FREE SPEED - The BrakeAce Book
The long-awaited BrakeAce e-book - the first book about braking in MTB: Free Speed. This book serves not only as a guide for finding free speed on the trail, but documents the series of events that led to this new innovation in MTB. Free Speed includes:
- The why of measuring braking
- Science & Physics
- Case studies from years of analyzing braking in MTB
- Braking sessions from top coaches like Harlan Price and Matt Wilkins
This e-book is FREE with any BrakeAce sensor purchase.
Enjoy this exclusive introductory pricing, and apply the principles yourself to unlock your best season of riding yet!
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With BrakeAce's world-first brake power meter and analysis platform, you can finally gain an understanding of how your ride. Just like propulsive power meters have revolutionized road cycling, BrakeAce is revolutionizing mountain biking. Free Speed is a story of the history of BrakeAce and MTB research, and a guide for how to use BrakeAce to find free speed out on the trails. Inside you'll find detailed instructions on how to use BrakeAce to analyze and improve your ride, along with brand new skills sessions from professional coaches.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Matt is a passionate mountain biker and coach, having worked with riders from beginner up to the top of the World Cup. He started analyzing braking as a way to understand performance better, and founded BrakeAce to help you demytify your ride and unlocka new version of yourself.
Copyright © 2022 by Matthew C Miller
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except in the case of a reviewer, who may quote brief passages embodied in critical articles or in a review.
BrakeAce, Key Opportunities, Modulation Score & FlowScore are registered trademarks of BrakeAce Limited.
Cover photo by Tyler Perrin.
FOREWORD 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
INTRODUCTION 9
HISTORY OF POWER METERS 9
THE FIRST BRAKE POWER METER 14
THE BRAKEACE DIFFERENCE 17
WHERE BRAKEACE IS HEADED 21
THIS STORY ISN'T OVER 24
WHY WE BRAKE 26
STOPPING 27
CONTROL 29
SPEED 34
MEASURING BRAKING 40
THE PHYSICS OF BRAKING 40
WHY POWER? 45
MAKING POWER USABLE 50
THE FLOWSCORE 55
EVENT CLASSIFICATION 58
Modulation 58
Intensity 60
Long 61
Checks 61
Stabs 64
Critical 64
BRAKE BALANCE 64
BRAKING PERFORMANCE SCORES 70
HEALTH & EFFECTIVENESS 72
Brake Health 72
Brake Effectiveness 73
KEY OPPORTUNITIES 73
QUICK ANALYSIS 82
BRAKEACE’S SIX STEPS OF QUICK ANALYSIS 84
GET FASTER 88
THE BRAKEACE METHOD 89
CLOSING 93
SESSIONS 94
REFERENCES 105