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Making a kilometer blurry
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agreed. would be cool to have cameras on every pro's bike, and then while watching (via the web) one could switch back and forth between the feeds from various riders, all with real-time telemetry, of course. would have been super cool to compare cav's view during that same sprint.
one day!
one day!
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Couple videos from Barrio Logan. Cat 4 and Cat 3/4 which was really the 3 race. Also a skateboard fail that happened during the 4 race. The good news is it didn't hurt until the next day and the camera rig did its job, unlike me it stayed on it's feet.
Edit: Added Pro 1/2 race
Edit: Added Pro 1/2 race
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This is what makes pro sprints so unreal to me. I understand hitting over 40, I don't understand how they have the ability to do that with such painful leadouts and jumps they make in the final couple of Ks.
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Bummer about the bar plug. It's one of the basic rules, one of the few bike related rules. I preach this all the time, no one seems to listen until they get hit by a rules violation, but read the rule book. It's the first thing a racer ought to do, and it's what a racer told me when I wanted to get into racing. I skimmed it, didn't really read it, but when the racer quizzed me I failed ("what constitutes a free lap?" "what determines when you finish, like when what crosses the line?" "do you need a bar plug?" etc). So I went and really read the rule book. We were in about half of our classes together in high school so half my day was spent learning about bike racing.
On the other hand you seemed to be in a much better place as far as the last lap goes. I can't tell how fast things were relatively speaking, but it looks like everyone was content with your work. You might have been able to reduce that work, by easing when possible. If you end up at the front like that you can gauge your effort to minimize it, instead of blindly going at some arbitrary pace. Go a bit easier, checking back (by looking down, not turning around) to see if you're starting to get swarmed. If you are then go harder to keep guys behind you. You can quickly get a reading on what the others will accept. Repeat, hopefully keeping more in the tank for the actual finish. Keep in mind that for "course features" (turns especially) the acceptable pace will probably be much higher. Good job though, and a great race for trying things out.
On the other hand you seemed to be in a much better place as far as the last lap goes. I can't tell how fast things were relatively speaking, but it looks like everyone was content with your work. You might have been able to reduce that work, by easing when possible. If you end up at the front like that you can gauge your effort to minimize it, instead of blindly going at some arbitrary pace. Go a bit easier, checking back (by looking down, not turning around) to see if you're starting to get swarmed. If you are then go harder to keep guys behind you. You can quickly get a reading on what the others will accept. Repeat, hopefully keeping more in the tank for the actual finish. Keep in mind that for "course features" (turns especially) the acceptable pace will probably be much higher. Good job though, and a great race for trying things out.
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Here is the first part. I just uploaded the entire file right off of the Contour. The last ~7.5 minutes is uploading right now and will be done at some point hopefully soon...
Missed my clip in and generally sucked out there yesterday. Can't wait to race again. Because as "bad" as I have been doing, pretty much since I started, I'm still having fun doing it..and I am going to get it right one day hopefully very soon.
Missed my clip in and generally sucked out there yesterday. Can't wait to race again. Because as "bad" as I have been doing, pretty much since I started, I'm still having fun doing it..and I am going to get it right one day hopefully very soon.
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+1 Can you get closer to the riders in front of you? Even if you're doing an "offset draft", where you're a foot or two to the side, it'll really help you get shelter. There's a "group" draft that's larger than any given single draft so being closer to the group overall will really help, even if you're not "on a wheel" per se.
An exercise you can try is sitting on one rider's wheel. Follow that one rider's line, do everything they do. Try to pick one that has some good habits, like they don't swerve in corners, they hold a straight line on the straights, don't brake really hard all of a sudden, etc. I think a lot of the more experienced riders do this subconsciously. It's less stressful to follow a solid wheel and you can put it into cruise control just a bit.
I can't tell but are you looking ahead or looking more down? Part of the secret of drafting is to look ahead of the rider in front of you. Yes, I look directly at the rider in front sometimes, to check clearance (usually now so I can relate said clearance in a response like this), but most of the time I'm looking ahead.
When I'm tired I tend to hang my head. A lot of riders, friends or just friendly rivals, have pointed this out. In that case I am doing a TT look, looking up from under my eyebrows.
An exercise you can try is sitting on one rider's wheel. Follow that one rider's line, do everything they do. Try to pick one that has some good habits, like they don't swerve in corners, they hold a straight line on the straights, don't brake really hard all of a sudden, etc. I think a lot of the more experienced riders do this subconsciously. It's less stressful to follow a solid wheel and you can put it into cruise control just a bit.
I can't tell but are you looking ahead or looking more down? Part of the secret of drafting is to look ahead of the rider in front of you. Yes, I look directly at the rider in front sometimes, to check clearance (usually now so I can relate said clearance in a response like this), but most of the time I'm looking ahead.
When I'm tired I tend to hang my head. A lot of riders, friends or just friendly rivals, have pointed this out. In that case I am doing a TT look, looking up from under my eyebrows.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
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Im usually looking ahead and not so much down. I might glance down every now and then but usually if I am off the back then I will kind of drop my head. I try not to focus too hard at the person directly in front of me if I am close on someones wheel.
Latching on and staying on a wheel is something I have been trying to work on, especially in turns (among other things). Im hoping that it will click here soon and I find myself more towards the front and not hanging on in the back. I crashed last year at the beginning of the season in a corner when someone grabbed their brakes and again at the end of the season in my clubs last crit (people going down...ran out of room so I hit the curb) so ive been working on getting my "bubble" back down to where it was before the first one at the beginning of last season.
Latching on and staying on a wheel is something I have been trying to work on, especially in turns (among other things). Im hoping that it will click here soon and I find myself more towards the front and not hanging on in the back. I crashed last year at the beginning of the season in a corner when someone grabbed their brakes and again at the end of the season in my clubs last crit (people going down...ran out of room so I hit the curb) so ive been working on getting my "bubble" back down to where it was before the first one at the beginning of last season.
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Final Lap here, the full race is up however most of it is nothing but wheel surfing.
Full Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7tjfDmLMI
Full Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7tjfDmLMI
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Way to make the 12 year old do all of the work coming in to the last lap.
Any reason you were in the IAB's the whole back stretch? Gotta save those watts man
Any reason you were in the IAB's the whole back stretch? Gotta save those watts man
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I was trying to shed the field, but 2 stayed on. Since I have no clue what I'm doing, I didn't check my six enough and force the others to do work.
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Bummer about the bar plug. It's one of the basic rules, one of the few bike related rules. I preach this all the time, no one seems to listen until they get hit by a rules violation, but read the rule book. It's the first thing a racer ought to do, and it's what a racer told me when I wanted to get into racing. I skimmed it, didn't really read it, but when the racer quizzed me I failed ("what constitutes a free lap?" "what determines when you finish, like when what crosses the line?" "do you need a bar plug?" etc). So I went and really read the rule book. We were in about half of our classes together in high school so half my day was spent learning about bike racing.
On the other hand you seemed to be in a much better place as far as the last lap goes. I can't tell how fast things were relatively speaking, but it looks like everyone was content with your work. You might have been able to reduce that work, by easing when possible. If you end up at the front like that you can gauge your effort to minimize it, instead of blindly going at some arbitrary pace. Go a bit easier, checking back (by looking down, not turning around) to see if you're starting to get swarmed. If you are then go harder to keep guys behind you. You can quickly get a reading on what the others will accept. Repeat, hopefully keeping more in the tank for the actual finish. Keep in mind that for "course features" (turns especially) the acceptable pace will probably be much higher. Good job though, and a great race for trying things out.
On the other hand you seemed to be in a much better place as far as the last lap goes. I can't tell how fast things were relatively speaking, but it looks like everyone was content with your work. You might have been able to reduce that work, by easing when possible. If you end up at the front like that you can gauge your effort to minimize it, instead of blindly going at some arbitrary pace. Go a bit easier, checking back (by looking down, not turning around) to see if you're starting to get swarmed. If you are then go harder to keep guys behind you. You can quickly get a reading on what the others will accept. Repeat, hopefully keeping more in the tank for the actual finish. Keep in mind that for "course features" (turns especially) the acceptable pace will probably be much higher. Good job though, and a great race for trying things out.
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