Oh, @terminative , always glad there is inclusion in the race 😂.

Yeah, @hikishi9479 , the camera is mounted on handlebar, so it collects vibrations directly from front wheel and frame...

That sounds scary, glad you recovered so quickly! That roundabout can be tricky at full speed - at this video I was unfortunately slowed down by car, so "only" 50 km/h...

@zbynekvyskovsky5962 I was about maxed out for the bike I was on, around 60. Didn't get my weight shifted over quite right I think, but the main problem was the road was a little wet at 9 a.m. from overnight showers.

Thanks @depietro . I have to check, there was bigger group at the last sprint 😉.

Thanks @Colin-tl1qx !

Thanks @keithquinn5624 . I think it was less competitive than last year but I was too weak both in peak and endurance this year.

Yes, I'm, @i8fish . I'm much weaker and heavier though, so not competing for top places. I had two bottles and refuelled twice I think - at 50 km and at 119 km. I still had one bottle almost full at the first stop, so it may be worth stopping a bit later. I ate one energy bar after u-turn at top Cypress Mountain and then only gels maybe every 45 minutes. Energy bars previously suffocated me when in effort. Thanks, and good luck too!

It's not too difficult, @Butterfly , the hills are rather shorter and not too steep, just the one after Boundary is longer. I'm sure you'll make it without much training. Good luck!

Thanks, @new life 1 , but there were few stronger riders at the top.

The road is cleaned regularly, as there drive the cars to skiing resort - I rode Mount Seymour (similar height 30 kilometers to the East) on January 1st one year. But it may be cold and rainy or snowy during winter months, generally the best season is from April to October.

There aren't too many places to break at, honestly, likely just the first three switchbacks and it's not hard braking at all - from 65 km/h to 45-55 km/h depending on the corner. Here, it wasn't scary at all as I was riding single. I don't remember whether I was pedalling, likely yes, according how to camera wobbles. Better video with more data is from Forte Whistler Gran Fondo, it was a group ride, mostly not pedalling but still much faster and scarier 😉: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CAaI2wDF4tc.html

I don't remember, @joesimpson4655 . It seems so on this video, as it wobbles a bit. But nowadays typically not - just holding aero position.

Thank you! I used 52-36 / 28-11 and rarely used slowest gear, except for parts of Cypress Mountain. Most of climbings are quite moderate, rarely over 7-8%. It's very personal though, depends on one's power and endurance, the race is long...

It's very uncommon, especially when there are many people during days in season but it can still happen. Keeping calm and slowly backing up is advised strategy in an encounter.

There allot of deer sometimes see more than one in a ride I ride evenings

Thanks 😉

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, it's one of most popular by cyclists in Vancouver.

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For standard distance (122km), the riders are split into groups according to estimated finish time (though some still overestimate or underestimate). In Forte distance, there are much less riders (that year it was about 350, I think), so they start alltogether. I guess I could have tried to move to the front but I didn't know what to expect so stayed where I arrived. I eventually caught the second group at the top of Cypress so it worked at the end but yeah, it's good to check the finish time from the last year and find appropriate place already at the start line... This year, there will be only standard distance though, well, if anything at all...

@@zbynekvyskovsky Good to know.. that's good to be grouped with ETAs as getting blocked-off by slower riders could be frustrating. Yeah I was suppose to go skiing there last week, now just hoping to use the flight credit for this epic Fondo!

I used Garmin Virb Elite with 2 frame per second recording speed (so I can easily create fast-motion then). It needs power supply from powerbank, without that it can last less than 3 hours. See the picture at www.strava.com/activities/1794316344/overview . Metrics in this case come from Wahoo Elemnt Bolt though the camera creates the fit data too.

Thank you, William. I use Garmin Virb Editor which came with the camera (Garmin Virb Elite). But maybe it's possible to use with other cameras too, it allows selecting other GPS sources too (in this case Wahoo).

@@zbynekvyskovsky I guess the camera made individual files and you have to compile them all together with Virb Editor?

The camera creates both video file and fit file (with the metrics). Then the editor it's able to find both and pair them. If you are not happy or have better quality data, you can choose other fit or gpx file from different device. Even for each metric you can choose source separately.

I remember, I was telling you it was the last kilometer :-)

It happens, especially at the beginning when riders are so much packed together. Maybe someone touched the other wheel or it was a bottle, not sure. Passing on the right is quite ok, it's a race and it's more important to rather keep the line. Which the riders generally do and they even use gestures to let the others know - please note the video is 7.5 times accelerated so even long predictable movement may appear as sudden in the video. Anyway, good luck this year, it's nice and pretty flat. The most painful hill is actually not captured there, it came on 115km I think ;-)