That was incredible!!! I watched every second of it. It was such a hard fought race from beginning to end. You battled, and battled, and battled...just to end up with a near impossible situation with one lap to go. At that point you said you wanted to give up, just watching I wanted to giving up too. But GOD...He gave you an amazing and wonderful gift...so AWESOME! I would treasure that win forever.
The road surface behind the courthouse is obscene to have in a crit. Looks like some tough spots on other parts of the course as well. Kudos to everyone for staying upright that move up on the last lap to get into position was brilliant.
I was trying to edit my last comment, but deleted it accidently. You did the right thing in the last lap, and it was impressive that you had the energy for it. It just seemed like a lot of inefficient riding and trying things all race at the wrong times.
Yeah, I agree with you man. In the offseason I was watching all of my old footage and while I was happy to have good results, I felt like I was too focused on racing strategically. It started to feel more like a job and tbh I was taking it too seriously. This year I'm focusing more on making mistakes and racing in a more aggressive style. We'll see how it goes, but I am definitely having more fun.
@@chamoisbrothers I'm a cat 1 but was never the fastest or strongest. I found that learning the right moments to make moves, i.e. increasing your craftiness makes up for a lot would be wasted efforts. One hypothetical example from your race could be there was a really strong attack you followed at one point. But you weren't on his wheel when the guy launched and had to motor in the wind. If you had been in a position to hear him shifting gears before his attack and ask yourself, why is he shifting now, it's a strong indicator that he's about to go. Another example perhaps was your attack when you said the field was sleepy. That was still the first half of the race you have to assume there's a lot of strong guys just chilling out recovering. It's very easy to get a gap when the field is slow and it's tempting to go. But it's easy to chase down because everyone's recovered. It's the guys who attack when things are already hard that tend to stay away. Misconception is you need a big gap right away. Instead, a small gap when things are hard as shit is demoralizing to the field and if strung out, half the guys won't even see it happening. A small seated attack that is done subtly can really snap the elastic. The ones done in this race really announce themselves and everyone goes nuts to catch up. One last thing, don't be afraid to overlap in corners so you exit them and smoothly slide back into the draft without using many watts. That's how you corner without braking and is the most efficient way. I could hear the brakes in those corners too often. Oh final things. We tell our riders this a lot. You need to be there in the final 10 laps at the front. If you're not there at 10 to go until the finish it had better be for good reason. Your boy who did that one pull did a great job at a clutch moment to keep you fresher.
I like your point on breaking away when it's hard. That's a skill that I haven't developed yet, but I'm starting to experiment more with. The last thing you said about my teammate was totally true. There's a parallel universe where BJ wasn't there to save me where I midpacked this.
@@chamoisbrothers if you want to see a masterclass in efficient crit riding, see if you can find the recording of Dan Holloway doing commentary at the 2023 PRO1 Gateway Cup - Giro Del Montaigne. He wore at 20lb backpack that held camera equipment wired to this large helmet cam. He started in the back and spent the race cracking jokes at guys who were over working. He was doing livestream race commentary in the race! And he went from starting last to the front with complete ease.
🙋🏻♂️WAIT A MINUTE!! 🛑You guys missed the opportunity to tell an amazing (and true) story here! 1)Missing the start (waiting for the bathroom) and slipping in off the back in the backside, going on to win only to be relegated bc u missed the start. 2)Other brother getting denied a free lap bc a chain drop isn’t a mechanical 3)Zero Larry David footage?! You guys went way off Chamios Bros brand with this one and lost the essence of what makes your content great- real racing experiences including the good, bad, and ugly. Plus others miss the opportunity to learn from your mistakes. Shout out to Hector Alanis- poor dude was awarded the W and you guys went stolen valor here. You can still recover from this- bring back the Chamios Brothers we all love🙏
Wait, you got relegated LOL. That sucks. The post above reminds me of two times. First in 2016 at the Novant Health crit in Charlotte (USACrits stop #1) when I dropped the car keys down a storm drain 45min before my race and was able to get the fire dept. to rescue them in time for my start, all before it rained so hard that the Pro race was cancelled after a few laps. Second was in 2019 at Electric City Crit in Scranton PA (10 corner/lap @ 50 laps = 500 corners), we rolled up late and myself and a teammate went to take a piss in the back of an alley. Didn't realize we were urinating on the back of a federal courthouse nor did we know that security was watching us via camera. The guy came out of the building and threatened to detain and arrest us, ultimately letting us go start the race. At first we thought he was joking to scare us, eventually we realized he was not. Fun times.
That was incredible!!! I watched every second of it. It was such a hard fought race from beginning to end. You battled, and battled, and battled...just to end up with a near impossible situation with one lap to go. At that point you said you wanted to give up, just watching I wanted to giving up too. But GOD...He gave you an amazing and wonderful gift...so AWESOME! I would treasure that win forever.
I will Frank. Thanks for coming along on the ride.
The road surface behind the courthouse is obscene to have in a crit. Looks like some tough spots on other parts of the course as well. Kudos to everyone for staying upright
that move up on the last lap to get into position was brilliant.
A lot of people flat and chain drop in that sector.
Thank you for your words. It took me three years to get it right
Love how this looks like back alley racing :).
