Marty - congrats and welcome to the club! I recommend starting off talking to some of the riders at the local velo and seeing what kind of gearing the run for practice and for competition. Best way to find out from my experience. Talk to a few out there and gett an idea of the equipment they run also. yeah, there will be your Zipp Carbon dimpled crew with AL airknifes, etc - but to each their own. You got the track iron, now get the knowledge!