Triathlon Vs Road Bike | Heather Vs Manon

Hello friend, thanks for joining me. Now have your team tell you what to expect, they haven't, but I guess it's a quick thing because well, we're on a racetrack, yes, you're on the right track. literally we are here to race it's you against me okay but yeah this is a compliment to you because if I was on a

road

bike

it wouldn't be an exciting race and I want an exciting race so I need all the help. I can get interesting so yeah it's going to be basically uv yo

road

bike

vs time trail bike sweet okay man I know you were a world class track cyclist and you're probably not too far away from that since you joined gtn so obviously I've dug up the maximum cannon speed to get all the help I can get.

I hope it's good enough, yes, I really want to draw and sit behind that speed machine and then run next to you at the end, yes. Like I'm going to let you do that, I mean, I know your spinning background, so I'm afraid to tell you that it's a time trial, a race against the clock, okay, now I thought we needed to measure to make an exciting race, so I need to look at our numbers, roughly calculate how different we are and you surprised me a little with this. Yeah, I've never actually done the traditional 20 minute test that most people do. do and I'm actually really happy about it because I've never heard many good things about the 20 minute test yeah I can't believe it I mean it makes sense I guess being a sprinter you wouldn't need to do it but I can't believe gcn not yet made you do it, they don't know about it, yeah, that's going to change, well, anyway, what do you know?

You obviously haven't been a professional. You must have an idea of ​​what you are. The numbers would be, say, 20 minutes. My power numbers for the past year and my 20 minute power was 252 and the hour I can do around 202 watts or so is ok well I recently did an ftp test. many on gtm and i got 222 for the 20 minutes which leaves me with a 30 watt deficit and i have to admit something here. I could have gone and gotten a little advice from one of the gcn team members, who is the one who recounts the traitors. Hi Ollie, sorry, I hope you're not too busy.

I know you were in the middle of filming or something, but I need your help. Okay, and I just brought this accessory with me. There is a reason, so I am in a couple. of days running and I know she is on your side, but please, we are on the same side. I need GCN's help here so obviously the guy is stronger and we estimate that in about 20 minutes she has about 30 watts more than me. Now I have this as my main advantage, but I want to pick your brain, your aerodynamic gains, what am I going to get approximately riding this bike compared to a guy on his road bike, easily more than the 30 watts you need. oh if you do it right I'm done yeah well there are a few things I can see on the bike right away that I would optimize as well.

So how are your wheels set up? Are they tubeless? No, I have cameras. I saw your video but they still have latex tubes and tubes in there, that's like the first update, I'd say anyone does it to go faster, how much would that save me? 10 watts, really, yeah, I wonder if the gtm budget will stretch to anything. latex is the best value upgrade, the other thing is in terms of what you're going to use, so you've ridden this bike before you're comfortable with it, I wouldn't waste time with the position, okay, the day before will be more. aero than a road bike, I mean you said 30+ watts, what do you think?

I mean, obviously you haven't seen me on the bike and it's a very rough estimate, but what would I gain? Do you think of a man on a road bike? just from the pure position, it depends on the type of speeds you're looking at, but if you're looking at around 35k per hour, yes easily, that 30 watts is easily something you'll get, it could be more if you're more aerodynamic, but I'm being pretty Conservative, yes, I haven't ridden this bike much. The other thing to consider is what you're wearing, that's the most important thing, so you know, get your match together. helmet on and I also know it's winter, I know it's pretty cold, aerodynamic winter kit, not baggy, you know if that means staying warm and then five seconds before you start the race, push yourself, take off, do it, oh my God, so this is where gcn and gt Like us we should be used to wearing that thin spandex but I've seen Psy take it to the extreme with his truck in his zero suit and it works I mean that will make a big difference which will probably whatever you are using.

This will be the difference between I hope you didn't tell me this too and she doesn't like wearing a little arrow suit underneath or something, so, um, yeah, it's okay if you wear tight things that will probably make a difference and I am quite similar, I think we are at the same level. I have a little broader shoulders from swimming and maybe a kilo or two heavier, that will make a big difference for us. The weight won't make any difference where you're going to compete, which is very flat, it's certainly okay, the shoulder thing, just try to roll them up, yeah, do some yoga tonight, okay, awesome, so I guess it depends on how.

I feel strongly about how many of these gains I need, as to whether I really need to wear this test suit or not, yes, I think so. Now I kind of regret coming to ask your ollie, but oh no, honestly. Not because that has reassured me a lot, um, that even if my legs don't have it, I hope there are enough wins there and the other sneaky thing too, that it's a free game, oh yeah, that it's available to anyone who doesn't need it , regardless of what bike you have, will call it man, it's just the pace.

I've raced the course you're doing it on and it's very windy there, yes, so it's totally flat, but there are times when you're really struggling. a headwind and then cases where you fly into the tailwind and if you can control it so that you change your power and be okay so that you can get through the headwind faster, yeah, we'll see if your power is like 220 yeah, average or something like that, if you can just raise it to 235 or 240 in the headwind sections and then go a little below or as much as you can in the tailwind section, okay, you can win, yeah, that makes sense , yeah, so if the math shows that yes, no, that's something you can't gain more than if you just ride, try to average the same power all the way, awesome, cool, well, faster.

