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@doomguyzwifting it was super sketchy! Funny this was the only day with no crashes tho 🤪

Thanks a lot! Was surprised by the gap and decided to try and make the most of it 😀

Oh the gaps are brutal! 😂 I was aware of this during the race and really struggling to figure it out. After really looking at the video and thinking about the race, I was too scared to fully swing out after each turn and as a result would cut each corner too tight and open up gaps. Just a comfort thing at this point not wanting to be too close to other riders. I’ll figure it out tho! Thanks so much for watching/commenting and for the advice!!

😂 I’m willing to bet you were 600-700 watts plus on every one of those corners where you had gaps. There were a few laps where you took decent lines and stayed relatively sheltered from the wind. Your HR dropped into the 150s. But with the super sketchy 4/5 field, I get wanting to keep distance. You’ll get more confident as you do more races and rewatch footage comparing it to power and HR. What’s your power profile? Sprinter?

@@velmersglue oof. Yeah if I could have ridden that way the whole race it would have been great. I am very much a sprinter/puncher profile, but those surges took it out of me. Hoping to upgrade to some power pedals this Christmas and will be super interested to see how that translates to my races 😎

You totally should! I hope to be back at Snake Alley next year so maybe I'll see you there :) Thanks for watching/commenting!

​@Tony Rides your video camera back up on my feed today of suggested videos to re-watch. I actually rode both events this year, and finished both! Working on my editing, so hopefully I'll have it posted soon.

Hey Spencer! I do have footage of day 4. I'm currently editing day 3 and 4 and should have those up soon. I was caught up in a crash right out of the start and ended up spending the rest of the race trying to catch up. I'm not 100% sure if I caught the crash, but I think I saw the aftermath. Stay tuned as I post those here in the next few days!

@@TonyRides Thank you so much! I was in the crash and have been trying to find a good view of me in it lol I look forward to your upload!

@@smelgreen You got it!

Thanks a lot Marc! Appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching/commenting!

Aye! I hailed from the Longmont/Boulder area before moving to the midwest! Glad you made the trip Garrick and thanks for watching/commenting 👊Yeah, in hindsight I think it was the right move. I just needed better fitness and/or some better luck to make it work. That's interesting on the rider clipping in at the start, I had no idea. Also, I'll share my 4th race soon, but there was absolute disaster at the start and being a beginning racer I didn't fully understand free laps. Something I wish I knew better and I paid the price for it. Thanks again Garrick!

Ironically, i said to myself, there's a wheel i don't want....the guy's looking around a lot and a little jerky. I was relieved when he pulled ahead-then he crashes and takes down a big bunch.

@@hoogabooga9736 Sheesh 😰

Ahhhh yeah it's a pretty ugly crash that could definitely have been avoided 😬 Glad you avoided it. I'll check out your angle as well! Thanks for watching/commenting Trey and great racing as well!

It looks like the guy got nervous around the bump in the corner and lost just a touch of traction in the back wheel. When it caught it stood him and the bike up which threw him right and into the rider next to him

@@velmersglue yeah exactly

Awesome!! I’ve likely got some great footage of you in the next races as well🤘Stay tuned as I’ll be posting those in the next few days. Good racing Matt!!

Second what Matt said - I’m in the Bianchi, great first race! Looks like you edged me out by one spot!

@@cwtkbd Aye! Nice race too Charles! That was a ton of fun. Keep an eye out for the other races if you were in them, I’ll be posting soon. Thanks for watching/commenting!🤘

Go solo cuz yolo!! 🤪

He'll never expect this 🤣

😂😂😂

I am using a Mac and I didn't have any issues with the sync screens working. I did, however, need to use Handbrake to convert my GoPro footage in order for Garmin Virb to be able to export it correctly. Took a long time to figure that out. Let me know if you run into any more problems or have any other questions. Yeah, I'm happy with all the gauge options on Garmin Virb and hope to get a power meter soon so I can start incorporating power data into the videos! 💪

@@TonyRides Power meter is really going to up your training and your video game! It's super fun to watch during races/KOMs and on climbs. 👍🏻 What format are you having to change to with Handbrake? I haven't had any issue with exports on PC. Interesting! Thanks for the info on Virb. I'll have to do some more deep dives on forums and find workaround for the map screen. I think there are some settings you have to change in regedit to made the old Internet Explorer the default for a program instead of Edge? I was curious about your workflow, too... I like using the GoPro Quik App for edits because of the easy beat autosync. But this means I take footage from microSD to PC, apply telemetry to individual vids (which is a lot of manual syncing GPS points), then upload telemetry vids to GoPro Cloud, download to phone/tablet, then edit in Quick for Andoid. Do you have better ways for workflow on that?? I'm curious about your process if you don't mind sharing!

