Yet another concern on most people's mind when they do any kind of race is the logistics. Not just how to get there, where to stay, or how to get around, but also all the gear involved. Triathlons are especially annoying because there's so much equipment involved, the biggest ticket item being your bike. So how does one get a bike from SF to Florida with minimal risk of it getting damaged or lost somewhere in the process. The obvious choices are check it on the plane with you or ship it w/ UPS or something. The problem with the first option is I don't really trust airlines anymore with my luggage, and the second option makes me cringe because of all the videos you see of UPS workers throwing packages around like they're nothing. Luckily, i was able to avoid both of these options. How you might ask? A little service called TriBike Transport. Check out some more info here:
TriBike Transport
So the way this service works is you drop your bike at a partner sports store, then they TRUCK ship the bikes to the race. The best part is that the bikes are shipped ASSEMBLED. And since I am clearly not a great bike mechanic, that peace of mind was priceless. The full round trip deal costs $240, which might sound expensive at first, but when you factor in the cost to bring anything other than a backpack onto a plane these days, it's actually not too bad.
So P and G took a trip to sports basement on wed night and dropped our bikes off w/ the tribike people. Man was that a weird feeling. It almost felt like I was dropping a dog off at doggy daycare, or dropping a kid off at school (only one of which I have actual experience). The employees quickly grabbed our stuff and whisked it away to the back room and now we just have to trust that our bikes will meet us on the other side of the country. But the scariest part is that now the race feels REALLY close.
T-minus 9 days till the race!!!
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Good luck next week! I still think you're insane, but at least you'll be able to play vb again soon (that's if you haven't completely killed your vert with the endurance training :P). You know when I did my tri a couple years ago, I said to myself that I'd do an Ironman before I turned 30, but you know, normal people don't follow through on that stuff...jk. Can't wait to see you back on the courts!
man up son! ride your bike to florida, u sissy.
tiff, i'm a little scared to see where the vball skillz have gone...hopefully not too far away, haha. you need a sub after nov 1?!?!
dang chang, constructive ideas please...:)
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