Sorry for sharing a video that is part tutorial and part marketing, but I think there are some interesting things to learn from it. At least I learned a lot from making it.
I have always done the "step on" flying mount - the second one I demonstrate in this video, and I always thought it was the easiest one to do, but I never tried the others. I wanted to make a tutorial for my customers going through all the different mounts, depending on their preference, so this morning I practiced the full-on flying mount a few times and then filmed it. I was shocked at how easy it was to do a really fast mount. Even beginning at basically walking speed. No crazy flying heroics here.
From the time I initialed my mount until the time the shoes were completely fastened, the mounts took:
ITU type mount, but at a safer speed: 9 seconds
Step on top of the shoe mount: 16 seconds
Put one foot in a shoe first mount: 14 seconds
I kind of want to do a test comparing no flying mount to these three with best effort time to a certain landmark. I think the difference from slowest to fastest is going to be pretty big.
A key to making flying mounts work when you're barefoot coming out of a swim is applying chamois cream or body glide to the top of your foot and your heel before the race. Otherwise the friction against the material is just really high, even on the most wide open shoe. You can also apply it to your shoe if you're worried about it coming off before you get there. Butt Buttr (I think that's what it is called) works great.
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Ed O'Malley
www.VeloVetta.com
Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
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I have always done the "step on" flying mount - the second one I demonstrate in this video, and I always thought it was the easiest one to do, but I never tried the others. I wanted to make a tutorial for my customers going through all the different mounts, depending on their preference, so this morning I practiced the full-on flying mount a few times and then filmed it. I was shocked at how easy it was to do a really fast mount. Even beginning at basically walking speed. No crazy flying heroics here.
From the time I initialed my mount until the time the shoes were completely fastened, the mounts took:
ITU type mount, but at a safer speed: 9 seconds
Step on top of the shoe mount: 16 seconds
Put one foot in a shoe first mount: 14 seconds
I kind of want to do a test comparing no flying mount to these three with best effort time to a certain landmark. I think the difference from slowest to fastest is going to be pretty big.
A key to making flying mounts work when you're barefoot coming out of a swim is applying chamois cream or body glide to the top of your foot and your heel before the race. Otherwise the friction against the material is just really high, even on the most wide open shoe. You can also apply it to your shoe if you're worried about it coming off before you get there. Butt Buttr (I think that's what it is called) works great.
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Ed O'Malley
www.VeloVetta.com
Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
Instagram • Facebook