Ygduf

3 minutes.

Doge

I see folk's eyes wander after 1 min. When you cut 80% of the content you are telling the story from your view. But the cycling guys (including masters) ask me sometimes not to edit and the family / friends of those ask me not to. I end up doing 2-3 cuts. One long, one < 3 min and one just of my kid or just the finish.

shovelhd

True about the editing. However there is a middle ground. If I'm asked to review a 45 minute video by checking at time a,b,c,d and looking for certain things, that's no different than editing, just lazy.

canuckbelle

I didn't miss the point at all. I'll post the whole race and give time stamps for where I'd be interested in feedback. And I don't think it's lazy. Some people may want to see the whole thing and may spot things that I wasn't expecting feedback on. So if I had edited it out, I wouldn't have gotten the feedback.

burger0014

Turkey Hill Country Classic Cat 4 Highlights

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mattm

Team mate's vid from the Cat's Hill p/1/2 yesterday:


edit: forgive the music, he just picks something free. Now I realize why so many bike race videos have the worst music ever..

Doge

Cut down lap by lap Dana Point GP Cat 2. Daniel had the wheel problem again in the sprint and was coming into final turn 3rd on his teammate Mathew's wheel. I'll post about it in the tech thread later.

https://vimeo.com/126766486
Edit: I unfortunately did not meet @misterwaterfall who was there. He made a comment about smoothness that was a jab at my thread on that topic. DPGP Cat 2 was pretty smooth and held a steady pace. I can not remember a break sticking on that race (I have seen 7/8 DPGP Cat 2s races).
I contrast that to a elite junior races there is a big difference in how the pack flows. Of course the courses are very different, this race crit was smooth :-)

Daniel was stopped 100 yards before the end. But here is a comparison.

This year 2015:


2014

shovelhd

They put the pit at the bottom of the hill? That's cruel.

Did guys shift the FD or try and carry the big ring up the steep bit?

aaronmcd

That's definitely a small ring hill! I'd approach in a slightly high gear for the 50, shift to 34 and it was perfect to start the hill for a few pedal strokes, then shift down a few more.

shovelhd

So a 53/28 wouldn't cut it?

mattm

Pit was at the start/finish, which was at the bottom. Isn't it always at the start/finish?

Last year I did half the race all in the small ring, but got dropped; however I can't blame the gearing on me getting dropped, that was lack of fitness.

Anyway I did all big-ring this year (53x25/27), and finished. It's so short that by the time you start bogging down you're over the top anyway.

misterwaterfall

Thanks for posting @Doge. I wasn't being sarcastic about your son, he was pretty fluid the whole time and did a pretty awesome job always being at the front.

shovelhd

Pits are not always at the start finish. No need to be other than convenience for the officials. At Somerville for example they are at turns two and four. In Boston they are literally in turn one.

Thanks for for your insight on the gearing.

globecanvas

Not being snarky, but what does 53x25/27 mean?

mattm

Sorry, that was confusing.

27 was my biggest in the back, but I did the next down (25) a lot as well. Maybe even 53x23 a few times.

spectastic

saturday: did alright, got some points. probably should've looked for a lead out before going for the sprint.

sunday: hard race, burned all my matches in the wind, but it would've made little difference had I had shelter. my legs were gone

spdntrxi

man that turn at 5:42 looks kinda sketch uneven... couple guys looked like they went up a little ?

mattm

Another one from Cat's Hill p/1/2, some drone footage. Gets a good view of the course and all its many many cracks!

UmneyDurak

Thoughts?
The usual story seem to be loosing positions towards the end, with added twist here of getting caught up behind the crash.

hack

Prob too little time to recover from having to chase back on with one to go, but once you caught on you never got into a position to win. You slotted in around 10th with 2 turns remaining, gave up position in turn 3, and were coming out of turn 4 too far back. Gotta be more assertive and be second or third wheel out of that last corner. That'll require a bit of effort to get into that position and hold it to the end.

Fingolfin

Bridge up, and help with my insane (T)TT effort

Thanks for the video, and glad you made it through ok.

Wylde06

Felt better than my last 2 races, but still a lot to work on..its getting better though (as far as im concerned it is)

Ygduf

I watched a couple minutes. The most striking thing, aside from space in that race, is that you're a total masher. coming out of the corners at like 80rpm/500+ watts. Shift down and your legs will thank you, I think.

mattm

Also there seems to be an infant in the race! (on the left at the start)

globecanvas

That was Tyrion Lannister. Season 5 starts to get a little wacky.