Troubleshooting 7 Common Race-Day Bike Problems
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast
TriDot Triathlon Training
4.9 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Since the bike leg is the longest part of a triathlon, plenty can go wrong while out on course. Coach Kurt Madden brings his coaching and racing experience to the podcast to help us troubleshoot the seven most common issues athletes may face during the bike portion of the race. From mechanical and tech failures to nutrition and the saddle discomfort, we cover it all! This episode will help ease those race-day bike fears and help you have a confident ride in the saddle.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the TriDOT podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics |
| 0:09.1 | and artificial intelligence to optimize your training, giving you better results in less time |
| 0:15.5 | with fewer injuries. |
| 0:17.3 | Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things triathlon with expert |
| 0:24.5 | coaches and special guests. Join the conversation and let's improve together. Together. |
| 0:36.5 | Hey everyone, welcome to the TriDOTP podcast. |
| 0:39.3 | This is part two of a series we are doing helping you, our athletes troubleshoot, all of the common problems that might happen to you when you're out on the triathlon race course. |
| 0:51.4 | And today, we are talking about bike problems. There's a lot of stuff |
| 0:55.6 | that can go down when you're on the bike leg of a race, the longest portion of a race. And so here to |
| 1:00.5 | help us troubleshoot the seven common race day bike problems is coach Kurt Madden. Now, Kurt has three |
| 1:07.4 | top 10 finishes at the Iron Man World Championships and 51 full distance |
| 1:13.9 | Iron Man finishes. |
| 1:14.9 | So you talk about a guy who's been on the race course a lot and has encountered some problems. |
| 1:19.6 | He also is a master's degree in exercise physiology and is the head of coach development for |
| 1:24.7 | Tridot. |
| 1:25.7 | Andrew, it's great to be back. |
| 1:26.7 | I'm pumped up. I grabbed another CO2 just before we started here to make sure I'm ready to go in case I encounter |
| 1:32.3 | a bite of issue. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, I'm Andrew, the average triathlet, voice of the people and captain of the middle of the |
| 1:38.3 | pack. |
| 1:39.3 | As always, we'll get started with our warm-up question with me and Kurt kicking that around. We'll get into our main set conversation, troubleshooting the seven common race day bike problems, |
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