Hip as your team mate outstanding!!!!!  Nice.  My bikes being built in two weeks.  But won't ride outside til next spring. Your gonna crush Louisville !

'My bikes being built in two weeks.  But won't ride outside til next spring'

I don't care what your doctor says, unless you fall off a lot, there is no reason to wait a year to ride the road bike outside

What bike are you getting?  I looked at the Shiv Rival yesterday and I'll be getting one in July or August.  I'm also on the Flo Wheel waiting list. 

Woodstock, cool you're getting a new bike.  Always makes it more fun and stimulates the motivation.  I just got my new Cannondale EVO and I'm pumped.  I'm three months post op and I like what you say.  I'm planning on racing my first race this weekend.  I'll race the Pro 1/2 race here and down South on Sat/Sun.  I'm a little nervous.  I do think about falling a little more now, that's for sure. 

I looked at the Flo Wheels.  But they're nothing more then an aluminum rim with a fairing.  I figured it would be better for me to just get a pair of Hed wheels. 

John, good luck in your race.  Go kick some @ss and celebrate your comeback!

I'm not ready to race yet but I'm confident that I'll be ready when I have to be.  I hope to do 2, 5k trail races in August, a sprint tri in September and a 6 hour mountain bike race in November.  My running is coming and I'll be ready when it's time.

I'm waiting to hear the reviews of the Flo wheels from the first shipment.  I wasn't willing to pre-order even though the price was so good.  I'll order a Flo6 and a disc once I hear how they are.  The Hed Jet wheels are built the same way with an aluminum rim and a fairing.  Having cracked a all carbon Zipp808 at under 100 miles when I flatted, I want to go back to alu rims.  I have a set of alu rimmed Zipp404's that are over 10 years old and still in perfect condition.  I can only hope that my hips do as well.

Go tubular Woody...

This is a funny place to start the clincher/tubular battle but I've been there.  The 808 that I cracked was a tubular...................OK, you've got me thinking........................If these are going to be race only wheels maybe....................nah, these days I just don't think it's worth the hassle........................but maybe, just maybe.

hipnhop
Good idea about the bike fit, after I had both hips done the bike fit was very different and I also extended the front bars out further as I was much more flexible around the hips and can bend down further/easier/longer

Nice job HnH and all you other cyclists.  I have a tour with my blokes coming up in a month.  We're planning to circumnavigate Mt. Shasta and do about 60 to 80 miles days for 3 days or so.  I need to get a little more bike riding in other than my daily commute of 6 miles.  I'll probably be dragging my sorry ass up to Medicine lake at 7000 ft the first day, with a magnum of red wine in my pannier ;).
 

Woodstock, the tubular/clincher debate is a good one.  Depends on the level you race at, and what kind of racing you do.  For the recreational competitor in triathlons, I would recommend clinchers.  For competitive triathletes and cyclists doing crits and road races I would recommend their race wheels be tubulars.  For the competitive triathlete the tubulars offer a couple advantages.  One, less chance of pinch flats.  Two, more importantly, you can change a tubular way faster than a clincher; with less chance of a tube malfunction after you change it.  For the competitive cyclist the biggest advantage is that if you're racing crits, or road races where there is lots of cornering, if you flat in a corner with a clincher you're going to go down.  With a tubular you stand a much better chance of coming out of it because you have some rubber between the rim and pavement.  Plus, your rims will stand a better chance of not being damages.  If you cracked a rim you had to have hit something pretty hard. 

John,
Unless someone doesn't glue it properly or let it set long enough before riding.   :'(. Ouch!  Other than that....I totally agree!
Joe

That's true, gotta make sure they're glued on well.  I usually use almost a full tube for each wheel/tire.  Plus, you gotta let them set for about 24 hours before you ride them.  For triathlons though, if you have a lot of glue on your rim and carry a tire that's been used with glue on it, it will work pretty well if you flat and need to repair/change it.  You just can't go crazy in the corners. 

But when you get your tubies glued up nice for low rolling resistance, you better watch out for flats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWhNg-QiTc&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL57E0990A18773BD5

This video misses the part where the Normanater was trying to get the wheel off with his teeth!

The way I see it is now that there are carbon fiber clinchers, the only advantage that tubies have is that they are safer when they flat.  John, I don't know how I cracked the 808.  I flatted and when I went to put a new tire on, I found the crack.  If you search the web, you'll find quite a few complaints about Zipps cracking.  Most people feel that if you want to race, you have to be willing to pay for the damage.  Me; I'm going to get 88mm Chinese carbon clinchers.  If a crack one of those, I'll through it in the garbage and not worry about it.

Oh, I know.  I flatted in the world championships in France and I had glued my tires on better than usual because it was a technical course with a lot of hard descending.  I dropped from 2nd and ended up 9th.  I could not get my tire off the rim.  But, it's still faster than a clincher.  Most triathlon courses aren't so technical that you'd roll a tubular if it was moderately glued on.  It's not like your on a crit course. 

Anyway, did my first race today after 3 months post op.  Finished top 12.  It was an extemely fast paced race and I was happy to back at it and stay with the lead group.  Average speed 27 with high speeds of 34. Over half the field got flicked.  A few more races and I'll get that snap back in my legs/lungs. 

Woodstock,  get a pair of the Mavic Ultimate Carbone.  1,100 grams.  Very aero.  2 year warranty.  I hit a huge hole with a couple inch lip the first time I road them in a road race and thought for sure I'd busted them it hit so hard.  Nothing.  They are the strongest, best wheels I've ever ridden on.  Pricey, but you can't find a better wheel.

I'm getting these:

http://www.farsports.cn/ViewProduct.aspx?id=731

and a disc wheel cover from wheelbuilder.com

If I crack one of them, I'll just call over to China and have them put another on the next plane!

Today I took out my old Kestrel tri bike and picked up the pace for the first time:  averaged 17.5 for thirty miles on a rolling out and back course on Long Island.

Hip - DO NOT FALL OFF!!! (I am yelling!)

Nice job on the ride woodstock.  That's pretty fast for a hilly ride.  Hey, how much are those wheels?  I might get a pair for my daughter.  She has the State TT coming up.

$600 delivered to the US, but I think I can get them to come down a little.

Good luck to your daughter at the State TT.