Ask a Cycling Coach: 117 – Cross Vegas Preview with special guest: Keegan Swenson
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Keegan Swenson (Cannondale 3Rox), #2 ranked pro XC racer in the USA, joins us for his take on cyclocross and a preview of Cross Vegas.
Topics covered in this episode:
• What makes pro athletes different from the rest of us
• Keegan Swenson's power data
• Pre-race warmups for cyclocross
• Pre-race "leg openers" for the pros
• Tire choice and bike setup for grass cyclocross courses
• Pedal setup for cyclocross racing
• How to pace Cross Vegas and other cyclocross races
• How to know if you should ride or run through obstacles
• How to pop a tire onto the bead in an emergency
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.6 | I'll coach Jonathan Lee with our head coach Chad Zimmerman everybody our CEO Nate Pearson |
| 0:10.6 | Hey, hey and a special guest with us today. Yes, we talked about him last week during the podcast Keegan Swenson |
| 0:17.0 | What's up, man? Hey guys? |
| 0:18.5 | Where where are we right now Nate? We are in the the world's worst Airbnb |
| 0:25.1 | It's in Las Vegas |
| 0:27.1 | Las Vegas. Oh, yeah, that yeah, we're in Las Vegas for interbike and for cross Vegas |
| 0:33.8 | No, it's probably accurate because when we got here it's keeping's off well gross |
| 0:39.2 | We we drove here. They were like maybe eight cop cars is zooming around and we look up above and there's a helicopter |
| 0:46.4 | With a dude with a rifle hanging out one of the cop cars had a |
| 0:50.3 | Camera in it. So maybe they're filming for something. I don't know we'd like to assume cops |
| 0:54.4 | But they were zooming around looking for some people some bad guys. He said some he said some kids |
| 0:59.9 | I think some kids yeah the cops pulled up and talked to us and they said hey you guys look fit thanks cops |
| 1:06.3 | Could you chase down some kids for us? Yeah |
| 1:10.0 | Welcome to Las Vegas. Yeah, so takes a village. Yeah |
| 1:14.1 | Let's go back to Keegan Keegan. Who are you? I people who don't know you're not a household name yet, right? |
| 1:21.1 | Nope, you see your professional mountain biker, right? Yeah, how old are you 23 23 see your young kid |
| 1:27.1 | And you can say that and without the tattoos you look younger, right? I |
| 1:33.3 | Have you been told that? Yeah, I haven't told that but I would I would assume that I am I was the same way |
| 1:40.0 | Until now people are starting to guess my age right on |
| 1:42.9 | But for a long time it was it is fine |
| 1:44.9 | So who do you ride for a Keegan can I go through rocks? |
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