So awesome Patrick! Love what you did here and happy to be your 1st road race…. honestly, each Spring we never really know if the counties will have laid fresh gravel or not… so it’s always a bit of a crap shoot and two of our longer bits were paved over at some point over the last two years!
@@richardchen1147 Oh my goodness you're right haha. Not sure how that happened, but the original raw video came out upside down. I must have mirrored the video when I obviously meant to rotate it 🤣
Great effort and well done!! I did my first road race yesterday and as physically prepared as I was, the mental side of it got the better of me. Ty for the inspiration on the effort you put in to bridge the gap something that I lacked yesterday. I will watch this again before my next race in two weeks in preparation
No shame, it's hard to dip your toes into a new thing. One thing I learned racing road is, Start off with the main pack, It's easier to fall off to the group behind you than yo burn matches to catch back up. No one will shame you for falling off the front. (mostly because they gloat and don't give a shit for the people behind them) as my good ol' uncle Ricky used to say "if you ain't first you're last"
Nice work. Early season long road races are a recipe for cramps. If you can stretch those muscles prone to cramping on the bike periodically throughout the race. For me it's always the calves.
Man did a good job bridging! Can be super tough on your own over that distance! Not sure I would have made it. Yeah seems to be the same around here. Top guys do those 100k races in ridiculous times in that 2:30 or 2:45 area. May as well be riding motorbikes! lol If I get within 20 or 30mins I'm happy! I always start in that top 50 area or so at the start which I know is where I'll basically finish. And also where I know I won't get in the top guys way. Is good though, because you get in a bunch of people around your ability straight away after the acid goes on I find ,which definitely helps.
Looking around you can see all the people at the back were on drop bar mountain bikes, with lots of 50c tires, and full coats, sitting upright setups. Those people definitely aren't going to be staying with the pack :)
@@PatrickLino made that mistake myself once or twice too and quickly realized that any hope of a high finish can be over in literally the first couple of minutes if you're not as far up front as possible at the beginning. Looked good fun!
You really identified all the points of strategy, just need to practice and execute. Nice work! 1. Based on the smoothness of the "gravel" I'd be running a 25c front tire and 28c rear. The road sections are way more important 2. The front of the race was gone in the first minute, probably they dialed it back pretty quick tho, so worth an effort to stay in the first few km. 3. Cold can contribute to cramping for some people, worth experimenting with a higher electrolyte mix in the cold in my experience.
Hey Patrick, appreciate for the tips given as I will have my first 160 km race this upcoming July..this vid really helps me alot!! and do more content like this. Love to hear the mistake in a race especially for inexperienced cyclist like me that have no clue haha
Well done! I think you may want to research the term echelon as it applies to drafting. Without crosswinds that is actually not what you want to be doing.
Thanks for sharing this experience and the commentary. Now I know what it takes to even just hang with the chase group. Can you tell me how the 32c tires handle the dirt did you feel like it didn't have enough grip on certain corners or areas?
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This race was arguably my TOUGHEST day of cycling. Thanks for watching!
Nice work Pat!
Thanks for the support Bryn!!!
So awesome Patrick! Love what you did here and happy to be your 1st road race…. honestly, each Spring we never really know if the counties will have laid fresh gravel or not… so it’s always a bit of a crap shoot and two of our longer bits were paved over at some point over the last two years!
Thanks for organizing everything Craig! See you next year!
Awesome work!
Aye thanks Casey!
Took me 8 min to realize the video is inverted. Good job!
Say what now lol?
@@PatrickLino Around the 7 min mark the video is flipped. Derailleur is on the left, rotor on the right lol!
@@richardchen1147 Oh my goodness you're right haha. Not sure how that happened, but the original raw video came out upside down. I must have mirrored the video when I obviously meant to rotate it 🤣
@@PatrickLino lmao
Great effort and well done!! I did my first road race yesterday and as physically prepared as I was, the mental side of it got the better of me. Ty for the inspiration on the effort you put in to bridge the gap something that I lacked yesterday. I will watch this again before my next race in two weeks in preparation
Thanks for watching Daniel. Let me know how the race goes in a couple of weeks!
