Question Should triathletes be allowed on bikes?

[BroDeal]

Well still better than if he had asked about the brown stuff

You probably won't want to read this thread.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=150441&start=1

Well, I did a long ride on Sunday with a group. I kind of have bathroom problems, and I asked one of my friends what I should do. She said "just go on the bike." Excuse me if what follows is somewhat lude. At the midway point we stop and nearly bonked, so I grabbed some hot tamales, lays chips, and a red bull...I felt so much better, but that soon got worse. So about 40 miles into my ride, I'm chatting up with the riding group when the urge hit me. I really didn't want to tell them to stop - hey, it sounds like people do this all the time. So I lifted up off my seat and pushed. Kind of felt gross - like I was wearing depends or something. I do ride and adamo, so I'm not necesarily sitting on my **** the entire time, so I though I'd be safe. I poured water on myself to try to oxidize the smell. I was fine - a little uncomfortable - for about 5 miles when someone next to me started yelling - "oh , oh !" Well it appears that even with the elastic band, tri shorts don't keep in everything. It was running down my leg. Now I felt uncomfortable. I asked her "what do you usually do? DO you carry bags, like I do when I walk my dog." She furiously sped away. This was one hot mess. I live in AZ, and it got to 80...not to mention I had to ride another 40 miles like this...the chaffing is unbearable. So in a long winded way, what, first of all is the ettiquite for going to the bathroom on your bike during group rides? 2) Is there anything that you can buy/do to alleviate the nastiness of #2 (bags, bike toliet seat?)?

 

[ExRower]

So he would rather ride x amount of miles with a turd in his chamois than ride the x amount of miles alone?

He must have been bonking to be thinking this way.

 

[Mr.DNA]

You probably won't want to read this thread.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=150441&start=1

Well, I did a long ride on Sunday with a group. I kind of have bathroom problems, and I asked one of my friends what I should do. She said "just go on the bike." Excuse me if what follows is somewhat lude. At the midway point we stop and nearly bonked, so I grabbed some hot tamales, lays chips, and a red bull...I felt so much better, but that soon got worse. So about 40 miles into my ride, I'm chatting up with the riding group when the urge hit me. I really didn't want to tell them to stop - hey, it sounds like people do this all the time. So I lifted up off my seat and pushed. Kind of felt gross - like I was wearing depends or something. I do ride and adamo, so I'm not necesarily sitting on my **** the entire time, so I though I'd be safe. I poured water on myself to try to oxidize the smell. I was fine - a little uncomfortable - for about 5 miles when someone next to me started yelling - "oh , oh !" Well it appears that even with the elastic band, tri shorts don't keep in everything. It was running down my leg. Now I felt uncomfortable. I asked her "what do you usually do? DO you carry bags, like I do when I walk my dog." She furiously sped away. This was one hot mess. I live in AZ, and it got to 80...not to mention I had to ride another 40 miles like this...the chaffing is unbearable. So in a long winded way, what, first of all is the ettiquite for going to the bathroom on your bike during group rides? 2) Is there anything that you can buy/do to alleviate the nastiness of #2 (bags, bike toliet seat?)?

Who will be the first to market a line of diapers optimized for "triathletic" use? There is an untapped gold mine there. I picture the package with the m-dot endorsement prominently displayed.

 

[Fus087]

Some people...Incredible.

 

[woodie]

So he would rather ride x amount of miles with a turd in his chamois than ride the x amount of miles alone?

He must have been bonking to be thinking this way.

I remember reading that thread and it was a female.....

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=451540&posts=40&start=1

I really don't know what to say

 

[BroDeal]

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=451540&posts=40&start=1

I really don't know what to say

I LOLed at this.

 

[ElChingon]

Could comment but would most likely be banned

 

[trailrunner]

You probably won't want to read this thread.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=150441&start=1

Don't tell me that you believe this story is true?

 

[Barracuda]

RULE # 42

" A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run. "


Pretty much sums it up ...

Should alsso include .. " bike ride shall never .... "

 

[Hawkwood]

Just watched some of the women's Olympic triathlon (sorry but there was a break in the beach volleyball so I turned over). Okay so the streets of London were wet and greasy, but four going down on one corner, and not because they ran into each other, seriously. One went down because she hit the rear brake hard and locked her back wheel up. She needs to attend the Sean Yates school of cornering, never use the rear, in fact have it set up so it won't work!

 

[BroDeal]

Just watched some of the women's Olympic triathlon (sorry but there was a break in the beach volleyball so I turned over). Okay so the streets of London were wet and greasy, but four going down on one corner, and not because they ran into each other, seriously. One went down because she hit the rear brake hard and locked her back wheel up. She needs to attend the Sean Yates school of cornering, never use the rear, in fact have it set up so it won't work!

Truth be told, ITU/Olympic triathlon is not really triathlon. They use road bikes. They should know how to ride because if they cannot ride in a pack then they have no chance of making it to the run.

 

[Fiemme]

Just watched some of the women's Olympic triathlon (sorry but there was a break in the beach volleyball so I turned over). Okay so the streets of London were wet and greasy, but four going down on one corner, and not because they ran into each other, seriously. One went down because she hit the rear brake hard and locked her back wheel up. She needs to attend the Sean Yates school of cornering, never use the rear, in fact have it set up so it won't work!

I agree. If they are going to be allowed to ride a TT like a road race then learn to corner and handle your bike well. Also why are they allowed to use clip-on aero bars. This would be quite dangerous considering they can't corner well.

UCI don't allow clip-on bars for this reason.

