Chain lubrication (save watts and money) with Adam Kerin | EP#323

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Adam Kerin is the founder of Zero Friction Cycling. At ZFC he does independent testing of chain lubricants, and he also provides services (to individuals and businesses) and retails products related to reducing friction in the drive train, which ultimately helps you save watts and save money. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Performance consequences of low- and high-friction drivetrains. -Wear and tear, and financial consequences of low- and high-friction drivetrains. -Different methods and tools for chain lubrication, and pros and cons of each. -How to get started with waxing your chain, and why you should consider it. -Race chains, training chains, and smart chain rotation. SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts323/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration - Optimise and individualise your fueling and hydration strategy using the free online Sweat Test and Quick Carb Calculator on precisionfuelandhydration.com. Book a free one-on-one consultation to chat with the team and refine your fueling and hydration even further. Listeners of That Triathlon Show get 15% off their first order of fueling and hydration products. If you didn't catch the discount code in the episode, email Andy and the team at hello@precicionhydration.com and they will be happy to help. ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Zero Friction Cycling (Adam's business) website, Youtube, and Instagram The Physical Performance Show: Assoc. Professor Max Paquette: ‘Running Surface Interactions’ All Cycling-related episodes on That Triathlon Show 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.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show 323.
0:17.6	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon show, the podcast presented by
0:24.2	Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.5	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Adam Kieran, the founder of
0:30.5	Zero Friction Cycling.
0:32.4	Adam has become well known for his content about how to minimize friction in your
0:37.2	dry train, including how to do friction in your dry train including how to
0:39.4	do chain waxing he's also the main independent tester of chain lubricants but he also consults
0:46.4	with companies and help them produce better products so there are many strings to his bow and
0:51.2	we'll get into all of that and tell you how you can improve your
0:55.5	friction and save watts and save money in that way in the interview to come but before that
1:01.0	big thanks to our sponsors precision fuel and hydration if you're a regular listener you probably
1:05.8	know them as precision hydration but they have updated their name and their brand to reflect the fact that they have
1:11.9	been doing products and services related to both hydration and nutrition for a long time now
1:16.8	everyone sweats at different rates and with different sweat sodium concentration levels so you need
1:23.5	to apply an individualized hydration strategy and your fueling strategy will depend on factors
1:28.1	like duration and intensity so there is no one size fits all to neither fueling nor hydration
1:34.3	you can head to precision fuel and hydration.com and use their tools like the free online sweat
1:39.5	test and a quick carb calculator to understand your fluid, electrolyte and carbohydrate needs during training
1:44.6	and racing. And then you can further to that book one-on-one video consultation with the team
1:49.9	to refine your strategy. As a listener of the show, you can also get 15% of your first order
1:55.6	of fueling and hydration products by using the code TTS22 at checkout on precision fuel and hydration.com.
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