One last update before the race: Nations Parade: √ Triathlon Expo: √ Underpants Run: √ Pasta Party: √ Bike Check-In: – How I’m feeling about the race: getting better by the hour, excitement is building fast What I expect from the race: it’s going to be hard My goal for the race: have as much fun as possible
Luckily that question is answered pretty quickly … It’ll be the FX Race Short and FX Race Top from my sponsor SLS3. Short version: mostly black in front, mostly white in back, race number 3 ;) In marketing speak the colors are of course “raven black” and “icy white”: More information about SLS3 and their products can be found at tripugna.de.
I got a bit ahead of myself with the bike setup photos — there were two last-minute changes: The spare tube was still missing and has since been attached directly under the saddle The “3” on my disc wheel has matured and now requires a bit more space That should be the final change though — here’s how the bike looks now:
Yesterday I gave my TT bike a thorough clean and then got it set up for the Ironman. What did I change? Swapped the wheelset: from my “Fulcrum Racing 3” training wheels to an “Easton Tempest II” front wheel and a Zipp disc wheel in the back Because of the wheel swap, the brake pads also needed to be changed. The standard Shimano pads were swapped out for special carbon brake pads from Kool-Stop Removed the bottle cage from the down tube Replaced the seat tube bottle cage with a Bontrager aero cage that fits a special aero bottle Additionally mounted a standard bottle cage between the extensions right at the handlebar, for grabbing regular bottles at the aid stations Here’s how the bike looks for race day: ...