Triathlon Bike Vs Road Bike Speed

Specifically i am referring to the seat tube angle.

Triathlon bike vs road bike speed. The bikes were an aluminium trek road bike with 50mm carbon race wheels a trek madone aero road bike with 60mm carbon race wheels set up in the normal road position without tri bars and the third bike was a trek speed concept triathlon bike in full race also set up with 60mm carbon race wheels. The very basic difference between a triathlon and a road bike is the geometry of the frame more specifically the seat tube angle. The major difference between the triathlon bike and the traditional road bike lies in the geometry of the bicycle frame. To begin with let us take a look at the differences between a triathlon bike and a road bike.

You may be better off on a road bike if your course hilly such as bintan 70 3 for example where the average bike time for this year s race was 3hours 10min for 90km and most people would be faster with less fatigue on a road bike vs tt bike. Sure you ve across triathletes lifting and running with their bikes over their head but don t get fooled into thinking the bikes are lightweight. Triathlon taren heads into his local bike shop to show the differences between the cervelo p3 triathlon bike and the cervelo s3 with disc brakes road bike then he shows his morning group ride in.