@@nitrokyle5 I cannot wait for the power meter! Thinking about some pedals so I can swap them out easily. Racing in the St Louis Gateway Cup Series in September and it would be awesome to have them by that time! Yeah so my workflow is: 1) Export GoPro footage to Mac 2) Convert GoPro footage using Handbrake to H.264 format with the mp4 extension - This setting is found under Presets > Matroska - If I didn't do this I would get an export error in Garmin Virb 3) Import converted footage to Garmin Virb, upload .fit file from Strava, and add data overlays - Once I styled the data gauges I saved it as a custom template preset so that I can just click a button to load my overlay template 4) Sync each video clip (footage is split in 4GB clips) with the .fit GPS location - Super annoying but I have to sync each individual clip, I haven't been able to find a workaround in which Garmin will sync GPS data across all clips at once 5) Export video and start an Adobe Premiere Pro project 6) Add the finishing touches (start line, lap counter, text graphics, etc...) and export Hopefully that helps a bit! There are so many ways to do it and I'm not sure there's an easy one😅

@Tony Rides I have the Assioma Duo pedals and I absolutely love them. My bro has the Garmin Vector 3s, and I've heard good things about them and their new Rallys, too. The ability to change between bikes is huge for me, and you know it's accurate across different bikes because it's the same meter! I got mine on ebay and they've worked really well. The use Look Keo cleats, but that wasn't a hard swap for me from SPD-SL. Thanks for sharing your workflow, appreciate it!! It helps to hear how others are doing it. That's really interesting about the export error from Virb, because I record in 1080 60 or 30 and don't have any trouble on my Win11 PC. I have wondered if it would be better to combine all video files and then do one sync on one big file? You'd end up combining them, exporting them, importing to Virb, then only syncing once. Then a massive export. I don't know if that would save time or not! Probably depends on how high horsepower your computer is with exporting. It might be faster just to sync every clip. Wondered what your thougths would be on that though. I am liking Virb better than Telemetry Overlay now that I got the sync map working again. The gauges just look a lot better.

@@TonyRides I still have Premeire CS6 from when I was in college. It works for what I want to do! I need to watch some RUclips on how to do basic edits on there. I've been using the GoPro quick app for most of my short edits. Première would definitely be good for doing the full length cuts like you are though.

LOL 😂 After a couple more races, I've quickly learned this is not the typical race experience 🤪

Hahaha yeah the excitement was early for me and I missed out on a sprint finish! Was hoping to come in as a group but was still a fun race! 💪

Thanks for watching and commenting! Yeah you should check out some of the pro race videos on this course. They can get super sketchy on the climb. Appreciate the advice and I'll definitely be working on improving my drafting as I race more!

Thank you and thanks for watching/commenting Larry! 🤘

Yeah man happy to share! Congrats on the 3rd place finish!! 💪 For battery I've got the GoPro 10. I wasn't sure it would make it the whole race, but I had it on "Extended Battery Mode", 1080p/30fps, SuperView zoom mode, and medium stabilization settings. Turn off GPS, wifi, and all the screens. When I finished the ride I still had 14% battery left so super happy with how long that lasted! I think the fact it's constantly being wind-cooled helps a lot too. As for overlay I am using Garmin Virb actually. I use that for all the data points, and then I export it to Adobe Premiere Pro where I add some finishing touches like the lap counter, finish line, and wind direction. Let me know if you have any other questions. I'm only a couple races in but am happy to share what I've learned! 👍

Bahaha 🤣

Yes you're totally right! At the top of the snake on Lap 2 I should have just put in an effort to catch him. Lesson learned for the next one! Thanks for watching/commenting Francisco!

Hahaha 🤣😂😂 That about sums it up. Thanks for watching/commenting!!

Hahaha I’m so glad you noticed this! When the starter says “30 seconds” I could feel my heart pounding and my HR jumps up so fast 😂🤪 First race jitters for sure!!

Heck yeah that’s great advice Corey! Thanks and appreciate you watching/commenting! 👍

Thanks for watching! Haha no the GPS got real wonky the first time up the snake. The average grade is 12.5% but if you’re taking the shortest line (inside) it’s a bit steeper. Thanks for the tips and I’ll do my best to not do either of those things in my next races! 🤘

Yeah you got it!! 1) One of my favorite channels (NorCal Cycling) did a video talking about how they create cycling videos with overlays and it was super helpful for me to get started. Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/_L1EyJaX5DI/видео.html In this video I specifically used Garmin's VIRB Edit paired with the FIT file from my Strava recording to create the overlays. After the overlays were done, I exported the file and moved it over to Adobe Premiere Pro to add some more of the finishing touches like the intro/outro and other graphic overlays. 2) OH MAN!!! I think this was the biggest lesson I learned. It was the perfect opportunity to sit in and save myself for the sprint. Lesson learned for sure! 😀 3) Thanks so much and thanks for watching/commenting!! 👍

Right on thanks Bill! I’ve actually entered all four Cat 4/5 races in the St Louis Gateway Cup Series, which are all more standard four corner crit courses. Very much looking forward to those and I’ll upload videos for those when I finish!! 🤘

Haha you’re exactly right. Was a perfect beginner race. Thanks for watching and I’ll keep stocked up on band-aids! 👍

Thanks for watching Mitchell! It was such a great experience and you're exactly right. I learned so many lessons in this race. Hoping to get better with every race. Think I should fix my squeaky brakes as well? 😏

dont forget leading out the guy to beat you

both braking and breaking.. the guy that jumped up.is pedaling through the corners and away from danger.. not sure what happened with the other guys..was there bad luck smeared on the snake bricks?

@@randycallow3736 Haha 😂 Yeah it took me a bit to figure out, but when I started lap 2 in 2nd place there were about 6 guys on my wheel. In the turn before the snake (downhill right turn) one of the riders slipped out and crashed, causing a big gap. Once I got up the snake on lap 2 (almost falling myself at the top 😬) I wasn’t able to see them any time I looked behind us. Lots of crashes!

@@ChiTownBrownie89 😬🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks so much! Thankfully we only had to do it 3 times in the Category 5 race. I can't imagine doing it 15 times either! 🥵

It was wild!! The snake is no joke. 😵

why? It's their time to race, they're not disrupting another category.

@@andrewfredrickson856 It was tongue in cheek.

Of course Megan. Happy to share this tribute to a great man!