@@jordoncollins1332 heck yeah!

@@mcdonnellmyles hope it went well 👍

@@whothat4684 fantastic question! He would choose track bike cranks sizes today, 165mm running 45/18

@@NWDestroy hell yeah

What’s up KB Senior! Loved how you and Kendall rolled on the Bmx scene. You were ahead of the times trying different crank sizes and gear ratios! Man, I need a Tiger Teeth 46!? Do you still happen to have any? Greg Romero

i'm curious what's driving this decision. my daughter is a new rider and has been riding a lender dk sprinter mini. The other day, they accidentally gave her a a junior size (which obviously comes with bigger cranks). she felt like she was getting more power, even though she's too small for that bike.

@@venchee4906 a bit more leverage for a bigger rollout

I agree and you can choose with intent, what your mind state is, every time.

For me, jumping made sense when it was either more consistent and roughly the same outcome in terms of maintaining or gaining speed over a particular obstacle. Manualing made sense when it was simply faster to do. Sometimes you can get a bigger pump off the backside with a manual compared to simply jumping.

Looks like you wanted to reply to someone’s comment, bud it just looks like a random comment 👍

I love them too (until freewheels became a thing) 🤣

Let's put it this way, at max settings he'd have to seriously be seriously pulling up into the bars to drive his legs down as his bodyweight isn't that high.

He’s doing 180+

@@BMXTraining Ok, let's assume the 180 cadence. As a pro international coach said the top cyclists can do 1800-2000 watts. Only if your on performance enhancers can you do above 2000. The world's best do 21x watt/kg. This guy is purporting to do 31x or something similar. Sorry, I smell BS. He'd be a world class track cyclist, he doesn't have the physical stature to deliver 2600 watts, the kilo world record holder can deliver 2000 watts. Anyway, I don't really care. I just think BS is going on.

John, man, I now understand the context, thank you, and you're filtering based off of what you know of cyclists. Please consider the demands of BMX racing. The race is about getting ahead of the guy next to you from a stand start and you have to do this pretty much within the first full pedal stroke out of the gate. This is where torque is at it's highest. Whereas, a track sprinter, or even a road sprinter are producing maximum power when generally there is less inertia to overcome as they're already in motion. BMXers are not trained to wind up for 10 seconds and then produce a 10 second high averaged all out sprint like track cycling sprinters. We're trained to produce high torque from a stand start, that's it. It's nothing exciting. Nic is producing his peak torque from a stand start. It's not uncommon for even amateur BMXers to produce above 2000 watts on any given test (no sauce needed) Shoot, I even hit a peak of 2200 back in the year 2000, not that big of a deal for BMXers. Again, from a stand start. Could BMXers cross over to track? Yes and no. Jamie Staff won a gold medal at the Olympics being the number one starter in the team sprint for GB. Roy Vanderburgh for Netherlands is another one who is a gold medal BMX cross over into track. But just because some coach says top cyclist produce 2000 watts, doesn't make everybody that can do that an automatic Elite track racer. And top track racers that cross over to BMX would get smoked out of the gate by pros who produce less watts, Context matters. And in this case, Nic still destroyed the watt bike within a 3 second drop. It's what he is trained to do, get the holeshot, and he grabbed the holeshot at the 2016 Olympic final. He would get lit up in a match sprint. On a road bike, he wouldn't mske it pass 5km. On a flying 200, he would cramp on the wind up, and he would have a tough time doing a stand start with a heavy track gear. The demand is different. BMXers are known for precision first 3 seconds. Hopefully this make sense, or not.@@John-ou4rm

@@BMXTraining No because 1s peak power IS a measurement test that is used. Watt bike was designed for cycling teams and then became used by professional sports teams. I actually have a watt bike pro. Physics comes into play, the absolute top of class at world level sprint can do around 2000 watt for 1s (or part therefore as watt bike measures 100x per second). Which is generally around 21 watts per kg. This guy is achieving around 31. It's actually and almost certainly impossible unless you're taking steroids etc. It's like being 20% better than the absolute world's best, and they have a muscle physique to indicate why they can push out 2000 watts I'd say he's spoofed the data into the control box.

What’s your credentials to determine this?

Are you looking through a dark filter Jacob? Any who, what do we want to learn or talk about in 2024?

lol. Those are live streams..What do you want to learn and how long does it need to be for you? 😃

@BMXTraining no, I totally understand. I watch some of them. But freeing up an hour or so is hard, especially while trying to absorb the info. I'm 46, and I got back into bmx racing at the beginning of 2023. Usabmx put me in intermediate, even though I haven't raced or been on track in 15 years. So, I'm trying to learn proper workout routines. There seems to be plenty of videos on gates, on bike parts and set up, and even some less than 2 minute videos on cornering and passing. But when it comes to nutrition and excersize, it's very lacking. I have a gate, a Sprint block, and i even built a weight room in my spare bedroom. But not knowing what you are doing or when and how to do it sux. The local gyms have been no help either (I do live in a small college town) because all they know is how to burn fat or get ripped 😆 😅 I think some 25-30 min videos that just explained things without the live stream banter, that just got to the meat of the lesson, would be popular. I'm not alone either, I've talked to a lot of people at tracks across the country. They all agree that those type videos would be great. I'm not bagging on your videos, I just want to get stronger and faster, and the ability to get that info is not there. Thanks

Interesting stuff. I'm eager to happen upon more of your comments ✌🏼