Rest Day

Today was my rest day. I really wanted to get on my bike but I know I've got to take the rest days. That's why they're there. This morning I got my tri-bike all lubed up, cables tightened, gears adjusted and ready to go after putting the pedals on yesterday and getting the cleats on the shoes.

I got on it for about 10 minutes to spin through the gears and see how everything felt. The size feels perfect, almost better than my road bike. The shifting could afford to be a little less quirky but I think that's because of the compact crankset on there. Sure the wheels could be more aero but I didn't feel like dropping the cash on the Zipp 808's but you'd have to admit that even if I don't ride this bike fast it would have been one of the best looking bikes with a set of Zipp 808's. Maybe I'll find a cheaper alternative before the big race so I don't get smoked. I'm not too worried about hills on this bike. With the 50/34 up front I'd imagine hills will be a breeze with the 11-23 cassette. I already enjoy climbing on my road bike and that's a standard 53/39 11-23. Give me that 34 and I shouldn't have to hit the 23 I hope. Can't wait to take it out for its maiden voyage! Maybe I should take it to a bike shop first so everything I tightened doesn't come apart on my like it did on my Cannondale when I made all the adjustments myself before the OCY Triathlon last fall. This time I'll at least get out there and try to do a trial run on the bike rather than just race with it.

I've got a set of Tufo tubular clinchers on the way, unfortunately the place I ordered them from didn't have any more red in stock so I'm stuck with yellow. I know it's not going to match as well. But that's okay as long as their fast!