bostongarden

You watch these videos without mute on?

shovelhd

Mattm's have finger wagging and waving, UmneyDurak's have yelling. Part of the show.

bostongarden

I commend you for thrusting yourself into the experience.

UmneyDurak

Thanks. I was definitely red-lining.

Good think I didn't post a video from my POV, there would be bunch of whimpering heard to. lol.

So what did you mean by previous post?

mattm

Oh yeah forgot to mention; the finger waving in my vid by the blue/white guy was because my team mate attacked for a prime for the break.

Which would normally be dumb, but he was going for omnium points. Blue/white guy should've known that his team mate is the guy we're trying to gain points on, and should've tried to take the prime away.

The Domestique

It's going better. Fitness seems to be the best tactic.

collin2985

Ohhh so this is what happens when you train for crits and enter a stage race...
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Dutch Jazz

Hey Domestique, I like your video's, great production value.

I do feel your positioning is what cost you in the end though. You were third or fourth wheel thoughout it seems, and often not ideally tucked in.

Also, it seems that your team tried a tactic, and sticked to it. That is great. And great learning. The attack-and-counterattack is a fun strategy to do. But it does mean that in the second to last lap you had to commit to it. Your teammate was just caught, that was the moment for you to go. At 4:49 was another moment to go. But of course, you have to have the legs for it.

Great fun though!

furiousferret

Good videos @The Domestique @collin2985

canuckbelle

I still don't understand the stuff you're saying. Why do you expect anyone (not on your team) to listen to you?

globecanvas

I assume these are practice crits and he's just having fun, and captions like "the group is not interested in my advice" are tongue in cheek. Alternative possibility is that he's one of those pack general type of guys that everybody wants to stab to death, but I prefer the first interpretation.

The Domestique

Yes, tongue-in-cheek. I don't believe the second is true. Guys are actually really nice and openly thankful to have someone chopping up the race so they can show their friends. There are a large number of racers who credit the videos as the reason they had the confidence to come out.

This field has a tendency to chase everything that moves, including guys who have no fitness or attack at odd times. I was simply reminding them they a lap 2 attack has little chance of success.

globecanvas

Sounds good. "Let him go so we can have some fun" is certainly something I've thought in the past, if not said out loud.

spectastic

it was hard to move up towards the end, and I started my sprint too far back to have a chance.

save10

Not my video (but from a friends tail cam)

from burlingame 35+3/4s..last 20 minutes

highlights

me and @hack riding side by side like besties at about 2:50
me crashing like an idiot at about at about 4:15, i get pushed back in at about 8:05
me avoiding a crashed dude at about 15:00
the aftermath of hack's spill around 19:00

it was a fun course actually and we moving pretty good for some old cat 3's and 4's

UmneyDurak

Damn that is a nice recover by a dude at 19:25 or so.

What's with a crash at 21:22?

hack

Maybe a clipped pedal and a bit of wobble before the crash. There's a bit of rounding on the inside of that corner and if you weren't ready for it you could easily clip a pedal or get a bit of bounce when seated.

The Domestique

This turned out to be a good one.

furiousferret

Next video I'm going to spray paint the title onto the road.

canuckbelle

Did you mark who the others were who lapped the field? Are you responding to *every* break, or just break attempts by those who've lapped the field? If it's the former: why?! I assume you're only responding to attacks by those who've lapped the field, right?

Doge

https://vimeo.com/132168554

UmneyDurak

Damn 150 riders in a crit course.

The Domestique

No. We knew who had lapped. Tim, the guy we chased, was one of those guys up a lap. That's a really good reminder for all of us. It's hard to remember sometimes when you're suffering, who's up the road.

furiousferret

Enjoyed the video, whatever you do don't total your bike cus you'll get about 20 posts like, 'should have got another bike instead of all those cameras' like the guy last year.

Doge

It was a bit less, but same deal - not a good deal. My son does it because he likes to, but winning is not so significant for juniors, and not winning/just riding is a very high opportunity for crashing. He rides the front, so a bit safer and I can deal with it, but that may be less than the best position to win.