FASTEST CRIT of the Year (2022 Littleton Twilight Criterium) 

Love the guy doing the Cat 5 salute whi l e finishing 2nd 😁

Amazing sprint after all that effort. Love the quality of your videos !!

Thank you for putting your weight! It makes your power make sense.

Nice video! Subscribed! I love seeing all this footage from all the youtubers lol. I have my own stuff, but it's cat5 stuff from last year! I'll have more this year 😊. With regard to this race. I'm guessing the field was content with having only 2 off the front and they were probably aware of the gap. Probability-wise, if you didn't make your move to bridge, the break would have still gotten caught. If anything, you probably sabotaged yourself by burning that energy (could have had more for the sprint), so I don't think the disapproval of the other two in the break who were a little irked by your move should bother you. The only thing I would have done differently if I were you is snap from a few wheels back. You were basically rolling through to the front and then took off, which telegraphed it to the riders behind you (despite you not dragging the field as you made the move). Ultimately, nothing wrong with the move in terms of tactical thinking - also during the race, it's not like you have the time to think long and hard about decisions, they are split second decisions and sometimes they benefit you and sometimes they don't. You already know this, so I'll just stop talking haha. Great race either way! Are you going to race with a team or stay unattached? Just curious about why you are unattached.

You brought the field up …chased teammates

thank god someone kept it on that first long straight, the 4s slowed up and went like 4 wide into that 2nd corner and someone crashed out

Dude love the uploads!

Loving the consistency and amazing quality

Would you ever make a video advising on beginner tactics/strategy for a first ever bike race? Thanks!

Great analysis. Man there were some sketchy riders.

I would argue that to bring back the field (or "ignite it") to your friends with 4mi to go was NOT the best strategy. I can see what you were going for, but you should have waited for the last lap. You never initiate a move like that, only respond to other rider attacks. To make it worse, you did all the work for the guy that went away and won. But I commend your honesty. And definitely some sketchy riders there - you got a nice contact on camera. Keep the great job going, and best of luck in Tucson!

You attacked off the front hard. Nothing wrong with that.

Why’s everyone running the same socks? 🧦

Hey what are you using for your overlay data?

where are you next week?

Your attack was poorly executed. My favorite way to break away in that situation is to do a solo attack up the left side of the road. You want to just pass the lead rider right before the corner. This way you can carry your 30 mph through the corner while the pack is going 3-4 miles slower (the pack can't accelerate in a corner). This has two benefits, it allows you to have an instant gap from the rest of the field, while the field also acts as a natural block from allowing other riders joining and following you. I have won many races this way on the last corner of a crit. The reason your break didn't work is because you had another rider with you. If your attack was solo, I really think the field wouldn't of chased like that. This is where you need to understand your fitness and know how far of a gap you can bridge alone. During the finished you had a great sprint compared to your competitors. Next time, I would spend more energy on getting and holding your position. You seemed to know where you had to be for the finish. When I was racing Cat 1, I often had to use more energy with 2 laps to go then on the final lap. Listen to the advice above and you will be winning all the races.

I wonder if the average Colorado racing cyclist could be the average LA racing cyclist in the same category, due to living in elevation.

Good video. I was there in the 40+ 3's field... I staged up front, had a good start, and spent a couple of laps at the front before sliding back to my customary tailgunning position (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kThz-HyvxT8.html). I've done something like 275 racing laps at Littleton, and I've never gone into the gutter on the exit of Turn 2 (northeast corner). Not a criticism, just an observation that you're a braver man than I. 😅 Here's some Littleton history for you... You see how the median in Turn 2 is tapered? See 0:41 for example. After the 2014 race, the City cut that median back to widen the corner. It used to stick out 6-8 feet farther and wasn't tapered, which made Turn 2 much more of a bottleneck. See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P418la53Prk.html for ancient archival footage (in color!). Going back even farther, up to 2013 it was a Figure-8 course, but they lengthened the finish straight to provide more room for music and food inside the course.

250 watts at 150 lbs sounds more like cat 2 to me… Sandbagging much?