Hey @Bigvern777, any particular reason why you put the bottle cage on the seat tube rather than the down tube? I’m about to install an identical one. I was kind of assuming that reaching for the down tube might be easier. What were your considerations?
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No particular reason. I think that’s where I had it on my previous frame. I was just thinking I may move it to the down tube or might remove it and just run a bottle behind the seat. Can’t really decide.
Ha ha, brilliant!
From this point forth she’s promoted to head mechanic. 
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A few reason: it opens up more common road components to be used so more access to cool tech, when I or the wife show up at a pace line the other riders recognized us as “a bike” and we can convince them to let us and the weakest rider rotate a fixed pair in the pace line since we give of 40% less draft in the lead position but neutral in the line. That arm position is super aero and solid, notice the feet move with the steering. With those arm lines the bike will hold 24mph at 110-140 watts without a paceline (albeit the watts are hard to produce laying down so 200 feels like 280)
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i like it. we have a guy who races a home made recumbent has a class all to himself
garden the trash can keep it there for reason.out side she gets a flo 90 on the rear
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This is my Giant in triathlon mode. I raced Oilman, a half iron distance, in Conroe, Texas, on pretty minimal training, with much of that on TR. My target was to go 255-260w at under 2:20, but I didn’t quite make it.
Stats:
- Time: 2:24:15
- Distance: 56.8mi
- Average Speed: 23.6mph
- Normalized Power: 246
- Average Power: 237 (~2.9w/kg)
- IF: .84
I’ll be using this thing next to defend my Texas cat 1 team time trial state championship title in about a month. To be fair, the team carried the result (I made it to the halfway point). I was on an older and less optimized fit and bike for that one, but the team ended up doing 50:27 for 40k.
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I think I could take a 30mph nap in that thing! Awesome.
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Just an observation: your saddle seems set very far backwards and your aero extension bars seem quite short.
Have you thought of moving the saddle forwards and trying longer aero extensions bars if they are necessary?
Do you have a reason for having the saddle set so far back?
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The seat is definitely really back there. The reason: I sized a little too far down on the bike, along with my body lengths. For the bars, this is a UCI legal setup, just in case. My team occasionally competes in national or pro level events, and it’s better safe than sorry to have to change it all up. I have 100% faith in my fitter, who’s done more than a few national level pro TT fits. It is a little funny looking, but I’m very happy with how low I was able to get with only about a month of practice. Here are a few pictures!
I’m a little hunched, but I moved around a lot on that one. These are both inside the last ~30 minutes, so I was getting pretty uncomfortable. I managed a split I’m happy with (given the power), and this is less aggressive than I’d be in a TT. I intend to go in and get a moderate TT re-fit in the next few weeks, actually. I can likely go another 1-2cm lower without much issue, push the saddle forward a bit, and straighten myself out. We’ll see!
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Full custom self build, not super happy with the front end yet but it’s still a work in progress. UCI legal. The risers have now been removed. 1x Di2.
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My first year of TT’s and my first TT bike. I’ve lowered the stack since. I also built the bike my self as I bought the frame on eBay 
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Get rid of the dork disk. Now.
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What’s that, the plastic protector on the rear wheel?
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Yes. Common practice is to remove it. Easiest to do by removing the cassette, then the disc. But you can carefully cut and break them apart if removing the cassette if you don’t have that option.
It’s a safety device that is not needed in most cases, assuming the rear derailleur is properly adjusted. A bit like reflectors, the discs are frowned upon as “uncool”.
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