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Matt, I can testify that your TT bikefit approach and the training hints you gave me at my consultation with you really do work! I've been able to record pb's on my local courses this summer as a result. I can't thank you enough and recommend to anyone wanting to go fast to come and book a session.
This is a very interesting topic for me as I’ve recently moved from the UK to Sweden, and whilst the roads out here are amazing, because of the sheer amount of open fields out in the countryside, at some point of almost every ride I get absolutely battered by the wind, which forces me to go full aero in headwinds if I want to keep going at a decent pace, but I find that with tailwinds I can ride with a much more relaxed position and lower power as relatively speaking it feels like air resistance has been removed and my speed remains high, however what you’ve said here almost sounds line the opposite. It sounds like you recommend focusing on an aero position for tailwinds. My experience says otherwise, but I completely appreciate that you’re the expert on this topic, so I must be going wrong somewhere? What am I misunderstanding?
Very little, if any, useful or practical information in this video. "How to go uphill as fast as possible" ? Just try to uphill as fast as possible. That's the basic message of this video.
Hello! What if I have long legs and with the proper saddle height (inseam - 10 cm, or inseam*0.883) the knee angle is about 165 degrees? Do I need to lower the saddle further to reach at least 150-155 degree knee angle or leave it as is?
I am 73. In my mind, I am still fit and strong. In reality, I can rarely do back to back "hard" days. I might want to do them but the body is not willing. I might be riding every day but the recovery days are far more in the planning than they used to be.
I'd say (at 62.5) you can still go quite hard in sessions but the next day I sometimes feel really flat and need a full rest day. So, reduced frequency of hard/fast training days is my take away as an ageing athlete.
Hi Matt, how did you get the Pro Vibe bars to exit the hydraulic lines into the Contact SLR stem? Was the hole in the back of the bar big enough for 2 hoses going into stem?
nice bike! how did you manage to put break cables directly to stem with pro vibe handlebar? is there space in handlebar or you had to mak hole in carbon handlebar?
I just spent over £200 on a bike fit in Manchester with a PhD physio that has completely changed my life. Second ride after the fit I snapped my achilles tendon, tore a ligament behind the knee and damaged my hip. I have been off work for just over a week now and as a contractor I am NOT being paid. I will never touch a bicycle again I'm just too afraid now.
Sorry to hear mate I hope you’ll get better soon. I too had massive right knee pain after my first ride after the fit and wrote to my fitter immediately. In my case it was too much too soon (distance and intensity). I’ve returned to the same fitter periodically with the same bike over the past 3 years and have been surprised myself how much my bike has changed from the first fit. Can’t agree more with Matt about adaptations over time and easing into it, we all know we can’t help cranking it up.
The 55 is probably the limit due to how high the front derailleur can go. You certainly could go bigger with 1x. Giant customer service will certainly be able to tell you something.
Great video. For a helmet like the Oakley Aro7, the bowling ball with no tail, is that even worse than a short tail helmet, or does the rounded shape give you more flexibility to move at the expense of pure speed? I really like it, I can see out of it, but the gap from my head to shoulders is less than ideal and I always reach for my long tail out of paranoia.
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I'm an exercise physiologist and I agree with you. Many seem to overcomplicate training with all sorts of complex scheduling and intervals, not to mention placing far too much focus on having the latest sensors and monitors. Facilitating training adaptation is generelly quite simple, with consistency of and variation in training being the key factors for improvement.
Hi Matt, what is your total height and what saddle height are you riding? I’ve been riding tcr’s for years and thinking about downsizing given the required guide spacer for the cables.
May as well change the crank length because if your wanting to change the front end now with one piece cockpits and routing it’s realistically the only thing
I have gone a bit shorter over the years but I really dislike the “got go super short” mentality. If crank length didn’t affect power output we would just screwing the pedals into the end of the crank spindle.
Maybe biomechanics matter? Maybe the best isnt on either extreme? As an opposite example, why arent we producing/using really long crankarms like eg 200mm or even 300mm? "Super short" is only ~5% shorter, which I guess isnt enough of a change to affect power?
@@sondrebergowell yeah probably a balancing act. If you went super short each stroke would get less power I'd guess and you now gotta spin up like crazy to get anywhere. A longer lever should make each stroke a bit easier I guess so higher gears can be used? But it takes longer for one rotation ? Not entirely sure. But. ...with an ultra long crank even if you could use it. Well. Might be good for out the saddle stomping down on the pedals. Other than that with your knees to your ears you got a huge range of motion now. Thing is you are weaker at the extreme stretch position. at least bodybuilding RU-vid told me. Which is why people doing nonsense on the legpress do it at the top of the movement and barely go down. So you'd struggle to put any good power down from all the way in that position.
