2003 OCR1 for tri's?

[harper1320]

I am just getting into tris. I will be doing my first sprint next month, and going from there. I found a good deal on a 2003 OCR1 and was thinking about picking it up and putting some aero bars on it. How would this bike do for tris? I know it is a compact frame, but am just not too sure how this would affect me in tri's. I am 5'9" and 168lbs. Thanks for any help you can give me everyone.

[harper1320]

bump for some help. I might be picking up this bike today

[StanSeven]

As long as you're comfortable with the top tube length in the aero position, you'll be fine. Ideally you also should allow some room for a forward seta post to move your overall position forward some as well.

[harper1320]

cool, does anyone in here actually use that bike for triathalons?

[fuzzymemory]

Bump! I have a 2005 Giant OCR 3 with the stock brifter/brake setup on the handlebars. I'm looking to do my first Tri in August. I usually ride the OCR like a hybrid with my hands on the top of the bars, not in the drops. Any issues using a bike like this?

[Treefox]

If you're really conscious of your position on a road geometry bike, have a look at Profile Design's 'Fast Forward' seat posts (they've got both a carbon and aluminium versions - the carbon looks cooler, but they do the same thing equally well) - basically it's a bent forward seat post that allows you to have a virtual seat post angle much steeper than could otherwise be had on a road-geometry bike.

That said, plenty of people do triathlons on road bikes.

[Treefox]

Bump! I have a 2005 Giant OCR 3 with the stock brifter/brake setup on the handlebars. I'm looking to do my first Tri in August. I usually ride the OCR like a hybrid with my hands on the top of the bars, not in the drops. Any issues using a bike like this?

Practise in the drops - you'll go faster.

But no, no 'issues' just riding on the hoods.

[^*^BATMAN^*^]

Practise in the drops - you'll go faster.

But no, no 'issues' just riding on the hoods.


Deffinatly get used to riding in the drops. It does make a wicked difference. You will be just fine on the hoods like treefox said. I just wanted to reiterate the fact that there is a very big watage drop by using the drops(think of it like being in aero bars vs on the base bar). Or if you dont know what I mean by that think of how your back will look like this in the hoods / or in the drops --, what do you think would be more aero, thus you will be faster for less energy expended.

[ex4cylnotch]

i used my OCR1 bike in my 1st tri last year (sprint distance), had no problems, i swapped between riding in the drops and on the hoods. i going get aero bars for the next tri to see if it makes any difference.