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That Triathlon Show

How to shave 14 minutes off your Ironman bike split with Jon and Chris Thornham | EP#31

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Getting the right wheels and tires can save you upwards of 14 minutes on the Ironman bike leg. And it doesn't have to cost a small fortune any longer. Jon and Chris Thornham of FloCycling, manufacturers of exceptionally aerodynamic, yet affordable wheels, tell you how it's possible. Plus we crunch the numbers on a number of different variables affecting aerodynamics. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: -What to consider when getting a set of wheels -The importance of having the right tires for aerodynamics and rolling resistance -How much time wheels and tires can save you when you get it right -Other things you should do to go faster on the bike in the order of priority and bang for buck LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0

That Traathlon Show, episode 31.

0:06.1

Hey, what's up, everybody welcome back to that triathlon show.

0:22.4

The podcast presented by Scientifictraathlon.com.

0:26.0

As always, I'm your host Michael.

0:28.7

And today's episode is another one on cycling and how to benefit from improving your aerodynamics and rolling resistance and that sort of

0:40.3

kind of more technical and gear and equipment related stuff but it's an important one and this

0:48.1

is an interview that I made with John and Chris from Flow Cycling. However, before we get into that, we have a listener

0:58.8

question, and it's been a while since I took listener questions. So I'm sorry about that.

1:03.9

I've actually been getting in quite a few listener questions, and I've always been responding

1:08.4

to them on email, but I've kind of been just forgetting to answer

1:12.4

them on the podcast as well. And my intention is to answer them on the podcast so that as many

1:18.7

listeners as possible can benefit, as long as it's okay with the person asking the question,

1:24.0

of course, if somebody specifically says that they just want an answer in the email

1:28.6

and don't want it to go out on the podcast and obviously I'm not going to answer that question

1:35.7

on air but this one is from from Peter in Delft the Netherlands so that is another thing that came to mind now that I saw the country.

1:47.5

I think that's the same city that Hans van Dieck,

1:51.0

the author of The Secrets of Running, is from.

1:55.6

So he's on my head list.

1:56.8

So Peter, if you know Hans, who is a retired professor,

2:03.6

professor from the University of Delft,

2:09.1

then do put me in touch because I would love to have Hans on the podcast.

2:19.5

Anyway, Peter's question is, being time crunched, is there any research on the best part of day for most efficient training? example break free training in the morning before slash after breakfast midday or evening most of my training is after putting the

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