Alex Wild Reveals What Really Happened at Unbound 2025

Babe wake up, new video about Dylan 🎉

The bladder of the drink system is quite airtight.

Just blow it up to refill the space that you drank.

Or just start with an empty ( inflated ) bladder.😅

You can keep the larger shape of the hydration pack by blowing air back into it. Do it all the time. Odd you haven’t thought of that.

Thinking Tyres and set up for wish one gravel race this weekend 😂. Bit late I know..

Something about science is the results are the results. Don’t worry about the why.

I think these theoretical watt and minutes gained are pretty much bullshit!
Given that most pros use similar equipment the huge differences come from genes 🧬 and training. Pogacar has his hair hanging out his helmet vents yet this doesn’t keep him from pulling away from the peloton.
I think this is more of a sales pitch!

great conversation - especially the parts about doing 25km/h type speeds....ha ...on long endurance rides, saving energy by being aero is the goal for most.....but will certainly check out the aero-ish socks

Dylan Johnsons not even buried yet and they’re already spilling his secrets!

13 mins in the wind tunnel only
How aero are you gonna be when you're covered with mud and dust, when you're hitting those rocks, when your components are dirty etc
Thx for the video. It might help a little bit, but let's not exaggerate.

I wonder how the gains made from the fabric of the aero socks and suit hold up when they are covered in dirt. Gravel racers are always covered in dirt at the finish line.

Here's a great way to slow down the speeds of the peloton: get rid of the stupid socks. Return to normal, cotton socks, no more than 6" tall.

Just remember gravel races like road races aren't TT's and are ridden in bunches. So yes important when one breaks away from the main bunch but not when riding in the wheels.

Well it didn't seem to work at unbound this year - can't see him in the top 50 results?

Dirteen minutes 👌

10W savings for the best Aero Socks is WILD!! I thought it was more around 3-5W

Excellent info!😊

to finish first, first you must finish, or at least start the race. aero fabric doesn't mean much if you can't manage to keep yourself safe while training.

I went to South Korea to get a cranium reduction allowing me to run a XS helmet which saved me 15watts versus the XL helmet I used to use. It also stopped me over thinking about stuff, actually I don't think about much at all these days except cycling.

What if you drink from the water bag and blow air back into it, to just inflate it to hold its shape?

No longer racing, but even on a slow touring bike aero improvements like a tight jersey make an obvious speed improvemet over club fit. Solo, you're going to be in the wind 100%. Comfort matters, but I hate wide flared gravel bars. Can't live with a position elbows out position I trained to avoid. Downhill, = milk aero. Low power to maximize endurance. Less power dialed in for climbs than racing. You'll never get dropped. Stay zone 2. Aero still matters.

Are hairy hands faster than shaved hands?

Look at Remco and his aero position. He is as aero as you can get. His chest ain’t scooping the air unlike others. Yet this channel blabs on about aero socks 🧦, hydration packs, waxed chains etc!