5 Marginal Gains YOU Could Be Making 

Great intro AD! I can see the effort going into the channel lately!

Efficiency in terms of maintaining speed and momentum through corners and undulating terrain i.e timing of efforts, making every watt count so to speak. Optimise your everyday riding position, the aero position on the hoods with bent (lowered arms) will minimise drag as opposed to sitting upright on the hoods . You can save 10.4 watts at 30 kph or 35 watts at 45 kph according to cycling tips (4/5/2021) and its free!

I believe Josh at Silica figured out aero socks have the same gain as OSPW, so much cheaper bang for buck.

6. Sleep

From pro racer to pro content producer. Slick

Great video Alex

I'd luv to hear your thoughts on Victor Campanart's bike setup in KBK today, Not TT relevant I understand, but the 2 speed hub is quite fascinating.

Making sure your kit fits with minimal wrinkles. I have heard Josh at silca say one watt lost per wrinkle

Liking the new intro.

With chain optimization, don’t forget chainrings and cassettes. A worn chain, a dirty chain wears the rings and cogs too. I also preach technique: float on the bike… don’t muscle the bike around, it wastes watts and fatigues the rider. Great vid and good suggestions.

Wow, video quality📈📈📈

I would probably add stretching/mobility to that list.... Is hard to get into those super aero positions when you are stiff as a block! Also completely free

Superb video quality

Core training helps quite a bit I have found

Great video. Thanks

I’m looking to get back into time trials,after a 5 year hiatus through injury and Covid, with a 25 mile PB of 1 hr 3mins 39secs, with road bike and clip on tri-bars, and really aim to under an hour. I’ve upgraded from tiagra to 105, fitted narrower handlebars, and will buy a skinsuit & aero socks. Question is should I ride tubeless for a marginal gain v latex inner tubes? I’m thinking tubeless for lower rotational weight. Your thoughts Alex and keep up the good content 👍🙏?

What are some of the fastest skinsuits? Thank you.

Definitely agree with race position on the bike, too easy to train riding on the top of the bars. I'm carrying an extra 3kgs at the moment so getting aero is more difficult but doing my best 😄 Cheers.

Does the oversize pulley have the savings negated due to aero drag? It's larger, seems like a sail out in the wind.

As well as pressure, the tyres themselves are a relatively easy win

Nice intro!

I'd say number 4 should be the top 1. The biggest aero drag is the rider on the bike, training in position is key, even more so for beginners than seasoned athletes. To help with that, i'd add Yoga. Yoga will help you understand your own body positioning and mobility a lot more, will help you stay confortable for much longer in certain positions, will greatly help your capacity to rotate your elbows to tuck the arms in while maintaining a good open chest for increased lung capacity AND will massively improve your breathing from the diaphragm while maintaining a steady core to eliminate parasitic movements when delivering power. It's only benefits, just try it. (Just be careful not to do much of those few yoga styles that put the emphasis too much on flexibility and long-time stretched out positions as this could have you lose on muscle springiness/tonicity)

Tyre type/quality?

Is that a burnt croissant or a special topping?

Do I get extra watts by watching the video whilst on a Surfshark VPN?

Bike fit. Don’t waste energy trying to cope with discomfort

Whats the best skin suit for the $. Aero socks?

Hi Alex, from being involved in the sub 7, do you think the top end Tri suits stack up well against cycling skin suits?

Body Weight loss

You missed a bunch of lower hanging fruit, in my opinion 1. Get good tires (and inflate them to the right pressure). Conti 5k 2. Shave your legs (arms if you want to go all-out). 3. Aero socks. While mentioning the skin suit is great, I think just a very tight fitting top is already going better than many people do

Is an OSPW worth it if they produce more aero drag?

The additional aero losses from an OSPW cancels out any friction savings.

id say clean your bike , and replace bar tape regularly. Have thick, plush, luxurious stuff on the training bike, and thin, stretched stuff on the race bike.

No disrespect but if OSPW actually made any difference Team Ineos, and Jumbo etc would be using them. Great insight otherwise.

20% of the video is an ad. thats why i wont click again.

Not one of these are marginal gains xdddddd

2 out of the 5 weren't marginal gains and 50 percent of the video was an advertisement, come on Alex, you can do better than that. Two giro wins and a world hour record and that's all you've taken away from it, I feel slightly cheated.