Transition T1 and T2
My plans for what to wear underneath my wetsuit, has been knock down by everyone. So Im asking what to do .
My plan was to wear my bibs that I wear in biking for the HIM. Everyone stated that the pad in seat area will cause me chaff and will hurt on the run. However I explain that i have run 30 mins or so after the bike during brick runs and had no problem. But i have not 13.1 miles either. So other people doing the event are wearing trishorts, that barely have any padding and will also use them on the run.
I wanted to be comfortable, hence the bigger padded bib. So would you recomend to wear trishorts underneath the bibjohn and then at transition just take them off and I would already have trishorts on. Trishorts have very little padding.
Tempature is expected to 45-65 on day of race: Water temp 70
Help!
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my suggestion for long range planning is to get used to long biking in tri shorts, as it makes this sport much easier. Since it doesn't sound like you have time for that, I'd think about wearing a thin pair of lycra running shorts under the wetsuit, and just pulling cycling shorts or bibs up over them. It's not a perfect solution, but it will work.
Wearing bike shorts under the wetsuit is a disaster waiting to happen, because the wet chamois will create a whole new world of chafing you can't possibly expect.
It may sound counterintuitive, but a thin pad like that in a tri suit is MORE comfortable when in the aero position, than wearing thicker pads commonly used for road cycling.
The aero position and the steeper seat angle of a TT bike ends up putting more weight on the arms than the more upright road bike position, so there's less pressure on your rear end to begin with. And, instead of the weight being on the bones of the pelvis, it rests farther forward, not on the bones. I find that when wearing a normal road bike pad on my TT bike, I am more likely to get saddle sores than when I wear my tri suit. There's also the issue of needing to change the saddle height - the 5mm thickness of the pad is noticeable enough to require a lower saddle position compared to the thinner tri-suit.
Of course, if you're doing the ride on a road bike, or on a TT bike sitting up holding the horns, not resting on the aero bars, the above does not apply.
Here's a wiki article on tips for T1 and T2.
de soto tri bibs. solves everything.
+1
Tucker, that was one of the best advice given to me in using trishorts. I been using bibjohns bike clothings, bike shorts and always had a problem in the aero position. Since I switch , so much more comfortable . Not sure if I will have the same great feel doing 3 plus hours!
Stephen