@@PatrickLino Actually raced this past Friday and i was sick. It was not fun and very tough. Hopefully my mext one on May 1st goes much better
@@danielhebert3528 Sometimes proper rest is just as important as training. Hope you feel better soon!
No shame, it's hard to dip your toes into a new thing. One thing I learned racing road is, Start off with the main pack, It's easier to fall off to the group behind you than yo burn matches to catch back up. No one will shame you for falling off the front. (mostly because they gloat and don't give a shit for the people behind them) as my good ol' uncle Ricky used to say "if you ain't first you're last"
Good stuff right there, thanks haha
Always putting out the goods bro🙌🏾 appreciate your perspective always 🤙🏾
Thanks for watching Devoy! 💪🏾
Nice work. Early season long road races are a recipe for cramps. If you can stretch those muscles prone to cramping on the bike periodically throughout the race. For me it's always the calves.
Thanks for watching! Crazy how even in cold…cramps still happen lol
@@PatrickLino yes like you said it's not about electrolyte status it's neuromuscular. Schwellnus and Noakes have published a lot of research on this.
@@BulletJS gotta research!
Man did a good job bridging! Can be super tough on your own over that distance! Not sure I would have made it. Yeah seems to be the same around here. Top guys do those 100k races in ridiculous times in that 2:30 or 2:45 area. May as well be riding motorbikes! lol If I get within 20 or 30mins I'm happy! I always start in that top 50 area or so at the start which I know is where I'll basically finish. And also where I know I won't get in the top guys way. Is good though, because you get in a bunch of people around your ability straight away after the acid goes on I find ,which definitely helps.
Crazy strong! Thanks for watching Swites!
I knw what you mean as your reason for starting at the back....but boy is a killer. The back is where all the work is
Man I learned the HARD WAY.
Looking around you can see all the people at the back were on drop bar mountain bikes, with lots of 50c tires, and full coats, sitting upright setups. Those people definitely aren't going to be staying with the pack :)
@@galenkehler Hahahahah savage
@@PatrickLino made that mistake myself once or twice too and quickly realized that any hope of a high finish can be over in literally the first couple of minutes if you're not as far up front as possible at the beginning. Looked good fun!
@@johnflynn4923 Good times, lesson learned!
You really identified all the points of strategy, just need to practice and execute. Nice work!
1. Based on the smoothness of the "gravel" I'd be running a 25c front tire and 28c rear. The road sections are way more important
2. The front of the race was gone in the first minute, probably they dialed it back pretty quick tho, so worth an effort to stay in the first few km.
3. Cold can contribute to cramping for some people, worth experimenting with a higher electrolyte mix in the cold in my experience.
Always with helpful tips. Thanks so much Galen!
Hey Patrick, appreciate for the tips given as I will have my first 160 km race this upcoming July..this vid really helps me alot!! and do more content like this. Love to hear the mistake in a race especially for inexperienced cyclist like me that have no clue haha
Will do! Thanks for watching Syed!
Are you going to do any races with long-mid climbs? That'd be dope.
Shame nothing like that exists in Chicagoland
Well done! I think you may want to research the term echelon as it applies to drafting. Without crosswinds that is actually not what you want to be doing.
Lol yes a pace line and echelon are different. Didn’t show the clips of the echelon
Thanks for sharing this experience and the commentary. Now I know what it takes to even just hang with the chase group.
Can you tell me how the 32c tires handle the dirt did you feel like it didn't have enough grip on certain corners or areas?
They handled well after I lowered the PSI from 55 to about 40-45
That's low for 32c, how much do you weigh?
@@bonbonflippers4298 164lbs / 74kg 🤷🏾♂️