High heat, high winds, that pretty much summed it up. The big island provided just about the worst conditions it can. As Vinu said post-race, it’s not the course that kills you, it’s the conditions. The only respite the athletes got was mid-run cloud cover – but up until that point it was boiling. Lis’ […]
We are all pumped – Lis, Patrick and Vinu are in good spirits, and they all look ready to rumble! Scott and I rode 80 miles of the bike course yesterday. That thing is a drag strip! Depending on winds and heat, it is a smoking fast course, at least the Queen K section. The […]
Lots to see at the bike check-in. There was the weird: TJ Tollakson’s carbon motorcycle fairing (legal??). The scary: the DK tri team taking a swim after bike check-in. Stadler is unbelievably jacked – look out for this guy on race day. The other fairing: Luke McKenzie’s Vision Tech aero bottle that looks exactly like […]
The Roo crew was up on stage at the expo showing off their new tri bike. The frame is currently a one-off, but they say it will be available for purchase in early 2009 – pricing undetermined, but no doubt high. The biggest innovation is the assymetrical downtube and BB area that are designed to […]
Two days til race day, and things are heating up. Everyone is here now, the air is charged (and hot and humid). Here are some famous and not so famous folks spotted today:
Cervelo has plenty of P4’s here at the expo – I may even ride one if they have one big enough. I have not heard that any pros will be riding them on Saturday. I know Rhodesy is not, and I have seen none of them going by on Alii. My first in-person impression of […]
Kestrel has totally reworked their Airfoil and Talon framesets after spending hours in the wind tunnel and stress lab testing everybody’s frames. Different layups, better carbon, more beefy downtubes and bottom bracket clusters make for lighter yet 20% stiffer frames.
Spent the morning handing out Fuel Belts and TTBikeFIt stickers at Lava Java, then headed over to the expo. I checked out all the latest bikes, and I’ll be posting pics and comments soon. Til then, some people shots:
We had the good fortune to fly the 2nd (and hence 3rd leg too) with 5x Ironman champion Heather Gollnick and her husband Todd. They have formed a venture to sponsor a new race series Rev3: http://www.rev3tri.com/ – the series aims to provide much higher prize purses for pros and be be family friendly for […]
