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Yes, I didn’t have much left at the end. All part of the team plan to tire out the opposition and get the win, which we did.

Thanks Shaun, definitely one of the more interesting crit courses that I’ve done. That hurt!

Looks like someone nearly lost their front wheel, managed to stay upright but ended up shooting to the right and causing the squeeze to the curb.

That sucks - looks like you were pretty well positioned at that point. Another two chances left…

Just start doing your local races in the novice category and build from there.

Thanks to Turbo Velo, we have a few more races at Fair Park this summer before the venue is gone forever.

Haha. I guess we just end up following each other.

We do! Hopefully I can make it down there for one of the Thursday night races this year. BTW I use DaVinci Resolve for the video editing and the split screen setup is a custom Fusion effect that I created - happy to share that with you if you use Resolve.

I use FCP for now but I bet I can work something like that. The big expense now is overlays....I used Garmin Virb edit but it is now broken....so the replacement is $150 @@samfindlater

@@BrianFaure Good thing about Resolve is that the free version offers everything that I need. And yes, overlays are a bit of a pain so I often don't bother. When I do, I use DashWare to create separate data videos and then Resolve to put them in the black rectangles top left and bottom right (so not really overlaying on top of the video). Anyway, if you do decide to give Resolve a try let me know and I'll share what knowledge I have as well as the custom effect. My email is my full name (separated by a dot) at gmail.com

It was fun, although tricky with such a large and high quality field. Overall a great weekend of racing. I’d definitely recommend it if you can make it next year.

You’re welcome. Just trying the process again to see if I can get better image quality. The original is better than what RUclips shows.

@@samfindlater It looks pretty good at 2160 4k.

yeah I noticed that too

Yeah. I was moving up the left side because an attack was going up the right, and Shawn moved left to the edge. I anticipated him moving left, which is why I backed off moving up, held my position, and got back on the road as quickly as possible.

@@ryancrissey Clearly well handled by a National Champion. Congrats Ryan

Haha. As long as you’re satisfied with main pack action. I can’t offer any insight into breakaway activities, at least not this year.

@@samfindlater I was in a break for about 30 seconds in this race.

Unlucky that it wasn’t the one which stuck.

Thanks! Just wish I could do the commentary like you. Maybe I’ll give it another try…

@@samfindlater yes, you should try. Practice makes perfect.

I didn’t actually realize that you’d missed the start until I watched your video last night. When we lapped you I just assumed that you’d been on the front and I’d missed you moving up. Shows hows easy it is to lose track of the situation during a race. Congrats on the series win for the team. I’m hoping that I can play a bigger part in the final series as my fitness slowly returns.

@@samfindlater never assume I have been off the front. The opposite conclusion will be correct 99.9% of the time. 😅

⁠@@Wapiarieshaha, so you’re saying that you’re more likely to miss the start than being in a breakaway?

@@samfindlater correct!

Yeah, tricky when it's a large group without the usual crosswind to break things up.

Thanks Rodney. It was always going to be very difficult for me to make the podium against those three guys.

Sure was - these hill repeats just wear you down!

I did for the RR, but without cameras (or much form either, so it was a struggle).

GoPro HERO9. Syncing is done manually in DaVinci Resolve by comparing the audio signals.

Yes, probably a bit safer than the cat 3 race. Sorry to hear you went down and hope your recovery is going well.

Yeah, it's a tough one. I did at least have better positioning here compared to Saturday, but again, just didn't have the fitness to stay there. Well done on finishing!

Thanks, and yes, nice to be able myself in a video for a change! Totally agree about mid-pack being tough and taking the corners too slowly. I knew I should move up but just didn't have the fitness to do that and stay there.

I was until the start of this year then I downgraded. There’s no way I’m at cat 2 level these days. Not even sure I should be a 3 🙂

@@samfindlater ah.. always saw you had a great sprint!

Thanks!

Thanks. I guess I'm not quite as washed up as I thought I was. Not yet anyway.

I was 47 back then. Even now I can still get to the high 180s.