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@plingboot
i'm doing London (again) this year - sub 2.30 olympic distance race.
As always, it would seem that a bit of knowledge about things is usually worse than no knowledge at all. ;-)
Most of the folks in my tri club are either good runners (<17min 5k) or good cyclists (55min 25mile tt'ers), most of those top cyclists will skin you alive on the bike, many also ride, local tt's, crits and road races. A huge percentage of our club also ride either fixed or SS too.
One club mate even 'cruised' around Windsor Tri on a single speed last year for a laugh and still clocked a total time of 02:18.
The fashion crimes are function rather than fashion statements - a one piece (or two piece if you have the six pack) garment means you don't need to fuck around changing in transition, just swim, ride and run - taking time only to change shoes.
The only time you might stretch on the bike is if you're going long - half or full ironman. If you're doing sprint and olympic distance (40km/20km bike) you'll be going as hard as you can for the full distance.
As a guide to "good average" times for an olympic distance race - around 25mins for the swim 1500m, 01:05 for the bike - 40k and 45min for the run - 10km
The tribar folk you generally see in RP (mtbs with tribars etc) are usually tri newbies - "look at me i'm doing a triathlon and have got the tribars to prove it" - these people are not indicative of the triathlon hardcore.
It's a bit like saying all that the hardcore of Fixedgear/SS all ride london edition langsters.
Most triathletes will be riding a regular road bike, ss or fixedwheel around richmond park - err without tribars.