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In preparing to address the challenge of a first Ironman, I think, far too many of the athletes too much weight on the bike of their choice to buy for the event.

Somewhere at the Ironman distance, many athletes have to believe that the lighter, and more to the state of the art, the wheel, the faster they will be after the bike leg of the Ironman.

Nothing could be further from the truth. For example: You could be an athlete at a $ 10,000 bike and have him train without the help of an appropriate diet or without taking the proper selection and replacement hydration beverages and the Ironman will spit him out like a cherry pit about 80 miles on the bike.

Take another athlete and it on a $ 800 reliable, weight, the bicycle with pedals and proper Aero bars. Then have him pay particular attention to all the training year to appropriate nutrition, hydration and race-day fueling and somewhere around miles 80 of the same course he will call "nice bike" as he's number one sportsman who are in a very long, painful day.

Do not get everything packed into a second mortgage so that you can buy that "special" bike that is 6 ounces lighter than everything else on the road. Because you will store 5 pounds of water and food and equipment on the case even before you made the transformation. This is not your ordinary bike race. If you have only a century bike race and that's the case, a different story. But this is not the nature of this beast.

First of all, you have probably bashed around for an hour or so in a wild free-for-all swim and for most of the time that your heart rate was racing out of control. Plus, you still have a full marathon to consider after you take the bicycle.

My bike is only a small part of the Ironman equation. Do not get too wrapped up in light and joy and expensive. I know I've done that.

I had my best bike leg ever and my first thought was to fix the old wheel and keep the race is. But I want my bike suppliers talk me into buying a lover, newer model, which is so much easier that I go even faster. I never, never with the cycling, that in the next 10 years. Even on a bike with a value 10-times more than my old standby. It was probably the biggest mistake I have in my 20 years Ironman career. I have with my first instinct.

For some reason, a bike is just for you. Your style, ability and "fit" you want the preferred pair of runners. If this happens, depends on that bike. If you need to save them primarily for racing and a second bike for the largest part of your training. It takes years to make the way.

I went on more than one high-end bike that I just never comfortable on, no matter how easy and fast it should be. At first it may seem cool to be the recipient of envious looks from fellow triathletes when they see you on your bike the week before the race. You are the bike "" King ".

Believe me, it's not so cool when they enter the athletes on the court with the dreaded words left in their wake. "" Nice bike. "

Every time you hear that you want to sink ever further into the bike room. Would you like you have a $ 250 bat. At least, that you reason, you would have an excuse for ever over and over again. It is not to hide there.

To save a ton of embarrassment and humiliation, make sure that your ability to ride a bicycle you.

All my bikes are now gone, except for one. The old bike is in my living room on a wind trainer, and if I decide to do this Amazing Race again, when I 60, four years from now - there is a unique, 16-year-old bicycle.

My name is Ray and I have an endurance athlete for over 25 years. I have to compete in more than 30 marathons, 2 --- 50 mile races, 14 Ironman triathlons and countless shorter races.

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