Yet Another Cycling Forum

General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: Somnolent on 30 April, 2018, 07:00:39 pm

Title: It's not about the bike.
Post by: Somnolent on 30 April, 2018, 07:00:39 pm

#1 sprog competed in his first Sprint distance triathlon over the weekend, and despite claiming to be 'out of shape' came in 7th in 1h09.
Not half bad considering his bike is a rather well used and abused one of these:
(https://ssli.ebayimg.com/images/g/itUAAOSwhmJZ4nDA/s-l640.jpg)

Title: Re: It's not about the bike.
Post by: rogerzilla on 17 June, 2018, 09:05:09 pm

Carreras are ok.  It's Apollos that are landfill-in-waiting.

Title: Re: It's not about the bike.
Post by: Torslanda on 17 June, 2018, 09:14:09 pm

Don't think they sell them any more but H used to have a brand that was sub Apollo called Trax.

An ex-employee told me they didn't bother to fix them under the warranty, just swapped them and threw the duffers in the skip . . .

Title: Re: It's not about the bike.
Post by: cycleman on 18 June, 2018, 08:05:06 am

I don't know  ,apollo can be annoying but putting him in landfill seems a little harsh  :D

Title: Re: It's not about the bike.
Post by: mzjo on 18 June, 2018, 09:51:39 am

That bike would be considered smart compared to some of the mtbs used in triathlon in this part of the world!!

That said, the serious guys do have serious kit (almost as flash as some cycletourists :o )