transtion getting on and off the bike
pacman2102
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Hi folks
I am looking for advice am to cut down my transtions times ie swim to bike and bike to run. I have some tri cycle shoes but getting in and out of them while cycling is not as easy as it appears on tele as anybody got any tipes on how to get used to it without me ending coming off my bike
confussed of the north
I am looking for advice am to cut down my transtions times ie swim to bike and bike to run. I have some tri cycle shoes but getting in and out of them while cycling is not as easy as it appears on tele as anybody got any tipes on how to get used to it without me ending coming off my bike
confussed of the north
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Don't know what it was called though, try search or wait until someone with a better memory turns up here.[:)]
http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=29548
To ask a stupid question - the elastic bands snap every time do they?
if you use big elastic bands then they may not snap, but small ones around the size of a jaffa cake LOL work well:)
I live in telford. Can you recommend a bike store and a shoe?
My recommendation would be not to bother yet - especially if you are on a budget. They are definately a non-essential item in my opinion. This is your first year in tri, so I doubt you are going to be leaping onto the saddle with your shoes already clipped in (which is the main benefit of tri-shoes).
And if you think seconds don't matter for you,wel, you're probably wrong. Especially during draft races; the difference between closing a 3 second gap and making it to that great bike group, or being unable to make it cause the gap is 8 seconds is HUGE!!!
Not sure if it saves me time overall - probably not, in fact - but it feels better to at least be moving while I'm putting them on rather than sat on my backside in a pile of talcum powder. The main reason is that I've fallen over twice when running while wearing cycling shoes.
Never caught my fingers in the cogs or spokes, either. I leave them loosely undone with the velcro straps looped through the slots but just touching the corresponding velcro. Make sense? No? Imagine I had done my shoes up to fit giant feet.
Never felt the need to get fleeced a load of extra cash just for shoes that say 'Tri' on them.
Oh, one other point: I got a big box of elastic bands and practiced getting in and out of my shoes about 20 times before I first tried it for real. I also practice doing it without elastic bands, just in case they snap early, fall off, whatever.