How Pros Race Short Track XC with Stans-Pivot's Keegan Swenson 

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@Kristian Julian I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

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Stay tuned! We have more videos planned throughout the season :)

Thank you so much for all the praise, Jan!! Glad you enjoyed it!

Hey Jan, check out Ben's channel for XC videos with commentary: RU-vid.com/sachoben

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Thanks so much for watching, William, and keep an eye out for more!!

Isnt this awesome!? Same here, mtb first real love in my early teens, get into road decades later and now this is all I wanna do

It's so good to see!

Keep an eye out for more of these, Rob! We're planning on sticking a camera on a few more MTB racers. ;)

Thanks for watching, David!

We're so glad to hear it! Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching!!! You can't beat the fun of sliding around in the dirt. ;)

Our cameras certainly get dirtier off-road! I think Keegan had more pressing matters to focus on at the time.

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Thanks for watching! We're so glad these videos are helpful for you.

We'll try to get a lot more of these different disciplines! :)

We're actually in Reno, NV, but thanks for the suggestion!

We're glad you like the MTB content!

This vid and a caffeine gel got me thru Carpathian Peak +3 with no backpedaling!!!! Great job guys!

Awesome!! Nice work and thanks for watching! :)

Thanks for watching!

Ben Tankus the bike you race in short track is the same bike you have to race in the cx Olympic

Drew Cama in the UCI category I believe racers are required to use the same bike in both the short track and the XCO race.

Great question! He'll be on the podcast again soon, so we will ask him then.

@@TrainerRoad That would be awesome thanks!

I run both regularly, The Aspens are amazing, and lighter than the Rekon Race. I feel like they are way more predictable on loose fine gravel too. however, wet grass in a straight line they are like a slick so zero to no grip, same on any slippery surface when you are upright.(Many a sketchy zero traction skid into a corner on a grass section on a sunrise race start) You dont get the benefit of the awesome side knobs until youre leaned over. This obviously can make slippery (wet) banked turns a little sketchy. Personally the Aspen is my tyre of choice for any event. They do wear out fast though, maybe 30% quicker than the Rekon race, and another caveat is because they dont have a whole lot of rubber sharp stones can tear them open a little easier (Ive had two unpluggable punctures where I have had to use a sock inside the tyre to stop the tube poking out in order to finish. I doubt the Rekon race would have punctured because there are deeper and a lot more "lugs". Just my 2c based on maybe 7 sets of Rekon Races and many many many more sets of Aspens... The ONLY other tyre I use is the Vittoria Mezcal. If they were lighter they would be the perfect mix of both the Rekon Race and the Aspen. They are FAST. They have the new version of it, but they dont have the TNT sidewall protection, which would be ok if you dont race on very rocky trails... Leave the IKON and the Ardent race on the shelf unless you want a tyre that can last twice as long...

@@WRXJIM Thanks for the reply! I'm always looking for an edge in XC races. I'm currently running a Schwalbe Racing Ralph (old style HS) in the front and a Thunder Burt in the rear. (I live in Michigan so not much rock to be found unless you head to the upper peninsula. ) The thunder burt is not the best handling tire, but they are really light with minimal rolling resistance on our fast race courses.

kmac720 you’ll LOvE the Aspens. So much corner grip while being a super fast roller. I train on the Rekons (or Vittoria Mezcals TNT version) but race on the Aspens. There is a reason N1NO runs them pretty much exclusively (granted he get the “Pro only” 170TPI model) the tread is the same just not as supple. They do wear fast though.

We use a software called DaVinci Resolve where you can overlay the videos, export and then upload that into Garmin VIRB Edit where you sync up the gpx file from a Garmin device and overlay the data.

@@TrainerRoad Thank you so much!

Short track racing does bear some similarities to CX racing, however, there are some key differences. Specifically, CX races tend to have more turns than a short track MTB course, as well as various obstacles like barriers, sand pits, run-ups, that keep the average speed lower and may require you to dismount from your bike.

'Normalized Power' and 'Average Power'!

@@TrainerRoad Thanks