Watched the Capital of Texas Triathlon

This morning I rode down to watch the Capital of Texas Triathlon. I watched the bike race portion from several vintage points. The best was at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street. I had a nice ledge tolean my bike against and sit on; it was in the shade and people walking by stopped to chat. There were riders making the corner going both ways: some going south on Congress turning onto Cesar Chavez, and some turning north on Congress from Cesar Chavez. The officials had loud speakers set up, telling the riders to slow down as they rounded the corner.

I only saw one mishap; a rider was coming down Congress fast on a well-equipped triathlon bike. The slower riders ahead of him started moving to the left. This forced the faster rider into the barricades. After a brief pause, the rider recovered his bearings and continued on.

There were more bike types than I knew existed: New ones, old ones, numerous mountain bikes, comfort bikes, road bikes, and special triathlon bikes. The triathlon bikes came in all sorts of configurations, including some with disc back wheels that rumbled as the rode past, and several bikes that did not have a seat tube.

I watched for about an hour, but did not see anyone that I knew, so I found a coffee shop to refuel for the trip back home.

Here is the Motionbased view of the trip: