6 Free Speed Maintenance Tips | Make Your Bike Feel Like New On Race Day

When it comes to going faster on the bike, many of us think it's all about hard training and work to make ourselves fitter and stronger. There are actually other ways to make ourselves faster that requires very little physical effort. Yep - Free Speed!

When it comes to going faster on the bike, many of us will automatically think of all the hard training and work that is required to make ourselves fitter and stronger.

However, there are actually other ways to make ourselves faster, that require very little physical effort. Yep - Freespeed!

Mark is here to share his Free Speed tips with you!

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What do you do to prep you bike for race day? Let us know!

[neilshannon]

You're absolutely right with the chain Mark. When going from one as dirty as mine gets, it's like riding a new bike after you've cleaned it.
I think I can say from all of us, thanks for making great videos with friendly, helpful advice.
Ride safe everyone

[phxrsx]

I'm a converted chain waxer. Once you get everything laid out its pretty quick. You actually save time by not having to clean your chain after every ride.

[EricRidesDirt]

Love that you included the jockey wheels!!!!

[IronWill]

Great tips, as usual! Worthwhile doing these as often as possible, though I'm guilty of putting these off for months at a time (especially the chains) :/ Looking forward to getting some free bike speed in my next IRONMAN 70.3 in November by making sure my bike is clean and well assembled!

[bizzehdee]

I always clean my drivetrain, but i forget my jockey wheels all the time, until this weekend when I serviced my rear mech, took the jockey wheels out and cleaned them. Totally forgot that they have 3 holes in each, they were that covered in crap, they looked like solid disks 😁😁

[michaelutano]

During Syracuse 70.3 my bolts on the saddle came loose, and i was stuck riding 15mi with my saddle all the way back and titled upwards. Needless to say but my back was screaming at me from being so streched out up the last bitt of the ride. Not fun.

[cinthyalc]

Thanks for this great content lately! ❤️

[khinsabae]

GTN, please help me. I experience from hot toes during long rides (over 100 miles), when my toes get very sensitive, tingly and feel pain when going over rough roads. How can I prevent this from
happening? Many Thanks.

[happydays]

Show some more of The P5X that you flashed onto a third of the way into this.

[RoryMacdonald-pfff]

Wait. What? A chain for a standard group set has around 40, 000 moving or mechanical parts? I’ve replayed that part of the vid 3 times now, still don’t understand where you get the number from.

[nikhoward]

On a race at the weekend I joked with a guy after who’d lost one of the tri bar ski poles mid race - it does happen

[jk]

deflating your tyres might give you more grip, but it will also provide more friction, probably cancelling all your other adaptions. For example you will notice better fuel efficiency while driving your car on a long journey with fully inflated tyres compared to partially deflated tyres.

[TriathlonDan]

I’ve already done all of these 😭😭 desperate times

[trbeyond]

Tidy up any cables that are exposed. Free speed

[phxrsx]

There is no shame in using mountain bike cleats.