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Quintana Roo and Little Debbie represent Chattanooga well.
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With the two Chattanooga Aquariums in the background, athletes checked in their bikes between 10am and 3pm.
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Cliff Scherb from Norwalk, CT carefully prepared his Type 1 diabetes kit in transition.
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Kyle Pawlaczyck of team US Pro Tri checks in his Falco tri bike.
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This nicely set up Dimond of Chris Borden was in transition very early. We will feature it in a separate gallery soon.
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Team Dynamo from Atlanta was well represented in Chattanooga.
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Once the bikes are checked in, the transition bags are dropped off here.
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This bright pink Trek Speed Concept Project One will be easy to spot from a distance.
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The check-in was very smooth and the line really never was larger than this.
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Various female Pro bikes are ready for the big day tomorrow.
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Last minute bib number adjustments before putting the bike into the transition area.
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Austrian Rene Vallant races for the Austrian Pewag team with Marino Vanhoenacker. He is a bit of an unknown quantity here.
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This old Litespeed Blade featured some very early generation titanium ski bends.
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Austin, TX resident Patrick Evoe is the top bib number in Chattanooga but did not seem unduly pressured.
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Here is Patrick Evoe's Blue Triad race bike and it will be featured in a complete gallery soon.
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Ice, ice baby. Athletes found a variety of spots to make last minute adjustments to gear and body.
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This guy surely was not the first guy who modified his Scott Plasma 3 this way.
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Hannah Lawrence from New Zealand hard at work to get that race bike ready.
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The race bike of Ironman Wisconsin champion Daniel Bretscher.
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Trevor Wurtele managed to avoid the paparazzi at the entrance and deposited his bike uninterrupted.
