botto 

so he dropped you while he was going 35 km/h?

mattm

F if I know the speed, I was redlined and cross-eyed.

I took a prime a few laps later though, so don't you worry.

Racer Ex 

botto 

whoop dee doo!

mattm

I knew that would make your day.

Yep

He beat Fast Freddy in a 2up sprint this year at Snelling RR. That's pretty good.

rpeterson

Woo first DNF today. Utah crit series DLD C-flite, first lap about a quarter of the way through there's a big downhill into a fast right and left. I'm sitting in the pack and right as we're turning in someone decides to take the inside line then slams on the brakes and pulls into us. I go into the dirt and grass, guy behind me locks up and almost loses it, and the guy who went inside pulls into the pack like nothing happened. I spent the rest of the race trying to catch up before being pulled with 3 to go. I didn't even get half a lap before it was over for me, that's a new one, and I have no idea how to counter stuff like this.

beatlebee 

Ugh. Better luck next time.

echappist

+1

also report the d-bag for unsafe riding

tetonrider

a rider died at DLD last year (or was it the year before?).

Racer Ex 

Ended up 3rd in the TT Tuesday night. 1s out of 2nd, 17 off the winner. Little details.

Actually 2nd. they have me going off a second early in the calcs.

Nate552

Like a sticker?

johnybutts

I need to DNF some races... I've been racing far too conservatively.

rkwaki

Blow up or shut up

Racer Ex 

They have so many of these things on bikes these days it's nutty. I swear they have someone doing follow up and sneaking into people's houses to put more of them on.

Creakyknees

My racing advice to you:

Creakyknees

p.s. I finished DFL in the p123 Tuesday nighter this week. Still, DFL beats the 15 guys who DNF'd. I paid my $5 and I got my workout.

Creatre

Been there done that.

HMF

I like free races (ie Austin's Tuesday Nighter) but I also like $5 races. You're lucky.

Hida Yanra

that was me two weeks ago.
Go up, Show up, Blow up.
Controlled aggression is the name of the game. Something from Joe Parkin's book that stuck with me was how he described the difference between a pro's attack and an amateur's attack - along the lines of, "Amateurs attack to get away and inflict damage, Pros attack to kill" ... or some such.
Every time I've attacked this year (different than tactical moves in a RR) was with the intent to go away and stay away. Unsurprisingly, I've been much more successful. The crit on Sunday was the best crit I've ever ridden - and I didn't even salvage a pack finish out of it.
Go smash stuff, go deep, you never know what might happen.

shovelhd

How can one call themselves the promoter of a pirate race?

Creakyknees

Well, sure, but, that assumes you're there to try and win. So, you conserve until the right moment, then give it everything.

But. In a "just racing to train" context, I encourage guys to not conserve... weeknight crits are a great way to attack, blow up, grapple for the last wheel as the group blows by and try to recover... then repeat.

mattm

Racing aggressively is one thing, going beyond your limit and blowing up is not really useful except for maybe finding your limit. No need to be at either end of the passive or aggressive racing spectrum.

Also the thing about blowing is that anyone can do it..

misterwaterfall

I did this during this weeks training crit. I knew it would hurt but wanted a test to see where I was at and if I could recover after getting caught and stay with the pack. I think I found my limit

jsutkeepspining

racing so hard you blow up is for weeknight crits. weekend races are there to be won, not to blow up (exceptions are when you're racing for a teammate, and rare occurrences where you aren't trying to win).