Originally Posted by SwimmerMike

Hey Argoman,Be careful taking a road bike to a triathlon. About a decade ago my wife and I did the HITS 1/2 distance Tri iNapa (actually Lake Berryessa). The bike course was about 2500 ft of elevation gain on the 56 miles, multiple turns, always rolling. The first year we both used our tri-bikes. The second year my wife decided to take her Trek Emonda, a very light and nimble climbing bike. Even with the climbing, her statement after the race was "I took a knife to a gun fight". She was slightly faster than people around her on the climbs, but they were way faster in areas where they were on the aerobars. In generally she lost a lot of time to people who were not as strong of riders as she is.