Holy Zipp 404s, Batman
I love birthdays.
Mine isn’t until the end of the month, but Andy surprised me with these for Timberman.
I was anti-Zipp for many years. Then I borrowed a pair for the Fitchburg time trial and WHOA now I get it. For the first time in my life, I can out accelerate people while going downhill.
Yay.
OK. We’re off to the Timberman - a triathlon ‘festival’ featuring thousands of scantily clad people with helmets slightly askew riding bicycles with aero bars aimed towards the sky, saddles pointed nose down, and a lunch box with a straw happily affixed to the stem. They will stage early in the morning on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee and recreate the first scene from Saving Private Ryan, before heading out on their aforementioned bicycles. Upon dismounting their bicycles in a Flintstoneian braking technique, they will head out on an activity that is referred to as a “run” but only slightly resembling an actual forward progression where both feet are simultaneously off the ground at any given time.
Yeah. I pay to do this stuff. Don’t worry. I’m bringing the video camera.
i like reading your posts when you are talkin smack about all the “tri-geeks”…I say that having competed in triathlon for about 11 or so years with my 5th IM on the horizon, and who knows how many 1/2 IM’s…but see, I consider myself an endurance athlete first, and the tri gig is just one way I get my fix…I like racing my bike in other ways that include RR as a CAT 3 (I don’t even have a tri bike/time trial rig), my cross bike in the fall, and my MTB whenever the spirit moves me…and I to have many of the same criticisms of the whole tri scene in terms of attire and bike handling, or lack thereof…I will say that triathlon is really the ultimate cross training activity as you seem to be finding out…ah, but I digress a tad…thanks for the witty commentary…and congrats on the sell out to the “Zipp Machine”…:-)…you do get some serious style points however…oh, and Happy Birthday.
Best of Luck, and enjoy those Zipps.
You kicked some a$$ out there on Saturday - it’s hard to believe this is your first year of triathlon. When I looked over and saw you racking your bike (with Zipps) about 6 slots away from me my first thought was “Crap — she’s in my age group.” Nice job.