Finished my first Fixed Duatholon
07-30-07, 03:32 PM
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Finished my first Fixed Duatholon
Just for grins I entered a local Duatholon here in the OC. Figured I was'nt going to take top 3 (or even top 50) on a geared bike so why not do it fixed.
Ran a 44*16 gear (rolling hills on the course). Best part of it was passing guys on trick carbon fiber Kuotos and Orbeas on all the climbs, including Aero helmets. Meanwhile I was plugging away on my $500 Langster.
Have not seen the final results but I finished 5min faster than expected.
Things I learned:
A fixed gear is not that bad given the distance was only 24 miles. Only way to take advantage of passing people on the climb was to downhill more aggresively. I counted around 5 people I passed on the climb to have passed me again on the downhill.
Running sucks..especially the second 5k.
Ran a 44*16 gear (rolling hills on the course). Best part of it was passing guys on trick carbon fiber Kuotos and Orbeas on all the climbs, including Aero helmets. Meanwhile I was plugging away on my $500 Langster.
Have not seen the final results but I finished 5min faster than expected.
Things I learned:
A fixed gear is not that bad given the distance was only 24 miles. Only way to take advantage of passing people on the climb was to downhill more aggresively. I counted around 5 people I passed on the climb to have passed me again on the downhill.
Running sucks..especially the second 5k.
07-30-07, 04:26 PM
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Sweeeeeet! 
The second run totally sucks @$$ though... I did a duathlon earlier this year. I was fine on the first run and the bike portion, but the second run was terrible.
Next year i'm going to try doing a triathlon on my fixed gear.
14 miles of flat terrain should be managable, right?
The second run totally sucks @$$ though... I did a duathlon earlier this year. I was fine on the first run and the bike portion, but the second run was terrible.
Next year i'm going to try doing a triathlon on my fixed gear.
14 miles of flat terrain should be managable, right?
07-30-07, 05:03 PM
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Me too!
Funny I heard someone saying at the start line.."Duathlon is nothing more than a Triathlon for people who can't swim"..
07-30-07, 07:55 PM
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awesome job man. there's a guy who brings his fixie to our time trials in orlando. i thought about it, but i spent too much on my TT bike to not use it. it'd get jealous of my raleigh.
and yeah, the second run is always debilitating. very hard to train for.
and yeah, the second run is always debilitating. very hard to train for.
