tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post6460301516123250348..comments2024-01-01T07:45:11.977+00:00Comments on Maryka's Little Project: Happier endingsmarykahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818973141469893210noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-43377817746657349942009-08-26T23:45:50.720+01:002009-08-26T23:45:50.720+01:00You could just buy a 48cm Cervelo RS, then you'...You could just buy a 48cm Cervelo RS, then you'd have a 650c road bike to race with on your Jet's. It'd probably be cheaper than an SRM and racewheels too.Jimhttp://jibbering.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-9586683963566314772009-08-26T23:34:15.888+01:002009-08-26T23:34:15.888+01:00Yes and no... if all our bikes took the same size ...Yes and no... if all our bikes took the same size wheels we'd probably have a couple different sets for training and racing. But as it is, my tri/TT bike has the only bling ones we own, Hed Jet 60s in 650c size built with a powertap. Heds are well-known for their "train on your race wheels" philosophy and their wheels are pretty bombproof, so I train and race on them -- though I probably wouldn't do a road race on 60mm deep rims just for fear of a crash wrecking them! <br /><br />My road bike is 700c so I either use my boyfriend's DT Swiss powertap wheel that we had built for him (he does all his training and racing on them), or I use the powertap wheel I'm renting which is a Mavic Open Pro (and which I'll duly have to pay for if I wreck it of course!) *waves at Bob from the rental place* <br /><br />So yeah... if I had the money and both bikes took the same wheels, I'd probably have a set of deep wheels for TTing and a set of stiff lightweight wheels for racing, both with powertaps so I could substitute them according to courses and conditions for training and racing. I can't go on renting a 700c wheel forever, so we'll probably end up buying another 700c powertap wheel at some point and it'll either be a DT Swiss aero type like Jim has, or a Mavic like the one I'm renting -- and I'll use it for both training and racing until I win the lottery and can afford an SRM on that bike. :) <br /><br />And yeah, I think that part of training with a powermeter is racing with a powermeter, so I would not race without mine, even if it means giving up a bit of aero/weight savings.marykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818973141469893210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-35073603173032986582009-08-26T22:27:56.505+01:002009-08-26T22:27:56.505+01:00Great write up and well done in all your races, es...Great write up and well done in all your races, esp the win in race #2. Did you end up getting enough points for Cat 2? <br /><br />It's quite amazing that we had 30 girls turn up for a women's crit last weekend. I was very pleased and then I even heard from a friend that another women's only race across town also had 30 female riders so there were actually 60 girls racing that morning! Not bad for a little country town like Brisbane. :-0 <br /><br />What I meant to ask: Do you have a pair of training and a pair of racing wheels with powertap or are you just racing your training wheels?Grooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746451980347654639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-75380017903216692012009-08-26T11:03:22.184+01:002009-08-26T11:03:22.184+01:00Sprinting is something I'm going to have to wo...Sprinting is something I'm going to have to work on for next season during my Ironman sabbatical!marykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818973141469893210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453235308085904844.post-20164837948374382362009-08-25T22:22:31.862+01:002009-08-25T22:22:31.862+01:00Ironman and sprinting don't tend to mix ;-)Ironman and sprinting don't tend to mix ;-)John Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821136227984779967noreply@blogger.com