Pro Cyclocross Strategy, Tire Choice, and More with Tobin Ortenblad – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 432
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
(0:00) Welcome!
(1:07) Race audit! Why did you cramp at the Downieville Classic [pacing, heat, elevation, nutrition strategy deep dive]
(40:49) Do dropper posts belong on CX bikes?
(46:30) Are tire inserts a good idea for cyclocross?
(54:03) Why can’t I put out more power in race starts [how to train for it, how to turn it into a strength, etc.]
(1:13:39) What are the best and worst pedals for riding in muddy conditions?
(1:19:15) Is there a perfect tire for both CX and gravel?
(1:22:51) How do you carry corner speed in cyclocross?
(1:30:00) Best drills for singlespeed CX racing
(1:33:54) How to get young athletes started in cyclocross
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the Astrocycling Coach podcast presented by train road. This is episode four thirty two. I think Ivy. It's kind of crazy |
| 0:07.6 | Back from single track six. I'm coach Jonathan Lee and we have with us Santa Cruz hit squad's Tobin Orton blood |
| 0:13.2 | Tobin stoke to have you with us here. Thanks for having me. I know we've talked about this for a while, but never made it happen some reason |
| 0:21.9 | Yeah, I know |
| 0:24.8 | It'll be good times and of course we also have been to bikes and train roads ivy a drain |
| 0:30.0 | We brought Tobin on because in what we'll say it right now cross is coming. It's August as of recording this or a closed August |
| 0:37.6 | We're getting close and that's the sort of time where a lot of you are actually sending in questions about cyclic cross stuff |
| 0:43.0 | We're going to get into some cyclic cross questions, but also Tobin races the lifetime Grand Prix with the Santa Cruz hit squad in addition to |
| 0:50.0 | His background really coming from primarily in cyclic cross and still races cyclic cross ivy you race cyclic cross |
| 0:57.4 | So we're going to talk about some cross stuff |
| 0:59.5 | But before we do that |
| 1:01.0 | Gabriel sent in a question that's appropriate for Tobin because Tobin you race the Downeville classic |
| 1:05.4 | Which is a famous mountain bike race here and Gabriel wrote in and his question says I race the Downeville classic all mountain challenge |
| 1:13.3 | It's a race where you do cross country on the first day right Tobin and then dh the next day and then you over like take the overall |
| 1:20.4 | It's a point system out of time system |
| 1:23.6 | Which is important to know yeah, so I can omni him |
| 1:26.0 | Yeah |
| 1:28.4 | Gabriel says train specific for this event since January I execute or the execution of my plan resulted in cramping badly 70 minutes after the start |
| 1:36.8 | Almost to the top of the initial climbing. Yes, this this race just starts with the climb that lasts for for most folks |
| 1:42.2 | It's going to last for anywhere between like an hour and an hour and that's like |
| 1:47.1 | Just doesn't it right? |
| 1:49.7 | It gets deeper a bit at the top too |
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