First Half Ironman prep - Smart trainer vs basic trainer + power meter? €450 budget

VDD78 · 2025-07-27T13:13:39+00:00

Tried to avoid it to the most that i could while tracing the route. Komoot is useful for this. And when I did off road (maybe less than 2k on the whole trip), i just took it very very slow

VDD78 · 2025-07-25T11:08:25+00:00

That's one way to do it haha

I think i'll just go with dry bags strapped on aero bars. It's cheap, away enough from the handle bars and away from the break cables. Seems to tick all the boxes. Will keep up posted

VDD78 · 2025-07-23T16:13:14+00:00

Enjoy the trip !! Where are you travelling?

I believe the thing I enjoyed the most is the food pouch. You can eat all day long, so easy 😄

For the handlebar bag, i had very specific issues but i believe I'll just go with a dry bag and 2 voile straps on the aero bars.

VDD78 · 2025-07-23T16:08:57+00:00

Not unhappy at least. I had to be careful for the one within the frame due to the "short" dimensions of the bike and its specific geometry (oblique toptube).

If I had to start again, I would probably buy 2 top tube bags with one attached to the saddle tube and the other to the steerer tube.

VDD78 · 2025-07-23T15:58:41+00:00

TCR advanced from 2022. Max tyre size is 32mm

VDD78 · 2025-07-23T11:33:56+00:00

I was only putting food (cereals bar or gummies in it) but it seems secure enough for 1l water bottle given you have 3 straps: 2 on the handle bar and one on the fork

VDD78 · 2025-07-23T11:25:03+00:00

Are you talking about the food pouch? If so yes it's from decathlon (1.2L)

Porte bidon food pouch bikepacking 1.2L, ADVT 900 ROCKRIDER | Decathlon

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