| More than most sports, triathlon is an endeavor in | | | | most are) you only need enough water to get |
| which even the best training plan and | | | | you from one aid station to the next, which is |
| cardiovascular fitness can be sabotaged by | | | | typically five to fifteen miles. So why are you |
| improper or improper use of triathlon equipment. | | | | weighing down your bike with three to six extra |
| But with these five triathlon equipment do's and | | | | water bottles, and all the weight and aerodynamic |
| don'ts, you'll be instantly equipped to make the | | | | disadvantages that comes along with them? The |
| best choices when it comes to triathlon | | | | best solution is a single, aerobar mounted water |
| equipment. | | | | bottle, along with a down tube bottle *if* you |
| Triathlon Equipment Don't: Don't Use A Big, Long | | | | need it. |
| Straw On Your Aero Bottle. Did you know that | | | | Triathlon Equipment Do: Do Wear Sunglasses |
| the speed-enhancing effects of that sweet, | | | | Without A Frame On Top. When you use |
| carbon aero wheel into which you sunk $500-1000 | | | | sunglasses that have a frame along the top, you |
| are just about completely negated by the big, | | | | have to crane your neck just a bit extra to see |
| long strong sticking up out of that aero bottle | | | | above the frame - which slightly alters your |
| that is mounted on the front of your bike? Here's | | | | aerodynamic position and head/neck comfort. As |
| the solution: go to a hardware store or aquarium | | | | you pick your triathlon equipment, try to choose |
| and get a flexible straw that can actually curl up | | | | sunglasses that are frameless along the top. To |
| inside your bottle. You'll literally save dozens of | | | | see the difference between sunglasses with a |
| seconds over a 40K time trial. At the academy, | | | | frame along the top, and sunglasses that don't |
| we recently shot a video that shows how to | | | | have a frame along the top, see the video we |
| replace your straw. | | | | recently released at the academy, in which I |
| Triathlon Equipment Don't: Don't Mount Too Many | | | | show you the difference between two different |
| Bottle Holders. In a supervised triathlon (which | | | | types of sunglasses from Zeal Optics. |