VÍDEO - Mirinda Carfrae 2012 Felt DA

Mirinda 'Rinny' Carfrae está em boa forma. Ela é a campeã mundial do Ironman de 2010. Ano passado, ela ficou em segundo lugar, atrás de Chrissie Wellington, que não está competindo este ano. Então, no meu livro, isso a torna uma campeã defensora. Se você não gosta dessa classificação, você pode tentar competir com ela pelo direito de decidir, mas ela provavelmente venceria você facilmente. A garota-maravilha australiana é incrivelmente rápida, registrando o melhor tempo de maratona de Kona todos os anos nos últimos três anos consecutivos. Isso mesmo, ela estabeleceu o recorde em 2009, bateu seu próprio recorde em 2010 e o bateu novamente em 2011. Esse recorde agora é de 2:52:09, o que é muito rápido, mesmo como um tempo de maratona aberto.

O que tradicionalmente tem sido desafiador para Rinny é competir na bike contra pessoas como Chrissie Wellington e Caroline Steffen. E embora Chrissie não esteja competindo este ano, como mencionado, Steffen está. Mas Rinnie é o tipo de competidora experiente que não fica parada e segue o mesmo plano de jogo ano após ano. Carfrae continuou a refinar sua posição na bike e suas escolhas de equipamento. Ela ficou mais baixa na frente, encurtou suas manivelas, revisou sua engrenagem e refinou sua configuração de armazenamento de hidratação. Rinny continua trabalhando com Mat Steinmetz, que tem lhe dado o que só pode ser descrito como um bom conselho. As mudanças que estamos vendo na bike de Rinny indicam uma competidora que está pronta para destruir o percurso.

Essas mudanças são o tipo de coisa que muitos atletas simplesmente esquecem de fazer, e muitas pessoas simplesmente não acreditam. Mas os resultados não mentem. Lembre-se de como Craig Alexander saiu de sua derrota em 2010, e fez uma revisão completa de sua configuração com conselhos semelhantes de Steinmetz. O resultado foi que em 2011, ele caiu mais de TREZE MINUTOS de sua divisão de bicicleta. Esse é um número surpreendente, particularmente neste nível de competição, onde os ganhos são geralmente medidos em segundos. Não sei se Rinny pode esperar recuperar dez minutos de tempo, mas uma coisa é certa: ela está pronta para dar um grande show. Mal posso esperar para ver os fogos de artifício entre ela, Steffen e o resto do campo feminino no sábado.

Quebra de bicicleta

Então, vamos dar uma olhada nas mudanças que Rinny fez. Primeiro e mais importante, ela nos disse que sua posição ficou mais baixa na frente, o que significa que sua cabeça ficará um pouco mais baixa e longe do vento. O aerobar que ela está usando é o novo Profile Design Aeria, que é um guidão muito bem projetado que espero analisar em profundidade muito em breve. Entre as extensões fica um Speedfil A2, para ser usado em águas dentro do percurso.

Para compensar a diminuição do ângulo do quadril, ela tem experimentado muitas manivelas curtas, optando por 165 mm. Sou um grande defensor de usar manivelas curtas e, na verdade, estou usando 165 mm. Ela fornece folga adicional no topo do curso do pedal, permitindo uma posição mais agressiva sem comprometer, como Rinny descobriu. Ela está pilotando um protótipo SRAM Red Quarq - é o único Red Quarq de 165 mm do mundo, e algo que eu quero muito ter em mãos. É bom ver a SRAM explorando esse território, pois medidores de potência de manivela curta são difíceis de encontrar. Nenhuma palavra oficial se isso pode se tornar um item de produção, mas a SRAM está definitivamente ciente da demanda potencial.

Uma única gaiola atrás do canote e uma segunda no tubo inferior seguram misturas concentradas de calorias para manter Rinny abastecida o dia todo. Minha única recomendação seria trocar aquela garrafa no tubo inferior por uma garrafa VR estilosa que funciona tão bem com o novo quadro DA. E, claro, acho que uma Omega seria perfeita na frente daquela bicicleta, mas os acordos de patrocínio ditam o contrário.

Muito obrigado pela entrevista, Rinny! Boa sorte no sábado!


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