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Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

Ask a Cycling Coach: 82 – TrainerRoad Podcast – Road vs. Crit Racing With The Clif Bar Team

Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad

TrainerRoad

Sports

4.94.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

• How to train for criterium vs. road racing • The importance of addressing limiters for road racing • How to discover and address limiters • What off-the-bike training is helpful for road racing • How your kit changes from crit racing to road racing • How to dress for road racing • Skin suits vs. bibs/jersey • Road vs. crit helmet selection • Gloves or no gloves? • Aero bikes vs. climbing bikes • Crit vs. road specific drivetrains • Deep section vs. shallow wheels • Best handlebar choices for road racing • Bike setup tips for road racing & crit racing • How to know which road race to select • Team tactics in road racing • What strategies apply to heavy vs. light racers • How to properly take a feed in a feedzone • How to handle a mechanical in a road race

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast is dedicated to making you a faster cyclist ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road

0:05.8

I'm coach Jonathan Lee without my normal co-host our head coach Chadson roommate Pearson

0:11.2

Instead I'm with the cliff bar guys. What's up everybody?

0:17.2

Four guys to be total here four racers for the team for the pro team and

0:22.3

Cliff bar sponsored by argon envy k edge obviously cliff bar a lot of other co-capo right

0:30.0

Psycho cycling that's all right cop was cycling the whole deal. So

0:33.4

You guys last year

0:35.7

We did a podcast all about crit racing and it was huge like people have loved that thing

0:41.3

So and we gave people tips on how to race in Criterium's and this time

0:46.2

We're gonna talk about how it's different than road racing and we're gonna focus more on the road racing side of things and

0:52.2

Go through some tips and tricks. So first let's introduce each one of you see you all of you listening to this can understand who's talking

0:58.5

Start on this side go ahead. How's it going everybody? I'm Zach Allison and

1:02.7

Hey guys, this is Pete Morris. He's Thor. He's the guy with the legs and bicycling magazine and Michael Jysinski

1:10.2

Kevin Malervi also ginger one. Yes, because his twin brother is on the team now. Yep, so we have to differentiate there

1:17.7

It's good to have you guys now all of you guys how long have you been racing bikes and when did you get to the P12 level and

1:26.2

Be competitive there

1:27.9

Well a long time I started racing as a junior on the use coast

1:31.5

I grew up in the DC area and then

1:35.4

Just kind of move up through the junior ranks and then went to school at Colorado State as I got my one upgrade

1:41.8

And then we don't surround from teams from there nice awesome, and is this your how long you've been on Cliff

1:48.1

This is my first year first year. Yeah, I wish you're on Cliff sweet man. Yeah, welcome to it

1:53.0

Pete I'm kind of interesting. I didn't start cycling till I was a senior in college

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