 

[BroDeal]

I agree. If they are going to be allowed to ride a TT like a road race then learn to corner and handle your bike well. Also why are they allowed to use clip-on aero bars. This would be quite dangerous considering they can't corner well.

UCI don't allow clip-on bars for this reason.

I think they allow clip-on aero bars so they can pretend that Olympic "triathlon" still has a connection to real triathlon.

 

[CobbleStoner]

why can't strong, motivated triathletes realize that you pull off into the wind and pull through downwind? it is a simple, common sense rule that is a big safety/trust issue, and don't surge when pulling through.
these 2 things are why cyclist don't like triathletes (both were going on when I was watching the olympic race, best in the world, lol)

 

[Cookster15]

why can't strong, motivated triathletes realize that you pull off into the wind and pull through downwind? it is a simple, common sense rule that is a big safety/trust issue, and don't surge when pulling through.
these 2 things are why cyclist don't like triathletes (both were going on when I was watching the olympic race, best in the world, lol)

Because the cycle leg in a triathlon is nothing like a bike race and a bike race is nothing like a triathlon cycle leg.

With the exception of Pros and Olympics, the cycle leg in nearly all triathlons is effectively a TT with the exception that you you need to save some energy for the run leg. Thus, Triathletes may choose to compete in bike races to help build their strength or maintain fitness in their off season.

Unfortunately the inexperienced ones forget or don't realise that in a bike race it's not always the strongest that wins like it is with Tris. It takes time to learn the nuances of bike racing, racing in a pack, conservation of energy and knowing when to attack and which moves to follow. This can take a couple of years of consistent racing to learn. So when you're only doing the odd race in the off season it's no surprise they lack race sense.

 

[Cookster15]

The irony is that you want to stereotype "all" triathletes, and in the process only reinforce the stereotypes about elitist (not to be confused with elite) cyclists.

+1.

Most of the disdain for Triathletes by road racers is out of sheer ignorance. Triathletes have to find the time to swim and run as well as bike. It's no surprise they lack some road or race sense - most of them have jobs and/or families like anyone else.

A triathlete held the TT records around a local crit circuit near where I live. The clubbies learned real quick that not all Triathletes were tri hard dorks in fluro.

 

[Master50]

@Soloist : You should of considered a different username if you didn't want to be classified as such

maybe he just needs a girlfriend

 

[FitSsikS]

RULE # 42

" A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run. "


Pretty much sums it up ...

Should alsso include .. " bike ride shall never .... "

Forgive me if this has come up before.....

But if one insists on performing those 3 activities perhaps the order should be changed:

Bike, run then swim.

Call it a Dieathlon if you will.

This would at the very least reduce the number of triathletes out there.

 

[twothirds]

Forgive me if this has come up before.....

But if one insists on performing those 3 activities perhaps the order should be changed:

Bike, run then swim.

Call it a Dieathlon if you will.

This would at the very least reduce the number of triathletes out there.

with the benefit of the swim cleaning them up after they've already "gone" on the bike

 

[42x16ss]

+1.

Most of the disdain for Triathletes by road racers is out of sheer ignorance. Triathletes have to find the time to swim and run as well as bike. It's no surprise they lack some road or race sense - most of them have jobs and/or families like anyone else.

A triathlete held the TT records around a local crit circuit near where I live. The clubbies learned real quick that not all Triathletes were tri hard dorks in fluro.

There are always some triathletes who are superb bike riders, however they are very much in the minority. So many of them come from running and swimming backgrounds NOT cycling (esp in AUS - where it seems a surf lifesaving background is popular) so they are learning the bike at a later age and don't give it the same focus as the swim and run.

As the bike leg often has a drafting component (legal or not) the swim and run are the money legs. So while triathletes are often FAST bike riders, they aren't necessarily GOOD bike riders. They often lack handling skills, are unconfident in bunches and can be overly reliant on aerobars.

The best way I can think of improving the average skill of triathletes is to make the bike the final leg, not the transition leg.

 

[ultimobici]

The truth of the matter is this

TRIATHLON IS AGAINST GOD & NATURE

Except one even the Arch to Arc, London-Paris Triathlon. The idea of the swim being across the busiest shipping lanes in the world is too good for words!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enduroman

 

[BroDeal]

The truth of the matter is this

TRIATHLON IS AGAINST GOD & NATURE

Except one even the Arch to Arc, London-Paris Triathlon. The idea of the swim being across the busiest shipping lanes in the world is too good for words!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enduroman

The cycling leg is seriously short for that one. Only 180 miles? It should be about a thousand miles based on the swim distance or 370 miles based on the running distance.

 

[CobbleStoner]

+1.

Most of the disdain for Triathletes by road racers is out of sheer ignorance. Triathletes have to find the time to swim and run as well as bike. It's no surprise they lack some road or race sense - most of them have jobs and/or families like anyone else.

A triathlete held the TT records around a local crit circuit near where I live. The clubbies learned real quick that not all Triathletes were tri hard dorks in fluro.

so when they crash us trying to ride in a training race/organized rides we should say to ourselves 'it's ok, he has a job, a family, and trains swimming and running'
who is being ignorant?
it really does not take that much to notice how others ride and follow suit, or better yet, ask if you don't know, or if that is just all too much to process, don't ride with us... and have a nice day

 

[42x16ss]

so when they crash us trying to ride in a training race/organized rides we should say to ourselves 'it's ok, he has a job, a family, and trains swimming and running'
who is being ignorant?
it really does not take that much to notice how others ride and follow suit, or better yet, ask if you don't know, or if that is just all too much to process, don't ride with us... and have a nice day

Too true. Just type "triathlete bike crash" into youtube or troll the slowtwitch forums for examples.