this is definitely a sport that you can go crazy with gear.

this season i made the biggest and best investment so far: a proper bike fitting. i never knew how inefficient my cycling was until after the fitting. now i can ride aero for an entire race instead of just a mile or two at a time. i am so happy i did it.

Funds are nil right now as we have a vacation to Yellowstone soon. I'm riding a 30 year old, steel, Nishiki Olympic with shifters on the down tube. I'd like to build up a bike from scratch that's more like a tri bike than some dorked up time machine. I'm looking into the Leader bike frames to start with, but this project will take some time. Other priorities right now.

I broke in my new swim lap counter yesterday. I know, exciting right? Hope you all were sitting down.

I took a few people's advice and got a pair of tri-shorts. AND I put a slicker pair of tires/tyres on my bike. AND I registered for my very first duathlon, taking place in 3 weeks from tomorrow, August 2!

Why did I wait so long to get those shorts? And those tires sure did increase my pace times on my bike training (even though I did fall off once a few weeks ago in the soft sugar sand when I was trying to turn around!) . And I'm a crazy mixture of nervous/excited/scared about racing on the 2nd.....what have I gotten myself into?

I upgraded my bike to a 'new to me' 2011 Cervelo S2 Dura Ace... Riding is so much more fun than on my ancient hybrid mountain bike!

Planning on a new set of googles next month (bike really blew the budget)

i didn't tell you guys about my new helmet!! The Giro Air Attack helmet. it makes me feel fast, and like Maverick from Top Gun. I wish the visor had a cool heads up display with all my stats, like Iron Man.

Awesome helmet! Love the flip up/down visor.

Does the wind come around the visor at all? I find that if I don't have my glasses almost touching my face the wind comes around the lens and plays hell with my eyes.

that was one of my concerns. i have a pair of prescription sports glasses i wear when i ride. i occasionally wear contacts, but not to triathlon, preferring the glasses. since i got this helmet, i've tried wearing my contacts with the visor, and it's great!! no wind bothering my eyes with the visor down at all.

Might want to look at the Suunto Ambit 2 or 3 S, it does everything that Garmin 910 does, but is better at it.

better how?

Awesome helmet! Love the flip up/down visor.

Does the wind come around the visor at all? I find that if I don't have my glasses almost touching my face the wind comes around the lens and plays hell with my eyes.

that was one of my concerns. i have a pair of prescription sports glasses i wear when i ride. i occasionally wear contacts, but not to triathlon, preferring the glasses. since i got this helmet, i've tried wearing my contacts with the visor, and it's great!! no wind bothering my eyes with the visor down at all.

Thanks for the info - I'd love to wear contacts on my rides so I can take the glasses off when the light starts to fade, right now my riding glasses are prescription and tinted, so either carry two pairs of glasses, or don't ride over daylight changes :-/

Awesome helmet! Love the flip up/down visor.

Does the wind come around the visor at all? I find that if I don't have my glasses almost touching my face the wind comes around the lens and plays hell with my eyes.

that was one of my concerns. i have a pair of prescription sports glasses i wear when i ride. i occasionally wear contacts, but not to triathlon, preferring the glasses. since i got this helmet, i've tried wearing my contacts with the visor, and it's great!! no wind bothering my eyes with the visor down at all.

Thanks for the info - I'd love to wear contacts on my rides so I can take the glasses off when the light starts to fade, right now my riding glasses are prescription and tinted, so either carry two pairs of glasses, or don't ride over daylight changes :-/

i have a pair like this



see the inner lens? that is precription. it detaches. and the tinted out lens can be replaced. i have a dark one, orange, and clear.

OOOooohhH!

I'm definitely adding those to my wish list!

Picked up a new set of Garneau shorts this afternoon, have an 80km ride planned tomorrow and have been noticing around 60km the pad in my trishorts just isn't cutting it anymore - its possible I could try to toughen up a bit too :-)