davegibb26.2 wrote:
The very early Taren videos (prior to him selling out and becoming a shill) did a decent job of answering some of these beginner question and made it easy to start. Unfortunately he got lost and no one took up that place.I don't disagree in general, but when it came time to review an "entry level bike", and that was before supplements, magic brain illuminators and everything, he did exactly what Triathlon Magazine Canada did now - voted with his sponsorship contract.
The "entry level" bike "reviewed" by Taren was a $3500 Ventum, and he didn't even mention the possibility that this was nothing like an entry level price.
I do also agree that GTN are amazing at those beginner videos. Sometimes when I stumble upon one, I catch myself questioning how they oversimplify things and make sweeping generalizations. But that's exactly what beginners need in order to be drawn to the sport.
"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden