Tri economics
toad
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ok here is the thing
With a few sprints under my belt his year I am doing my first olympic distance triathlon
My bike has been an entry level Claude Butler road bike which has served me well, but I think i would like to upgrade.
There has been alot of talk about the felt b2 pro valued between £3000-£3500. This price is 10% of my annual earnings and I am also in the lucky situation where I am my own boss and can decide how many hours I work.
For an improved time would you reduce your hours by 10% so that you could have an extra day per fortnight to train hard sticking with the old claude butler?
Or buy a new bike like the felt b2 pro ?
Obviously both situations would cost you the same however which will give you the biggest reduction in time ?
I am wanting to do a time under 2hrs 45 minutes with the hope that one day I can do a 2hr 20min
With a few sprints under my belt his year I am doing my first olympic distance triathlon
My bike has been an entry level Claude Butler road bike which has served me well, but I think i would like to upgrade.
There has been alot of talk about the felt b2 pro valued between £3000-£3500. This price is 10% of my annual earnings and I am also in the lucky situation where I am my own boss and can decide how many hours I work.
For an improved time would you reduce your hours by 10% so that you could have an extra day per fortnight to train hard sticking with the old claude butler?
Or buy a new bike like the felt b2 pro ?
Obviously both situations would cost you the same however which will give you the biggest reduction in time ?
I am wanting to do a time under 2hrs 45 minutes with the hope that one day I can do a 2hr 20min
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maybe have a look at what your currently doing in training sessions and when. I train 3 times a day, 7.30-8.30, 12-1 during my lunch hour and 7-8 in the evening, these short sharp training sessions allow me to load up on intensity to increase speed and power, then at the weekend i can extend the length of my sessions to increase endurance.
Also the bike will be nice and shiney. and it has red on it! which makes it much faster.
Will definitely have a look at wiggle, also might give the daily multiple 60 min sessions ago, no justification required.
but, depends whether you want a nice bike or to go faster....
spend £1000 on a bike from ebay and £2500 on swim coaching, run coaching and bike holidays to warm places during the winter and you will go much much faster than you will with the same legs on a flash bike.......
I keep nearly buying expensive wheels then I realise this is coming out of my warm weather budget.....
But I covet a Felt too...........