Best type of bike to get for triathlons?

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Teri D

I want to get a bike to start training but I'm not sure what to look for...I want to do sprint tri's (shorter distances). What to look for and how to find a reasonably priced bike would be great.

Answer
Use what you have until you're sure the sport is going to stick. A decent, competitive tri-bike is going to run you at least a couple grand. That's a lot to put into a sport you haven't even tried yet.

When I started in the sport (1992), I used a 20 yr old touring bike I bought after college graduation. After a couple years, I was racing enough that I decided it was time to drop the big money on a tri-specific bike.

If you have no bike at all (my mind is reeling at the thought of how a grown person could exist with no bike......), find a bike that would serve you for general purpose use. If I were to start from zero (but knowing what I know), I would get a mid range mountain bike. Why?

1. I live close to the center of an extensive rails to trails system, so I do most of my training there, where I don't have to deal with cellphone yapping housewives careening around in 5000lb SUV's.

2. If the sport sticks, and you get an expensive tri-bike, you'll need a mountain bike anyway. Bikes are to triathletes what shoes are to women. One or two simply doesn't cut it. I can see 5 from my office in the basement, and there are more in the garage.

3. No, you won't be competitive on an MTB, but you won't win the first few times regardless of your ride. Better to watch the other athletes, get a feel for the sort of bike you want, maybe even borrow a bike here and there to try out. It'll take you a while to get the hang of what's important and what feels good.

4. Hook up with a local club. Its useful to have hands on advice and coaching on all aspects of the sport. Besides, since most of your clubmates have multiple bikes, its another opportunity to see, feel, and try before you buy. There are a lot of triathletes who did their first race or two on one of my bikes.
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All that said, you may be an impatient youngster of my son's generation and want to stimulate the economy immediately. In that case, get thee to a high end bike shop that caters to triathletes and competitive cyclists. There are more of them than you think. They'll put you on a Serotta size cycle (if they don't, they're no good), then try you on a number of bikes on a trainer with a power tap, to figure out the size and configuration where you can generate the most horsepower. (That's one of the reasons I suggested waiting, because it takes some time training and racing in aero for your muscles to adapt to the position - but hey, its your budget). Again, bikes are like shoes. Fit and feel are everything. The bike that is best for my personal geometry and physical attributes might be horrible for you.

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Mrs.Beauti

I love that song can somebody do it cuz my comp isn't working well

Thanks ~10 points if you do it~

Answer
Feel it comin' in the air
Hear the screams from everywhere
I'm addicted to the thrill
It's a dangerous love affair
Can't be scared when it goes down
Got a problem, tell me now
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight...
Is who's gonna run this town tonight...
We gonna run this town

[Verse 1 - Jay-Z]

We are
Yeah I said it
We are
This is Roc Nation
Pledge your allegiance
Get y'all fatigues on
All black everything
Black cards, black cars
All black everything
And our girls are blackbirds
Ridin' with they dillingers
I'd get more in Depth
If you boys really real enough
This is la familia
I'll explain later
But for now let me get back to this paper
I'm a couple bands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks
Yeah I'm talkin' five comma
Six zeros
Dot zero
Here it go...
Back to runnin' circles 'round niggas
Now we squared up
Hold up

[Chorus - Rihanna]

Life's a game but it's not fair
I break the rules so I don't care
So I keep doin' my own thing
Walkin' tall against the rain
Victory's within the mile
Almost there, don't give up now
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight
Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy
Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy
Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy
(Is who's gonna run this town tonight)
Hey-hey-hey-heyyy

[Verse 2 - Jay-Z]

We are
Yeah I said it
We are
You can call me Cesar
In a dark Czar
Please follow the lea-der
So Eric B. we are
Microphone fiend
It's the return of thee God
Peace God...
(Auh! Auh! )
And ain't nobody fresher
I'm in Mason
(Ah! )
Martin Margiela
On the tape we're screamin'
Fuck the other side, they jealous
We got a bankhead full of broads(?)
They got a table full of fellas... (?)
And they ain't spending no cake
They should throw they hand in
'Cause they ain't got no spades...
My whole team got dough
So my bankhead is lookin' like millionaire's 'fro

[Chorus - Rihanna]

Life's a game but it's not fair
I break the rules so I don't care
So I keep doin' my own thing
Walkin' tall against the rain
Victory's within the mile
Almost there, don't give up now
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight
Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy
Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy
Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy
(Is who's gonna run this town tonight)
Hey-hey-hey-heyyy

[Verse 3 - Kanye West]

It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow
To everybody on your dick, no homo
I bought my whole family whips, no Volvos
Next time I'm in church, please no photos
Police escorts
Everybody passports
This the life that everybody ask for
This a fast life
We are on a crash course
What you think I rap for
To push a fucking RAV4?
But I know that if I stay stun-ting
All these girls only gonna want one thing
I could spend my whole life good will hun-ting
Only good gon' come is as good when I'm cumm-ing
She got a ass that'll swallow up a g-string
And up top, unh...
Two bee stings
And I'm beasting
Off the riesling
And my nigga just made it out the precinct
We give a damn about the drama that your dude bring
I'm just tryin' to change the color on your mood ring
Reebok
Baby
You need to drop some new things
Have you ever had shoes without shoe strings?
What's that 'Ye?
Baby, these heels
Is that a may?
What!
Baby, these wheels
You trippin' when you ain't sippin'
Have a refill
You feelin' like you runnin', huh?
Now you know how we feel

[Outro - Rihanna]

We gonna run this town tonight!

[Outro - Jay-Z]

Wassup!

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