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Improve my bike for Triathlon

  • 15-01-2010 9:56am
    #1
    Domer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭


    Ok, so I have a 10 speed racer that I refurbished last year and it works grand. Did a sprint triathlon on it in 2009.
    I am on a budget so cant afford a new bike. What would be the best way to improve the performance of the bike?
    New Wheels?
    New Bottom bracket?
    Tri-bars?


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  • #2
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Domer wrote: »
    Ok, so I have a 10 speed racer that I refurbished last year and it works grand. Did a sprint triathlon on it in 2009.
    I am on a budget so cant afford a new bike. What would be the best way to improve the performance of the bike?
    New Wheels?
    New Bottom bracket?
    Tri-bars?

    Improve performance of the bike? Work on the engine. After that tri bars.


  • #3
    Time out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭Time out


    Yep, tri bars, followed by making it as light as possible followed by new wheels (last 2 may be mutually exclusive)
    Reading good book about english blokes attack on the hour record few yrs ago and even reducing the amount of spokes can reduce drag (= go faster). Along way from sprint triathlon I know, but intersting none the less


  • #4
    griffin100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,047 ✭✭✭griffin100


    Improve performance of the bike? Work on the engine. After that tri bars.

    after that clipless pedals if you dont already have them.


  • #5
    Domer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭Domer


    Thanks folks. I will look into getting new wheels, and tri-bars. Now just need to improve my swimming!

    Domer.


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