My top-tips
Try before you buy:
If you can enter using a mtb or borrow a friends then do so. Try it out and see if it's for you before spending loads of dosh on flash bikes and specialised kit.
Like it - then go cheap or secondhand
So you've entered a race and thought I'd like to do more. Then buy cheaply but get the size of the bike frame correct.
Get you're bike fitted
You may see an amazing bargin...but if the frame is the wrong size then it's as good as useless. Get fitted at your local bike shop before hunting down you're dream machine
Join a club
Like running, this is where you'll pick up the best advice
To swim faster / better get lessons
Doing loads of laps incorrectly will only make it harder to learn to swim correctly, so try and get some 1-on-1 lessons
Whatever you buy now, you'll want to replace next year
So again buy cheaply then upgrade as you can.
Have fun!!
Try before you buy:
If you can enter using a mtb or borrow a friends then do so. Try it out and see if it's for you before spending loads of dosh on flash bikes and specialised kit.
Like it - then go cheap or secondhand
So you've entered a race and thought I'd like to do more. Then buy cheaply but get the size of the bike frame correct.
Get you're bike fitted
You may see an amazing bargin...but if the frame is the wrong size then it's as good as useless. Get fitted at your local bike shop before hunting down you're dream machine
Join a club
Like running, this is where you'll pick up the best advice
To swim faster / better get lessons
Doing loads of laps incorrectly will only make it harder to learn to swim correctly, so try and get some 1-on-1 lessons
Whatever you buy now, you'll want to replace next year
So again buy cheaply then upgrade as you can.
Have fun!!