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Old 10-28-11 | 08:23 PM
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Inertianinja
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Bikes: Felt AR1, Cervelo S2

Originally Posted by dleccord
1. near stop as in like 5mph? or dead stop?

2. should i accelerate or start my sprint at 90rpm instead? at 120 seems to be the threshold-ish. and do i shift up 1 gear or should i stick with 1 gear and just top out?

3. are the souls exactly 1300g? id be saving about <200grams if i switch, not sure if i wanna do that just yet.
The near-stop thing - the point is to lose your momentum and then hit it as hard as you can.
The high-cadence thing makes it easier to accelerate when you're already putting out an effort. The idea is that you pedal at ~90rpm normally, but be able to spin out a gear to really high cadence.

Note, these drills were taught to me by coaches - one of which has won masters nationals a few times. So I'm passing it on.

Sean's s2.0 wheels are 1330g, yea.
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