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time haha this looked so fun. Congrats on a solid victory! that final effort looked intense
Glad you enjoyed it man
It was destiny ✨
That was awesome
I see the roads through the courthouse are shitty as ever. Lol. That race looked really fast for 3/4. Impressive last lap. Congrats
next year it'll be a gravel race. thanks bro
Liquid Swords is legendary....
wu tang forever
Epic 🌞
I was trying to edit my last comment, but deleted it accidently. You did the right thing in the last lap, and it was impressive that you had the energy for it. It just seemed like a lot of inefficient riding and trying things all race at the wrong times.
Yeah, I agree with you man.
In the offseason I was watching all of my old footage and while I was happy to have good results, I felt like I was too focused on racing strategically. It started to feel more like a job and tbh I was taking it too seriously.
This year I'm focusing more on making mistakes and racing in a more aggressive style. We'll see how it goes, but I am definitely having more fun.
@@chamoisbrothers I'm a cat 1 but was never the fastest or strongest. I found that learning the right moments to make moves, i.e. increasing your craftiness makes up for a lot would be wasted efforts. One hypothetical example from your race could be there was a really strong attack you followed at one point. But you weren't on his wheel when the guy launched and had to motor in the wind. If you had been in a position to hear him shifting gears before his attack and ask yourself, why is he shifting now, it's a strong indicator that he's about to go. Another example perhaps was your attack when you said the field was sleepy. That was still the first half of the race you have to assume there's a lot of strong guys just chilling out recovering. It's very easy to get a gap when the field is slow and it's tempting to go. But it's easy to chase down because everyone's recovered. It's the guys who attack when things are already hard that tend to stay away. Misconception is you need a big gap right away. Instead, a small gap when things are hard as shit is demoralizing to the field and if strung out, half the guys won't even see it happening. A small seated attack that is done subtly can really snap the elastic. The ones done in this race really announce themselves and everyone goes nuts to catch up. One last thing, don't be afraid to overlap in corners so you exit them and smoothly slide back into the draft without using many watts. That's how you corner without braking and is the most efficient way. I could hear the brakes in those corners too often. Oh final things. We tell our riders this a lot. You need to be there in the final 10 laps at the front. If you're not there at 10 to go until the finish it had better be for good reason. Your boy who did that one pull did a great job at a clutch moment to keep you fresher.
I like your point on breaking away when it's hard. That's a skill that I haven't developed yet, but I'm starting to experiment more with.
The last thing you said about my teammate was totally true. There's a parallel universe where BJ wasn't there to save me where I midpacked this.
@@chamoisbrothers if you want to see a masterclass in efficient crit riding, see if you can find the recording of Dan Holloway doing commentary at the 2023 PRO1 Gateway Cup - Giro Del Montaigne. He wore at 20lb backpack that held camera equipment wired to this large helmet cam. He started in the back and spent the race cracking jokes at guys who were over working. He was doing livestream race commentary in the race! And he went from starting last to the front with complete ease.
I was a photographer at the race - I might have some shots of you that day. What color jersey & bike where you riding?
Nice! Orange kit, blue bike
@@chamoisbrotherswhere you on a Canyon or Specialized by chance?
@@gottago9824 specialized
@@chamoisbrothers- pink & orange boot covers right? If so, I definitely got a few images of you.
shoot me an email and I will send them you ya
Those roads are in very bad shape nice work man
Haha, thanks man
🙋🏻♂️WAIT A MINUTE!! 🛑You guys missed the opportunity to tell an amazing (and true) story here! 1)Missing the start (waiting for the bathroom) and slipping in off the back in the backside, going on to win only to be relegated bc u missed the start.
2)Other brother getting denied a free lap bc a chain drop isn’t a mechanical
3)Zero Larry David footage?!
You guys went way off Chamios Bros brand with this one and lost the essence of what makes your content great- real racing experiences including the good, bad, and ugly. Plus others miss the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.
Shout out to Hector Alanis- poor dude was awarded the W and you guys went stolen valor here. You can still recover from this- bring back the Chamios Brothers we all love🙏
Haha man you are spoiling almost everything about the video we are dropping on Monday. I'm going to go full reality show on that one
@@chamoisbrothers my bad, consider a teaser
@@mrmarktucker you are an A1 hype man
Wait, you got relegated LOL. That sucks.
The post above reminds me of two times.
First in 2016 at the Novant Health crit in Charlotte (USACrits stop #1) when I dropped the car keys down a storm drain 45min before my race and was able to get the fire dept. to rescue them in time for my start, all before it rained so hard that the Pro race was cancelled after a few laps.
Second was in 2019 at Electric City Crit in Scranton PA (10 corner/lap @ 50 laps = 500 corners), we rolled up late and myself and a teammate went to take a piss in the back of an alley. Didn't realize we were urinating on the back of a federal courthouse nor did we know that security was watching us via camera. The guy came out of the building and threatened to detain and arrest us, ultimately letting us go start the race. At first we thought he was joking to scare us, eventually we realized he was not. Fun times.
@@chamoisbrothers yo! been hitting refresh on my YT app since Monday. Tick tock Clarice ⏳