as you may have noticed I'm not in Newcastle right now I'm in Hawaii Kona to be specific
for the Iron Man World Championships thankfully I'm not racing I don't think I'll even survive
the swim but I am here to cover as photo and video person a brand new whole range of wheels
from parkour a bicycle wheel company run by my friend Dov it's currently 8AM and I'm sweating
thank you
so out on the bikes with Dove and Amy from parkour we've switched my wheels over to the new Chronos
which has made the fastest bike I own eat faster Aero wheels on an aero frame yes please we're
riding currently up the coast from where we're staying we've gone through Kona and we're just
going to keep following this road and hopefully we don't get lost and end up at the top of a
volcano which is a possibility around here there is lots and lots of triathletes they're running
faster than us they're so fast it's like being on zwift it was a little bit from Dov and Amy
about the new wheels and this is our new Chrono wheel set it's a much deeper section wheel set
than the Stratos that you've been riding before hence why well I'm out here on the GT bike but
hell we thought we'd put them on your road bike because they have a 68 mil front 75 mil rear
so had a perfect all-rounder for long course Triathlon uh which is why we're here but also
like a really great option for sort of faster Road rides and crit racing if you're feeling
up for a little bit of speed uses the same think wider room to profiles that we've had previously
on our road wheels and we're just bringing that over to the world of triathlon they are legal
for critson 100 yeah yeah they would be really really awesome for a sort of super fast [ __ ]
um they are as fast as our old deep section Chrono wheel set as well so testing in the Wind Tunnel
they are actually very marginally faster but the more relevant bit is that the front
wheel is much much more stable so it's well over 15 more stable when it gets
windy so it's like a super super Rock Solid wheel why that's the million dollar question
um that's the great thing about the think wider technology that we use is the front wheel has
a much wider Rim profile so it's 32 mil wide and has a very very blunt u-shape so it's like I say
rock solid in a crosswind and then the rear wheel is a sort of sharper V shape which is much better
for with the airflow at the rear of the bike and helps maximize your Aero speed how much faster
are they them stradders that were on my bike before I should know this but I don't aim it
just under eight Watts faster and only 100 grams heavier have you got that we've popped the Vape up
why have we come out of the hottest time of the day Amy I don't know so this is
don't quite me on this I think this is the biggest Triathlon in the world
5 000 people are here to do this event which is why there's so many people around hello
they don't say hello they split the event up into two so there's a women's
race on Thursday and then there's the men's race on Saturday today is
Tuesday thank goodness Amy is here otherwise everything will go wrong lots of videos in
store we're not just filming on race day we've got loads of good stuff coming up
so if you haven't already subscribe to this channel if you want to see me well
definitely suffering at some point this week where they're what they're going to write me
into doing a triathlon aren't they I can't escape it it really has just dropped us yeah
is rude
that was your comeuppance for dropping us well going over the massive pothole
what are you gonna come off I'm stress testing the whales all right how you do it yeah [ __ ]
solid I should probably mention this is very unfamiliar territory for me I know absolutely
nothing about Triathlon I'm assuming most of you don't either so we're gonna learn together
why your socks so short yeah I'm wearing some to talk
oh Amy knew it was the wrong way we trust her three seconds before we end up
say it doesn't say stop it's just red it says no parking good
off we're showing off hit a pothole got a puncher
don't run over potholes higher Cadence come on
so we've made it 40 meters down the road and Davis punch it again so I thought I'd just
inform you of some facts about Iron Man Triathlon 1977 is the year that it was invented and it was
actually a combination of three existing events in Hawaii starting off with a rough Water Swim
which was 2.6 miles which is how long the swim is in an Iron Man followed by the bike ride which
was actually originally a two-day bike ride which is 116 miles long it combined it into one day and
made it 112 miles so it gives you the bike ride finally you have the run which is an existing
Marathon here in Hawaii 26.2 miles all of that joined together including the transitions they're
timed as well you have an Iron Man Triathlon I found the hole you're done yet he's found the hole
quick roll over to the Expo this is a kind of Center where everything's happening at Iron
Man Kona these guys are doing some media bits and Bobs uh let's cross at the Crossing good
idea but that's the accelerometer cool and that literally just sits there okay
and we'll measure switching us to the bike amazing
um a bit upset about this stuff are you cheating on me I mean we need Global
Travel network we need to talk I thought we this was an exclusive relationship I mean I
know you've taken me to Hawaii but oh no I thought that'd be enough for you which is
about outrageous to be honest I'm gonna complain to you is Amy HR as well yeah
I'm socks they're not going to be useful for the race are they depends how fast they are yeah ass
playing cards just like top oh there I am yeah serious Spades that's like I don't know who's that
good of a triathlete he's got a playing card with him on it well three of Spades though work to be
done hang on who's the Ace of Spades oh good stuff it has been quite a few hours since I last updated
this video we have visited many pro triathletes got bike check videos on them which you'll see
in the next few days and we have acquired a very small bag from Mexican food wait should we've got
Hawaiian food where's pineapple in mine is there yeah it's basically it's basically it's basically
a Hawaiian Taco everything here has pineapple in it even the Haribo is pineapple oh my God yeah
actually you can get that anywhere else we'll bring all of it home very good day foreign
apparently the island has been overtaken by frogs a specific type of really noisy frog
and this is all we can hear from 6 p.m onwards this all night