Anyone confirm? rickster? It looked crazyfast from the sidelines anyway..
