Ask a Cycling Coach: 118 – Cross Vegas Review with Special Guest: Keegan Swenson

• 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