I hope you don't get on the quarterman right after this because I feel a lot safer now than when I came in, so thank you. Alright man, your team member has given me some quality advice, so Ollie thinks I can get at least 30 watts out of the bike alone. He said he could get 10. The watts of latex cameras I can't find any so I'm missing out that I have my tri-suit with me. You're going to wear it today, as you can see, I'm wearing about six layers now and the fourth is. very cold, yes, the idea of ​​using this, I mean, it's irrelevant, how many benefits do you get?

Unfortunately, yes, that's not going to happen. I was hopeful but opted for the helmet which is doubling down on bugs, gains and warmth, yeah I'm pretty jealous of the helmet so um how far are we really running today? Well, I was thinking because we're talking about our you know, we've gotten away from our best time of 20 minutes, I estimate around 20 minutes and this loop is used for 10 miles tt, so 10 miles. travel miles I think 10 miles will be a lot more than 20 minutes for me, well it probably would be for me too but hey what do you suggest?

Five, can we cut it in half? Five months, why should we get engaged? So like in the

triathlon

, we obviously do 10km, so it's about six miles. You want that? I'll make it 6 km, yeah, yeah, okay, I think it's three and a half, so we'll do a good round of four laps. I'm not exactly sure about the distance, but four laps, okay, yeah, you're ready, I think that's fine, ready as I always will be. The distance has been agreed upon, so it's time for Manon versus Heather to follow a time trial format. Mana will come out first. with

heather

leaving a minute later, okay man, are you ready?

I'm going to be 60 seconds after you, okay, so don't leave me, so I can't do it too many times, whatever, three, two, one, okay, the minute is almost up. I have five seconds, three, two, one, here I go, oh, I thought, olly tommy, this course was flat and it probably looks flat to you, but believe me, there is a hill that my legs tell me is for sure one turn down It's starting to hurt a little more than halfway there. I'm just trying to stay as low as possible to keep my power nice and even pedal through the corners, two laps done halfway and this is the last little descent and I still can't see Manol anywhere so I have no idea I'm going to have to keep working, I hope it comes back, but I need to keep my head down.

I think I'm almost at the end, all good. 30 more seconds of effort left, maybe a little more. My house started to fall a little almost there, right? How was that? That was a shock to the system. Oh, that affected a lot and didn't help getting out of the call. No? No. How was your pace? Yes, it was good. I think it was probably a little too fast. on the first lap, but you know, when you're excited and fresh, well, I saw you that first minute that seemed like an eternity, you were somewhere way over there, I thought and then I can see you again and I said there's no point in looking up but I'm holding my arrow position I'm thinking about ollie what I said was like I thought and maybe I caught a glimpse of you around the last corner and it gave me a little more I probably didn't know it was pretty mind-blowing by then, but how was your case?

What was the position like? The position is fine. I have a headache coming from my shoulders, but I thought it was worth it. I will do that. And I think my laps were nice. even in terms of time, yeah, and power, and I found my side, my grave, um, but yeah, I mean, it's the first time I'm in a tt position or yeah, yeah, it's a shock to the system, but should we imagine how, um, how? As much as you feel like it's going to kick you you also think it's flat and I was like oh my gosh I felt that too and I was like no that will benefit you well can we look at the numbers and have a look in a moment or do you want to share the times now we can also do it now well, how long do you mean?

Yes, the consequences will wear you out four laps in 1908. Good job, 1918. Oh, I didn't see you. or I didn't touch you, what is that man? Oh 10 seconds oh if only I had known the good work girl thank you he is he so I've digested the numbers and obviously a big congratulations to him a big respect and like I said I would need everything and I didn't bring everything, so maybe next time I should listen to Ollie a little more, but I'm really interested in the numbers, what did you manage to keep? What was your average power?

So I managed to maintain 260. Which I am quite satisfied with, yes, for 20 minutes. You said it was two five two, so you surpassed your senior year? It's good, well, I had two against five, so I was pretty happy with that, especially since I hadn't ridden this. I rode a lot this year, but I think maybe that might have been my problem and I'm going to look at this again. I'll look at a lot of ways I can improve my position, but what was your position on the bike? I think I have a good position. position in my way by how much are you holding and I'm pretty short I was literally in the falls and then I was just trying to get it my back is flat and my face is close to my hand on top you were probably even shorter than me which is interesting I could be another video for the future of how arrow could we how quickly could you continue with this?

Yeah, I don't know if I want to know that I would love to do a new test. I'm going to do it. Go away and work on my aero position wait until it's sunny put on my tri-suit get those latex inner tubes yeah and do a 20 mile TT 20 miles yeah I think I need the distance I have to beat you somehow okay? Well, that's for the summer. Well, I just want to say thank you and congratulations and I hope you enjoyed this. If so, please give us a like. You can follow us on our social media channels.

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