Athlete                     Run      Bike
BOWSER                 59       694

Burglar11                311       278

Buzz 63                  379       496

djdeary                    394       147

dtraitor                    170       523

easytiger                 267       191

elpetay                      80         90

Eternal Rookie        441       137

gmar4718               414       554

JLM                         172       408

jules2                      340     1011

Lizard-82                  24         39

lostinthenet3           219         29

Mikeco                    413           0

Pace Bunny           330      330

pfriese                     690          0

shadowrunner         325        48

stephgupton            363        82

westward13            349          0

xhristopher            1026      174

zoom-zoom            312    1021

So what's it going to be like at the end of May? place your bets now

Spring has finally sprung in MI...and I'm hoping to start logging some 100+ mile weeks, just sayin'.  Today I ran/biked a duathlon and then rode an additional 24, so I am up to almost 42 biked miles for the week and >7 on-foot.  You'd better catch up!

Zoom Zoom, if you were able to ride 24 miles after a duathlon you didn't race hard enough

Oh, I raced hard enough, all right (1.5mph faster than last year on the bike, first run leg was a 1 second PR...but I crashed by the last run leg).  Hard enough to have intermittent cramps in my right foot and calf during the race and for the rest of the day.  As much as I hate cold, I don't have these problems during cold races.  Sweat and my muscles are not friends.  My shoes are also too narrow and I have a wider pair on order (Louis Garneau men's vs. my current Sidi women's.  I wish our LBS friend had not talked me into the Sidis--my feet are FAR too wide for those sleek things).

That was the longest 24 miles ever.  By about 6 miles in I was really regretting it.  Luckily I was with a group of people who have done next-to-no biking since Fall.  So the pace was WAY slower than my typical easy pace (not like I could have gone faster if I'd tried, heh).

Today I feel like I lost a fight.  I have never felt this crappy the day after a race...not even after all 3 disastrous marathons.  Even my hammies hurt (from riding in the drops a lot..?).

Do you have tri bars?

I tried to talk her into them recently. 

On my road bike I have a pair of cheap Profile bars but not set up to an extreme position, they are well worth considering as they do cut a lot of time off.

On my road bike I have a pair of cheap Profile bars but not set up to an extreme position, they are well worth considering as they do cut a lot of time off.

That's kinda what I said too. 

Any idea what might offer enough room to attach?  I'd want something relatively easy to take on and off, since I don't do a ton of races...most of my miles are solo or in pacelines, where I definitely wouldn't use them and would probably not want them on the bike.

I would think your lbs has a (financial) interest to help. I've left mine on for months on end. They don't really get in your way. You can ride a in a paceline. Just don't use them. You will have to take them off if you want to jump into a crit.

You freakin' enablers...I asked around and it sounds like these are the bars I'd want.  Apparently they are specifically for use on bikes with standard road geometry.  I think they'd be useful on the trainer during the Winter, too.  I always wish I had a way to rest my elbows as I pedal along for boring hours indoors.  I think they'd be nice during centuries, too...just for a variety of hand/arm/upper body positioning.

 

I guess I know what to ask for for mother's day!  Some girls want jewelry and flowers...I want aero bars! 

 There ya go! I don't see much downside. Happy Mother's Day!

Zoom Zoom, they are exactly the same bars that I have.

Cool!  Seems that they are pretty popular amongst folks who do multisport on road bikes.  I haven't seen very many negative reviews of them at all.  I may borrow bars from a friend to see what I think, first, but only 'cause she offered.