Titanflexr wrote:
DFW_Tri wrote:
Titanflexr wrote:
Given the increasing importance of integrated storage/hydration, in addition to positioning; it's hard to see this as a tri bike.I don’t think integrated storage/hydration is any more important now than it was before. It’s just more prevalent.
It's more important in the sense that a bike w/o integrated storage will have to add external systems (typically with a hit to aerodynamics) that a dedicated tri bike w/integration will not, putting it at a disadvantage in the aero sweepstakes. A decade back when there was a lot less integration, basically all stock bikes would have to take the "load it up for an IM" hit.
Again, I’m gonna disagree here. I’m quite confident I could set up a bike with after market offerings that is as or more aero than an integrated option. Taping 10 gels to a top tube was never a good option.