Originally Posted by chelboed
Well, I only got through 1/2 of it...did I miss the tech part?
I don't know whether you did or not.
Video often flattens terrain a great deal, unless you're shooting from a very low angle (i.e. not helmetcam).
I have some video from the ride that wasn't used (climbing) where I'm fully red-ringered and barely maintaining traction/keeping the front wheel down and it looks like I'm riding on a flat, mellow trail.
Also, my helmetcam footage is typically much less bouncy/shaky/epileptic than many other vids so the roughness of the trail surface can be deceiving.
So I guess that yes, you missed some tech stuff.