Wet weather TRIATHLON
Blinkybaz
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Hello Assembled Athletes.
I am about to embark on my first TRI this sunday in wellington Somerset and the weather is looking like heavy rain.
Can anyone give me some tips/advice on wet weather transtion and racing?
The course for the bike is called technical (i cycled it last week and they mean really hilly)!
Thanks in advance. Blinkybaz
I am about to embark on my first TRI this sunday in wellington Somerset and the weather is looking like heavy rain.
Can anyone give me some tips/advice on wet weather transtion and racing?
The course for the bike is called technical (i cycled it last week and they mean really hilly)!
Thanks in advance. Blinkybaz
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Enjoy!
I'll take a lightweight jacket to throw on for the bike if its really bad, maybe some gloves. Also I'll be putting gaffer tape on the vents and mesh on my bike shoes to stop my feet from freezing.
If the course you are racing at is technical I wouldnt reccomend carbon wheels as the brakes will not function to well on carbon rims in wet conditions.
Make sure you have some warm dry clobber to put on after...........
...enjoy
I know they are not reliable but i'm being optimistic even though they predicted rain for the past week!
Its the being cold on the bike that will make me miserable and the fact that I'll be going extra slow trying to be careful on wet ground!
The race is some way from a carpark so will need to cycle and a box doent seem easy to carry and ride with!
Are you an 'officer of the looer....'??
I was thinking of sticking it all in a black bag to keep it dry! Will that do?
I wouldn't want to be faffing about with a bin bag in transition
didds
If it is freezing is it wimpy to put on a bike jacket (OMG not very aero [;)]) or should it be tri suit regardless and to hell with the consequences...would hide the gut too :-)
Scott W
PS its Eton Saturday, Wave 2, box has Scott W on it so say hi if you are there
Take some carrier bags too - there are plenty of events that won't let you put a box under your bike because of the amount of space they take up.
Get a good skin tight lycra t-shirt you can wear under a tri suit in the event of cold weather, but if it's a sprint you can probably put up with the wet and cold in May.