Tip #6 pick or orient the segments you hope to smash or PR on very windy days according to the prevailing wind direction 🌬 It makes a massive difference on flatter segments or gradual climbs but has surprisingly big impact up to about 5 % avg grades.
Interesting video and advice. I am an ex road racing cyclist, used to be cat 2 level. Now i am in my mid forties, dont race anymore but chase KOM climbing segments. I have won a few recently, i find that the key is to identify which length is segment is most suitable and has more chance of winning and stick to it. I tend to get KOM on short steep climbs of up to 2 minutes rather than long efforts. Another key is to check out beforehand if well known cyclists or pros fill the top ten placings, and to avoid those segments. I also find mindset helps, just before each climbing segment i get really nervous and so suffer more during the segment as u know it is important to you to be recognised on the leaderboard, that goes through my mind on segments. Also make sure it is the first effort of the day, i usually claim KOM segments at the start of a ride
Fun to watch those Griffith Park Strava segments! This is my main riding area. Just caught a glimpse of the turn onto the Three Bastards on a hiking scene in the last episode of "Shrinking."
I think it's called trash truck bc the composting site is right on the other side....and the dump above the mineral wells part of the park. I don't know who Coco is though.
Any tips how to approach a 2-hour effort to nail an PB? So far, I learned not getting distracted by losing your action cam and the poorly serviced rear hub slowly collapsing, but dividing it into thirds sounds like a good idea... Setting a power target, riding under, at, and finally over it.
I'm trying to climb alp du Wit in less than 60 minutes. The best I can do so far is 68 minutes. I weight 215 lbs. I think I'm pretty much as fit as I can get at my age(61). How do I calculate how much weight I need to lose to reduce e my time by 8-9 minutes?
Just google some climb power calculators. Assuming you keep your power (290W), that would be about 180-190 pounds for 1 hour, or 330 watts without weight loss. I guess, in real life and with some focused training, you would meet it halfway (slight power increase and weight loss).
Phil, I hear you say that cadence is overrated, and the science supports this, but I have seen on your videos that there are blocks where you seem to be clearly shifting into high cadence, I guess to give your muscles a break. In your mind, are you thinking "I need to balance the cardio system fatigue and the muscle fatigue by alternating high/low cadence and sitting vs standing"? It certainly looks this way.
cadence is everything, its actually how you increase your dick size spinning = winning problem is these people dont spin old school rations, they spin on mtb gearing, weak
How did you turn LA's notoriously polluted grey skies blue with complimentary puffy white clouds? And the breathing of pollution, how do you conscientiously swallow the grey dingy smog?
@@ellerybice3787 as a kid growing up in the valley during”smog days” and returning to visit parents now, it’s VERY different. The skies are way more blue. Traffic is just as bad, but cars are getting cleaner
