Building aerobic capacity is essential for most competitive cyclists since anaerobic threshold power (also known as lactate threshold or critical power) is the best single predictor of performance in road cycling races. What can you do to increase your threshold power without spending more time on your training sessions? The answer is interval training. Probably
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Tour de France 2009 begins tomorrow, and this year we get an even better chance to follow the strongest cyclists in the world. Several riders share their data from the SRM Cranks Systems (power, heart rate, cadence, speed) and GPS position.SRM data are transmitted directly to watch them live along with the television transmission. Here
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Did you read about how Dave improved his threshold power 62 Watts? Did you read how Gonzalo increased his VO2 Max power 59Watts? Both riders achieved these results in only 12weeks, and one of the most critical secrets to their success is power meter training. Power meters are no longer reserved for elite cyclists but
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Bicycling.com has published an article worth reading. It is about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology cycling team who train in the wind tunnel to optimize their aerodynamics. Wind tunnel optimization is used of many of the professional teams at the Pro Tour. Mark Cote worked with the former Team CSC captain Ivan Basso to optimize his aerodynamics through optimization in the wind tunnel.
In the interview Mark Cote answers questions related to wind tunnel optimization and team time trials:
On aerodynamic wheels:
“Most people don’t realize that a non-aero helmet creates four times the drag of a non-aero wheel set. So you can spend two thousand dollars on a wheel set, or spend two hundred on a helmet and be faster. How you put your race number on matters more than having an aero wheel; today, we glued on our numbers to get them to fit flatter. Then there’s water bottle placement: On a round-tubed frame, having a bottle on your seat tube is more aerodynamic than not having one at all, and it’s much more aero than putting it on the down tube. And wearing gloves in a time trial will slow you down more than using a non-aero front wheel.”
On shaved legs:
“Shaved legs? I think they’re faster, but we haven’t really tested them in the tunnel. I did try to convince Ivan Basso to shave his head when he came to MIT. He wouldn’t do it, even though it was for science.”
Read the full interview at Bicycling.com
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If you are a time trialist or triathlete, one of the benefits of using a power meter is optimizing your aerodynamics. A better position on the bike supplied with aerodynamic equipment can help you to save seconds or even minutes in a time trial. Now I will show how you can use a power meter
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