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FREE SPEED - The BrakeAce Book

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!

 

AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD BY PURCHASING ON THIS PAGE

 

Follow this link to order a printed copy

 

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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

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