Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
Nope. I know a half dozen serious (two or more substantial events per month) triathletes. None is a very accomplished cyclist. In fact, they don't need to be. They just ride bikes over a prescribed course as quickly as they can without destroying their run. They don't train in any of the cycling disciplines, plus they ride those ridiculous tt bikes. Um, no.
So people racing bikes in tri's are not really cyclists, because they train mainly to go fast in the bike race. And because they ride faster bikes.
I'm trying to see the reasoning here, really, but there must be something lost in the translation.