Coached Bike Practice

When we arrived at the LA Zoo parking lot, it was really interesting to see all the different types of bikes that people had. Waymond, my doppelganger and I both had mountain bikes. Some people loaned bikes that had large packs on them, some had vintage road bikes and some has actual triathlon bikes. Coach Scott went over different bike etiquette things like hand signals and pass lanes. He discuss the benefits of clip-less pedals and the need to maintain a high cadence of pedaling.

Coach Scott and Assistant to the Coach, Victor

We road along a bike trail sandwiched between the freeway and the Los Angeles River. I stayed along side Quinton most of the ride, us fellow mountain bikers and out of nowhere, we both got passed by Waymond, another mountain biker. He's just got a ton of stamina.

After the ride, Scott showed us how to change a bicycle tire. James made a comment that if you tire popped in the middle of your triathlon, you wouldn't be changing it and you'd probably drop out. It did seem really time consuming and having never done it before, it probably wouldn't be very pretty.