I chose this one because, well I can't really swim ! Last October I got into the pool and could swim only 20m before I had to stop for a rest. This Triathlon had a 400m pool swim which I thought I might be able to manage. During training I managed to get my time down from 25 minutes to 16 minutes. During the Triathlon I did it in 12 minutes.
My finishing times were as follows
I'm happy I managed the swim without panicking/drowning. I also enjoyed the cycle and run, which were quite hilly.
I also got a new bike and did a lot of work on it and the other bikes since I had two weeks off work.
First changed rims on new bike and went Tubeless
Took the both the new bike and the Cube with the serviced forks out on a 48 Km ride with various off-road terrain types. The 26er hardtail Cube was better on steep uphills ( it's lighter ) but the 29er FS was a lot better on technical descents.
Overall they both did the cycle in exactly the same time !
We also took the 29er and a Cannondale Prophet 26er FS to a trail center and found them to be 'overall' about the same and as much fun as each other.
I my age, for anything really rough I'm going to use one of the FS bikes every time, for forestry roads with lots of climbs its the Cube.
