Keegan Swenson joins the hosts to review their race performances at Cross Vegas, sharing a lot of insight we never knew.
Topics covered:
* How to race with a bent derailleur hanger
* The one thing you shouldn’t do right before a race
* Why your disc brakes may be rubbing
* How much aggression is okay in cx?
* How to get a good start, even from the back of the pack
* How to know when to make passes and when to wait
* How to know if you should ride or run stairs?
* How to not clip your pedals on stairs
* How to remount smoothly in a turn
* When bunny hopping barriers is a bad idea
* Tips for making it through a sand section
* How to drift turns on a CX bike
* What your tread can tell you about how your bike will handle
* What it takes to get a UCI point in cyclocross
* Chad, Nate and Jonathan’s results at Cross Vegas
* The key that most amateur CX racers are missing
* How to know if your race is over, or if you can salvage it
* What makes a good single speed course?
* How to beat somebody with a higher power to weight ratio in CX