Anthea took a couple of pictures during last nights turbo session for me. I wanted to see how my position is on the TT bike in comparison to my road bike with clip-on tri bars. It feels comfortable for 1-2 hours on the turbo but as I've said before, I've not ridden it on the road yet. I know how comfortable the TCR Advanced is and I know I can race on it and feel good for the run. I wish the weather would pick up soon so I can do some proper testing in order to make the decision which bike to use for Ironman South Africa. The course is mainly flat so common sense says the TT bike, but if the angles are to severe then it will be hard to run off the bike. What do you fellow bloggers think!!
4 comments:
Your position looks very good on both bikes Daz. I would certainly want to test out the running off the bike but only a race would really give you the confidence that you want. Go for the TT bike! never done me any harm. . . no comments please!
Where do you get the spray on sweat from?
They are both good positions it all comes down to you and the race and what you want from it. I think the TT looks a better bike though
Bit of a misunderstanding in your penultimate sentence ref angles being too severe and not being able to run off the bike. The advantage of a TT bike is that you can replicate EXACTLY your road bike body position but, because a TT bike has a steeper seat angle it will tip you forward making you lower at the front end and hence more aero. I think there is an article on Slowtwitch that shows it very clearly; I do have the link on my computer at home but you will have to wait until I EVENTUALLY make it back before I can post it.
Daz
Have a look at this:
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/bikefit.html
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