The Race Video Thread!
01-03-14, 03:36 PM
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01-03-14, 04:21 PM
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WR - I wasn't really being facetious - Austin is too nice a place to ride to go there without a bike. I damned sure wouldn't, but then I'm close enough that I'd drive anyway.
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01-03-14, 09:56 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
01-15-14, 02:31 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Great video. Yum.
01-15-14, 05:42 PM
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We tried to put on a good show last year!
And even had a "crowd participation" crash segment as well:
Downhill into that corner, it was only a matter of time.. of course this had to happen with 2 or 3 laps to go!! I was lucky to avoid it.
And even had a "crowd participation" crash segment as well:
Downhill into that corner, it was only a matter of time.. of course this had to happen with 2 or 3 laps to go!! I was lucky to avoid it.
01-15-14, 06:05 PM
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01-16-14, 01:19 PM
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01-18-14, 04:08 PM
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01-18-14, 09:31 PM
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There were two teams in yellow, which I confused for one team at first.
I really like that guy's videos, some of the racing is really aggressive but it seems that for the most part the riders can deal with the craziness.
I really like that guy's videos, some of the racing is really aggressive but it seems that for the most part the riders can deal with the craziness.
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01-18-14, 11:04 PM
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01-18-14, 11:07 PM
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Guy who won (Justin) was on Trek's U23 team 2 years ago, raced in Europe most of the season. He was telling me some of the drills he and his cousins (3 of the fastest guys I've ever seen up close!) do for practicing bike handling. One I can't imagine: hands on hoods, get close to eachother, reach out & lock fingers while riding. Crazy stuff. But they can navigate a pack without a second thought and with an inch to spare.
01-19-14, 08:02 PM
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Guy who won (Justin) was on Trek's U23 team 2 years ago, raced in Europe most of the season. He was telling me some of the drills he and his cousins (3 of the fastest guys I've ever seen up close!) do for practicing bike handling. One I can't imagine: hands on hoods, get close to eachother, reach out & lock fingers while riding. Crazy stuff. But they can navigate a pack without a second thought and with an inch to spare.
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01-20-14, 12:19 AM
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01-20-14, 06:17 AM
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The #2 drill is in that same field practicing rubbing your front wheel against rear wheel in front of you.
If you are brand new, it is best to do this in tennis shoes the first time.
More advanced stuff like the above mentioned "locking of fingers" on the road, might want to take a back seat until all other basics have been worked out.
01-20-14, 06:25 AM
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01-20-14, 08:12 AM
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01-20-14, 08:47 AM
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Some of the drills I've done with success:
1. Leaning/bumping, typically on grass, but in the clinics at races we do this carefully on pavement. Speeds on pavement can reach 20-25 mph, on grass 8-12 mph.
2. Touching wheels, culminating in the "circle slalom crit" where everyone tosses a bottle on the ground and we all slalom through the bottles, ideally in full contact with at least one other rider. Going 3-4 wide means someone has full contact with at least two riders to the side and hopefully one or two riders fore/aft. Speeds are about walking pace. This to me was the most useful final type of drill, encompassing everything the riders learned. It also avoided the "t-bone tackle" moves that resulted in the "last man standing" exercises I've done before.
3. Learning to ride with your hips on your top tube ("picking things up off the ground") and learning to let the bike roll backwards ("trackstands"). These promote comfort with what are instinctively uncomfortable situations.
The finger locking thing is interesting because it goes one step beyond the "circle slalom crit".
I've heard of, tried, and rejected things like the brake lever in the butt (apparently that's how some euro-dogs would signal you're not going fast enough, by hitting you from behind). I can't think of anything else off hand but that was definitely one that I didn't think was necessary or promoted "better bike handling", at least not in the normal grassroots type racer environment.
1. Leaning/bumping, typically on grass, but in the clinics at races we do this carefully on pavement. Speeds on pavement can reach 20-25 mph, on grass 8-12 mph.
2. Touching wheels, culminating in the "circle slalom crit" where everyone tosses a bottle on the ground and we all slalom through the bottles, ideally in full contact with at least one other rider. Going 3-4 wide means someone has full contact with at least two riders to the side and hopefully one or two riders fore/aft. Speeds are about walking pace. This to me was the most useful final type of drill, encompassing everything the riders learned. It also avoided the "t-bone tackle" moves that resulted in the "last man standing" exercises I've done before.
3. Learning to ride with your hips on your top tube ("picking things up off the ground") and learning to let the bike roll backwards ("trackstands"). These promote comfort with what are instinctively uncomfortable situations.
The finger locking thing is interesting because it goes one step beyond the "circle slalom crit".
I've heard of, tried, and rejected things like the brake lever in the butt (apparently that's how some euro-dogs would signal you're not going fast enough, by hitting you from behind). I can't think of anything else off hand but that was definitely one that I didn't think was necessary or promoted "better bike handling", at least not in the normal grassroots type racer environment.
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01-20-14, 09:08 AM
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