What to setup during day before bike checkin?

In those situations, I normally would just leave the bike, not any equipment, and definitely leave the bike computer off until the day of the race.

Nothing but racking the bike. Remove computers, bottles, etc. and put a plastic bag over the seat to keep it dry (not only from rain but also from the morning dew)

The main reason I ask is it looks like for this triathlon the parking is relatively far from the transition area and I don't think they have any shuttles for that. In my past triathlons, the parking has been close so I can go back and forth from transition to my car. And in my past triathlons, they didn't allow athletes to leave a bag anywhere in transition. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to get every non-bike item to transition the morning of the triathlon. I emailed the race director to ask about leaving bags inside transition.

Bike helmet
Bike shoes
Running shoes ( I can wear this to transition of course)
Water bottles (2-3)
nutrition for race
small transition towel
running race belt
wetsuit
goggles
sunglasses

so pretty much normal stuff. I'm just saying being able to leave a bag in transition would be nice.

Carry the bike shoes and water bottles and wear everything else to transition - /problem solved.

Edited by Hook'em 2015-03-23 3:34 PM

Don't forget a pump! tires deflate overnight.

Why would care if the seat is wet? Your butt is already wet when you get on the bike and you can always wipe it off if your going to warm up. I've never understood the plastic bag thing.

haha I like that idea.

For that situation, I carry all my stuff in a sling bag and attach the shoes and helmet to the straps plus carry the wetsuit in a plastic grocery bag. Then when you get to transition, empty the bag and put it flat under your transition towel since it lays flat (or use it as the transition towel).

Guess my view point is greatly tainted by duathlons... :-)

Thanks. That's a good idea.

I'm going to make a fortune. Well, a small one. I'm going to invent a backpack/bag/carryall that's waterproof...carries just about everything you need and doubles as a comfy seat. I'll just have to make it not look like a bucket, license it to TYR or blueseventy and charge $147 for it instead of $4 so people will buy it.

Once I get that going, I'm heading for Shark Tank to get the money I need to develop similar things for lacrosse dads and moms, then soccer moms and dads. Baseball...you name it. Imagine if you're the snack parent that week, you wouldn't have to carry the snack bag AND the bag chair. Plus, you could put sunscreen in there, magazines, etc. It'd be waterproof, so you could put your cell in there. AND you'd have a nice seat.