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That Triathlon Show

Bike fitting, equipment, and triathlon bike training with David Bowden | EP#287

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

David Bowden is a New Zealand-based bike fitter and coach, who also works as a consultant for Profile Design. David also has a background in bike fitting software, having designed the Velogicfit 3D Motion and 3D Aero performance bike fitting products that he uses in the studio. David currently coaches among others pro triathlete and cycling powerhouse Teresa Adam. In this episode we discuss bike fitting, equipment to improve performance, and bike training for triathlon.          IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How important bike fitting is, with quantitative examples -The tools used in bike fitting and their importance -How to find a good bike fitter (not just "ask around") -Considerations around aerobars, saddles, cranks, helmets, tires and more  -A typical training week (cycling specifically) for age-group triathletes focusing on 70.3 and Ironman -How to find your bike pacing strategy for Ironman 70.3 and Ironman racing -David's top tips for age-group triathletes    SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts287/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: David's website  Bike fitting with Phil Burt (former Team Sky) | EP#232 Bike Fitting Q&A with Phil Burt | EP#254 Tire pressure, aerodynamics, and smart equipment upgrades with Josh Poertner | EP#235   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Traathlon Show, 287.

0:05.0

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that Traathlon show.

0:23.0

The podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:26.6

I'm your host Michael and on today's episode, I interview David Bowden.

0:30.2

David is a New Zealand-based bike fitter and coach, who also works as a consultant for profile design.

0:37.3

David's long background in bike fitting goes beyond just working as a bike fitter,

0:41.6

but he has actually designed and been the founder of a bike feeding software company,

0:47.1

Vologic Fit, and they have created 3D motion software as well as Aero Performable Frontal Area measurement software that is used in david's studio

0:57.9

and many other bike fitting studios as a coach david currently coaches among others pro triathlete and

1:04.8

cycling powerhouse teresa adam but he also coaches a lot of age groupers so a lot of our

1:09.9

training discussion is based

1:11.4

around age group training today. We'll get right into the interview after thanking our sponsors.

1:17.6

First, we have precision hydration. And one thing that I haven't talked about before is that

1:22.2

precision hydration actually offer you a chance to book a free video call with them lasting 20 minutes.

1:28.8

So you can do that right on their website by scrolling down to the bottom of the front page.

1:34.0

And in the further part of the website, you can just click a link there and schedule a time to discuss anything you want regarding hydration,

1:41.8

whether it's your general hydration strategy and questions or perhaps

1:45.7

the results of your online sweat test that you can take on precision hydration.com and that is all for

1:51.6

free you can also if you choose to buy precision hydration electrolytes get 15% of your order by using

1:58.7

the promo code that Traathlon Show 15.

2:02.1

And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.

2:05.6

Roka are the world-leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles,

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