Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40 minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between transition times and ride comfort.
I wouldn't bring them. You won't even notice since you'll be busy passing! Seriously, there's already too many things to remember to bring to your first tri.
Carlton.
"Bryan Woodruff" <spamtrap@woodruffs.org> wrote in message news:1116346929_1@woodruffs.org...>
Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40 > minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between > transition times and ride comfort.>
Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40 > minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between > transition times and ride comfort.
In article <1116346929_1@woodruffs.org>, "Bryan Woodruff" <spamtrap@woodruffs.org> wrote:
Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40 > minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between > transition times and ride comfort.
You can take them off easily enough before T2, so it shouldn't hurt you much there. It's a little harder to put them on while riding, but you can do it. If you're in it to win it, though, you might not want to waste even the time going slower on the bike to put on and take off the gloves.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ." -Homer J. Simpson
I don't use gloves either - just too much to remember in T1. I typically ride with them - but don't miss them in the least during a race.
"Triathlete" <Triathlete@minusspamshaw.ca> wrote in message news:5hrie.1389625$Xk.951943@pd7tw3no...> Bryan Woodruff wrote:> >
Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40> > minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between> > transition times and ride comfort.>
Leave the gloves at home. But if you must wear them.... attach them to your handlebars and put them on AFTER you've mounted your bike and you're up to speed. Don't waste time in the transition area fiddling with them.
Alo
"Bryan Woodruff" <spamtrap@woodruffs.org> wrote in message news:1116346929_1@woodruffs.org...>
Any opinion on using cycling gloves in a sprint? For a short (30-40> minutes) ride they don't seem necessary but rather a trade off between> transition times and ride comfort.>
I have in years past tried the gloves in all distances. Putting them on in T1, and on bike. I have found that any distance under 1/2 Iron or non mountain bike it is unnessary. If the tri is a Mt bike one or longer than international i would recomend them.
If you forget to remove them in T2 just keep them for the run (if you are using them in a shorter race) as typical sprints only have 2-4 mile runs and the gloves will not effect your run splits. In longer races you can spend the extra few seconds in transition to do the key things (hat, race belt, GU, water, bodyglide, sunblock if needed and gloves on/off) without it seriously effecting your splits. If you are doing those remember to streatch and kill 2 birds with one stone.
