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Another happy Tri user:

"BIKE: was nervous I would be too cold but realized I was fine. Was really excited to test out the flashpoint 60s my friend from zipp loaned me. They are awesome! Bascially 404 non dimpled rims with a slightly lower quality hub and spoke than the 404s. I would think they would compete very favorably with the equivalent HED wheels. Plus, they are clinchers. In an ideal world i'd love to run tubulars but I really can't afford to shell out 80-150 dollars per tire for each mishap. Plus, all of jens and others posting about rolling resistance shows that it takes quite an expensive tubular to out perform a Michelin pro race 2. The wheels were great, very stiff and I could hear the whirring sound as I sped out of t1. at the first turn a guy flatted on his tubulars and I was again glad for the flashpoints. It would have put me in a bad mood to be out 80 bucks instead of 3. (also, I am a tube patcher. there, i admitted it). At the 2 inch lip of ashpalt that caused the flat the guy in front of me launched both bottles! I dodged them both but realized I had launched half the gatorade from my aero bottle. crap. I was making pretty good time. There didn't seem to be too much drafting except for one guy on a relay team who probably didn't know the rules. I put in a ton of work on the bike and was looking for a PB but it was so windy there were times I was in my small ring on the flats! I was getting discouraged till I realized I was reeling in people on the flats. I have a pretty aero position on my p2sl and the flashpoints were giving me a huge advantage. I kept aero the entire ride and just accepted that it was going to be a very slow ride but I would have a high relative placing. Finished up a dissapointing 1:15 (a personal worst by far!) but felt very strong."