A slightly different angle to the usual PC report.
I won a set at IMFL last year and used them exclusively for about a month in March. Interestingly, while I "adapted" pretty easily, I did it by cheating. Specifically, I pushed bigger gears, which was much easier for me. Pre-PC's, I was a 95+ spinner, but with the PC's, I really couldn't spin that cadence. In order to keep up my volume, I pushed bigger gears at about 65-75 cadence, and was able to ride decent volume (4 hours) within a few weeks.
Say what you want, but without being "forced" to push a bigger gear by having the PC's, I wouldn't have figured out that if you actually turn circles with a bigger gear, you can....wait for it.....GO FASTER.
Anyway, last year at Gulf Coast, I biked 2:51. This year I biked 2:27 (22.8), good for 29/219 AG and 89/1051 men. Some of the increase was clearly due to bike volume from last year's IMFL push and having a killer bike (TitanFlex/404 setup fucking rocks), but in reality there was no way I could have biked 23 mph spinning like a madman.
When I took the PCs off for my spring races, I wasn't sure I would put them back on, as they made biking feel like "work". Now, I am committed to putting them back on, and leaving them on, til IM raceday.
Oh, I ran faster too...
Thanks Frank.
I won a set at IMFL last year and used them exclusively for about a month in March. Interestingly, while I "adapted" pretty easily, I did it by cheating. Specifically, I pushed bigger gears, which was much easier for me. Pre-PC's, I was a 95+ spinner, but with the PC's, I really couldn't spin that cadence. In order to keep up my volume, I pushed bigger gears at about 65-75 cadence, and was able to ride decent volume (4 hours) within a few weeks.
Say what you want, but without being "forced" to push a bigger gear by having the PC's, I wouldn't have figured out that if you actually turn circles with a bigger gear, you can....wait for it.....GO FASTER.
Anyway, last year at Gulf Coast, I biked 2:51. This year I biked 2:27 (22.8), good for 29/219 AG and 89/1051 men. Some of the increase was clearly due to bike volume from last year's IMFL push and having a killer bike (TitanFlex/404 setup fucking rocks), but in reality there was no way I could have biked 23 mph spinning like a madman.
When I took the PCs off for my spring races, I wasn't sure I would put them back on, as they made biking feel like "work". Now, I am committed to putting them back on, and leaving them on, til IM raceday.
Oh, I ran faster too...
Thanks Frank.