On the other end of the scale, I know someone who was at least 5 stone overweight, but changed some components on his mountain bike to titanium to save the extra few grams.
He was aware of the humour of the situation.
On the other end of the scale, I know someone who was at least 5 stone overweight, but changed some components on his mountain bike to titanium to save the extra few grams.
He was aware of the humour of the situation.
Never in the annals of sport has there ever been a sport where you're more able to look a complete nob than cycling. Thats my expert opinon
I think the best (I mean worst) example I saw, a few years ago now, was at a triathlon at Lake Bassenthwaite (I was there supporting my daughter who was doing the swim leg for a team). A chap, who must have at least weighed 18 stone, with a massive beer gut, and wearing a full lycra shorts and top combo, was on what to my then completely untrained eye looked to be a really really expensive and light weight road bike. The killer though was his cycling hat, a full on white aerodynamic job with a long tadpole like tail. Jesus, the seconds he will have shaved off with that helmet....
I've mentioned it before on another thread but there was once a spoof quiz in one of the magazines to help you find out of you were a triathlete/poser or just a normal sort of person (ie fell runner mentality). It went something like:-
Q: Are your sunglasses:-
A) Oakley tinted titanium razer's?
B) Proper cycling sunglasses?
C) Boots own make?
D) What sunglasses?
And: Are your handlebars:-
A) One piece aerobars?
B) Clip on aerobars?
C) Drops?
D) At the front?
And so on. I particularly liked one that referred to kit, from one piece lycra trisuit to what you wore for PE at school.
I did Peris a few years ago when there was a big triathlon in town. Everyone except for me at the accomm were triathletes... when i told them i was actually doing a fell-race they barely acknowledged me again.
There is a prominent forumite who's running club is combined with a triathlon club, who told me at a race in no uncertain terms, that "all the triathletes in the club are w*****s...."
I had a polite disagreement with a triathlon organiser. Q:Can I buy the best possible bike to improve my bike time? Answer: Yes, absolutely spend as much as you like on the fastest bike you can afford.
Q; Can I buy an expensive wetsuit to improve my swim time? A: Absolutely, get the best and fastest wetsuit you can.
Q; Can I use my navigational skills and ability to run across rough and steep terrain to pick my own lines between checkpoints? A: Absolutely not.
I’m doing well on this one C and C - Lidl rather than Boots though!