So I'm doing the property industry triathlon and it looks like it's Friday 1st July. And I need to hire a bike quickish. The last time I did it, I hired a hybrid bike, I have a heavy mountain bike but i was recommended to get a hybrid as it would be lighter than the mountain bike, but easier to ride than a road bike.
I tried to ride a road bike home from work last year but I couldn't do it - I fell off twice and fell with the bike once (couldn't get my feet out of the pedals).
Should I just hire a hybrid again for the day on that basis? A basic road bike is only a bit more money to hire but then if on the day I can't handle it then I'd be quite stuck. It is a 21km cycle leg if that helps, flat around Eton Dorney Lake in Windsor
I'm not a cyclist particularly, in fact the last triathlon was the furthest I've ever cycled (and the furthest I'd ever ran as well for that matter ) but I would like to beat my time from the last one I did hence my consideration of a lighter easier bike as that is the leg where you can lose the most time.
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It took me 2.5 hours to do a 7 mile journey because I had to walk most of it Haha
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Lean up against a wall and practice clipping in and out, it soon becomes second nature. Although we all still fall foul, and fall over, once in a while.
I'll all them about the flat pedals, thanks - that might be a help
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I'm not really competing against anybody else but myself - I don't that I'll great my swim time from last time (about 13 minutes for 750m) due to me not having been swimming as much, but I really hope to beat my cycling and running times. The last time I basically dropped from the top ten to last place during the cycle leg because the property industry is mostly made up of middle class men who spend a lot on flash bikes and Lycra and go cycling a lot who just flew past me. I don't particularly mind people beating me but my time of an hour for 21km really set me back compared to what I wanted to do. My 5km run time of 27 minutes apparently isn't too bad, considering the two things before it, so anything that helps me shave off 15 mins of the bike leg will help
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I am lucky to have a fairly constant level of natural fitness and quite a good quick recovery time, even if I've not trained as much as I'd like. Though on the flip side, if I did the three events separately I wouldn't really be much quicker, if at all - I was always a distance swimmer with no sprinting ability whatsoever, often my 100m split times would be the same for each length. I think though I attribute a fair amount of it to stubbornness rather than physical ability
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