Newbie from Austin Texas
06-04-08, 10:51 AM
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Newbie from Austin Texas
Hi everyone. Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Rob and I have been a mountain bike rider for years and just recently got a road bike. I'm having a lot of fun so far and am set to compete in my first road triathlon in 5 days. Until two weeks ago I had never even ridden a road bike and am really impressed by the speed. Well, that's about it for now. I'll go browse through the posts and see what I can find.
06-04-08, 11:24 AM
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Welcome to the forums. Tons of Texans and quite a few Austinites hang out around here.
Good luck in the triathlon.
Good luck in the triathlon.
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06-04-08, 07:29 PM
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You'd never ridden a road bike until two weeks ago, and now you are going to do a triathlon 
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YOU DA MAN! I take it that means that you are comfortable on the saddle
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Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions
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?YOU DA MAN! I take it that means that you are comfortable on the saddle
?Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions
!East Hill
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TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
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06-09-08, 02:45 PM
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The triathlon went well. I placed 555 overall out of 800. I think I need to work on my swimming though. My swim time was about average but it wasn't fun. So far the road bike has worked out well. I have been riding up and down loop 360 here in Austin and it is quite a workout. For years now I've been driving by all the bikers out there and never really noticed how loooooong some of those hills are. The good part is that I get to come down them after all that work going up. Talk about fun. I've gotten up to 49 mph for a bit on one of them. The tri course was very flat though so I averaged right about 20 mph. I'm working my way up to riding the Hotter'n Hell Hundred. I've done it once before but that was on a mountain bike with tom slicks. Any suggestions on how to keep my hands from going numb?
06-09-08, 06:22 PM
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Try gloves, shift your hand position, don't have a death grip on the bars, and make sure that you don't tense your arms.
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