UmneyDurak

Glad to hear he is OK for the most part. Damn that is a lot of damage!

SpeshulEd 

Very nice! I may try something similar. I was thinking of going with a longer cable and mounting the battery to the frame some how. Although, the wire coming loose could be an issue with the camera mounted to the bars.

Yeah, this is similar to what I do. I'm not sure if I do 30fps or 60, will have to look. My battery could be draining faster because I'm also snapping a photo along with the vid as well.

ips0803

Crash from one of my races yesterday. I'm off frame to the left, the guy in the blue kit puts me into the curb but we both stay up.

furiousferret

Lately I've been watching crashes to see if the person going down could have prevented it. Here it looks like there really isn't anything the guy could do; looks like the guy on the right had a close call (or was just tunneling) panicked and just went right without paying attention.

spectastic

that's just terrible

ips0803

yup pretty poor

collin2985

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This is the highlights of the race. I'll have a full video up at some point. I had a good spot going into the final 500 meters and then disaster. At the exact moment that a rider brushes past me and I glance to my left, a guy goes over the handlebars in front of me, by the time my glance to the left is over, there's a bike right in front of me on the ground. I didn't even know how it got there til I watched the video.

agoodale

I hope you weren't hurt too bad and at least learned something from that.

collin2985

I guess the lesson is to keep your head looking straight. I know that lesson but it's hard not to instinctively glance over when another rider is brushing up against you (specially when he's passing you and it's a friction kind of brushing and not just a side to side bounce) and in this case, it happened at a critical moment.

collin2985

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Full front view

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Full rear view

sijray21

i was about 2 wheels behind you to the left. i had to slam on my brakes, lean back (still got the back wheel up), and barely slowed down in-time to avoid another rider. Sorry you ended up being involved. I had really poor positioning and luck with most of the race as every incident you had in the highlight reel i was affected by. I completely agree with your good spot as so many of the front riders were surely going to pop with that headwind, incline finish...

jmikami

https://www.kgw.com/video?id=25532528...7&ref=rcvidmod

Local race coverage of our Monday night race series on our local news channel.

kleinboogie

Sounds good. Maybe mount the battery under the stem. GL

spectastic

I don't understand how they have 3 lanes on a straightaway, and still manages to have three people go down. was the wind too strong, or were people just being stupid?

UmneyDurak

Looks like the guy touched his front wheel over reacted, and well the rest is history.

mike868y

i was in that race. the sprint was long, uphill, and into a headwind. what happened, in my opinion, is the guys who hit came into the bottom of the hill first died out way too early and a whole bunch of guys came into it with more momentum and it was like two waves crashing into each other, one going "backwards" (not literally, obviously) and one going forwards.


also, collin would probably save himself about 50w if he spent half as much time cleaning his bike as he does editing helmet cam videos.

ips0803

You have a fast sweeping right hand were people are sprinting out of the corner to get position, then people on the hill into the wind basically hit a wall and don't want to do any work so everyone compresses and shenanigans start.

SpeshulEd 

Yeah, I think I'm going to try it. I have a century next weekend, hopefully it'll come in time.

carpediemracing 

That crash on the fast bit, earlier on, seemed really weird. Front wheel locked up or lost a ton of spokes? I wonder if he didn't unclip if he'd have moved around less before hitting the deck.

The final sprint crash was tough. I didn't even see how the guy hit the deck, forget about the whole reaction thing if it happened in front of me.

I'm surprised at how closely some guys pass, like why cut in so early. If the speed differential was significant I can understand but it wasn't so I don't get it.

One thing is that you want to wait for your sprint and then do your sprint. Sit on wheels, give yourself a lane to pass (by being to one side far enough that you can pass simply by moving to the side another 6-12 inches), and then wait until it's time. If you give yourself a lane to pass then you can pass if your mark blows up or gets boxed in. Find another wheel, repeat. Your lane should be on the side you think best, either protected side (wide road or the field is on the wind side) or even the wind side (if the protected side is jammed up against the curb). It's hard to do but that's what it comes down to, at least for a field sprint.

For me, once I'm not in the top whatever places like 20 or so, if it's a messy sprint then I just sit up. I'm going to blast by 10-15 guys or I'm not, and if I'm not then it's not worth it. To sprint and merely hold position isn't worth it for me unless I'm super far out in front, like leading out the sprint or similar, in which case I'll fight to the line if I can. I've led out sprints and sat up because of cramps or whatever. I've also gone into sprints sitting like 20th but I know I have a massive sprint in my legs so I go and do a massive sprint.

furiousferret

Big improvement from my last race, but there's still a lot of work to be done. First time I ever led a race, but some of it was probably others refusal to take a pull. Still now I know how futile it is to try to ride a pack off your wheel.

jmikami

Race at PIR from a week and a half ago where I placed 2nd, gives a nice view of the course we get twice a week here in Portland. I flash by the video a couple times early, then the break starts just as I pass David and his Fly6 before the 6 minute mark, I am wearing a black veloforma kit with green and red stripes on the front of my shorts. David who's bike the Fly6 is attached to bridges up to us just before the 7 minute mark. I almost get dropped in the crosswind after an attack at 9min and chase back on in the tailwind following David the whole time and getting some camera time. It looks like I am totally going to be dropped, but I don't remember ever feeling that much in trouble. Funny how that happens, glad I stayed on his wheel.

David makes a go for the win at the 11 minute mark. Tim, who won the race, bridges up to him while I pull the break to both to keep things together. I start my sprint from just in front of David, and out of sight just after the 12 minute mark while David takes the more risky, but wind protected wall side. David ended up 4th.

Was a fun race, and nice to have someone video it, and even better that it was someone who I spent a lot of time drafting.

shovelhd

What is a Fly6?

grolby

All you need for crashes to happen are nervous and/or inattentive riders and a large group. The width of the road has almost nothing to do with it.

jmikami

That is the new taillight camera they are selling now. His team is sponsored by them so they are making videos so show them off.

jmikami

Spoiler Alert: So what is up with Martin. Sucky way to end any race, much less a classic.