Dr. Gloria Petruzzelli

Ideally, a triathlete should have both a road bike and a time trial bike. A lot of triathletes, however, only have a time trial bike. It makes sense, since the vast majority of triathlons are raced on time trial bikes. What bothers me, however, is when the only bike in the stable is an uber-expensive time trial bike, because, ideally, a triathlete should have both a road bike and a time trial bike. I realize triathlon is an expensive sport and even entry-level bikes are expensive. If you already have a time trial bike you don’t need a road bike and if you already have a road bike you don’t need a time trial bike. However, the triathlete with nothing but the uber-expensive time trial bike, for the same amount of money, could have opted for a less expensive, although still excellent, time trial bike, and also purchased a basic road bike (I will discuss…