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The London Bicycle festival in Coal Drop Yard King's Cross is an awesome day out with one of the highlights being plenty of Crit racing throughout the day. I decided that i would give it a go and it did not disappoint. A huge amount of fun and i managed to keep it rubber side down. I just need to get better at crit racing so i can make these videos more entertaining.
Thanks to LeCol for providing me with the kit , should point out that i signed up and paid for my place in this race myself.
Please feel free to fire over any constructive tips and do drop me a message if you feel like giving it a go next year but you might be slightly anxious about doing it.
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@Daaaanjj 3 месяца назад

great watching this back, loved my cameos getting lapped. Think if I had aero socks I'd have been able to stick with your group next time 🤣

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

We’ll get you some aero socks. I know a guy…

@TBATTIECYCLING 3 месяца назад

Big up Dan Jones for smashing the crit

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

The boy did good

@asams7255 3 месяца назад

Last lap was an absolute clusterfuck for my group. The break finally caught us on the final back straight and struggled to get through. Very tedious finish but not really avoidable in that circumstance

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Yeah- not sure how they set about getting this right. Still no reply from the organisers. Might have been a bit different if it was just a Cat 4 but who knows. Kinda mad I didn’t get a sprint finish

@Choccytube 22 дня назад

This looks so much fun, and a great day out. I think I'll give it a go next year. Looks scary with that camera view...

@thewattlife 22 дня назад

It’s honestly not scary- you can just take it in your own stride, we had a little group, we got lapped a few times, lapped a few other people. It was great

@ScottHillVoices 3 месяца назад

Hey mate - Scott from lap 32! Yep got totally confused then realised we were still going so kicked again 😂 - See you on the next one!

@ScottHillVoices 3 месяца назад

Also great video!

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Cheers man

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Cheers Daren, Appreciate it, hopfully we'll get to ride together someday

@DarenC 3 месяца назад

Great stuff! Crit footage from within the race always looks gnarly. Looks like they did the Brompton World Champs on there too - more my cup of tea in terms of what I might take on myself I think. 😂😂 Definitely slower on my Brompton anyway.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

I have a Brompton World Cup video out this weekend- I crashed!!!!!

@DarenC 3 месяца назад

@@thewattlife Haha! I look forward to it. I love my Brompton. I put SPD pedals on it because I hate being unclipped

@Onroade Месяц назад

Cornering is the key

@fede1275 3 месяца назад

Great video, really nice report. I was scared by all the crashes videos already going around the chats

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Thanks Federico, you would have been fine and you should come give it a go next year. I’m determined to get a full Cat 4 race on the line and ready to go

@fwschnaar3179 3 месяца назад

Very Awesome Max…. As I had said before… A Learning Curve for sure… And Yes, You are only going to get Faster, and more so, more Tactically Smart… Looking forward to Your next Race 👍🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️And had to add… What a Cool Course 👍

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Very cool course- looking forward to next year already. Hopefully sitting further up on the start line next time

@liam_c27 2 месяца назад

Gotta scrunch those race numbers up before pinning them! 😂 After watching your's and Dan's videos and attending in person I would love to enter Cat 4 next year. Great vid 🏁

@thewattlife 2 месяца назад

YES- do it. Both Dan and I will be back next year. I’m keen to get the numbers up for a Cat 4 only race

@crossrich 3 месяца назад

You did awesome, and a lot better than i would've. You asked what you could've done better, all i would say is by the shadows it looks like you are on the hoods the whole time, for crit racing you should work on being in the drops basically for the whole race. Hopefully see you again at Abingdon soon. 💪

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Yeah, im not so confident on the drops and lookingn back it was one of the things that would make for an easy change. I very rarely ride on the drops but when i see footage i think im going to have to make more of an effort to get used to it and practise.

@foodbymark 3 месяца назад

I was going to enter the masters and bailed primarily because I with my inexperience I would be a danger to the field... watching this (for the second time!) I regret not joining it now! Great video as always.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Give it a crack next year. Literally took a few laps before it felt really quite settled and became a lot of fun

@joemellor3865 3 месяца назад

Absolutely brilliant race, I’m definitely coming back next year. However I can’t agree more, the racing at the end was so confusing, I ended up sprinting for each lap after 5 laps to go 🎉

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

At least you were nice enough to drop back and say hi before disappearing off into the distance

@TwoWheels_OO Месяц назад

What does MPH mean?

@thewattlife Месяц назад

👀

@ju5tyuk 3 месяца назад

Good video, was watching the race and happened to take a photo of you on a bend, but can't upload to comments...

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Would love it if you could ping it over if you wouldn’t mind- max.willcocks@gmail.com

@struancochrane753 3 месяца назад

Like you, that ambiguity in the race would really annoy me. I guess the short distance of the track meant lapping was a definite occurrence, especially when they dropped Cat 3 riders in. Difficult one. Perhaps if you get lapped, you're out. Or just everyone races to the end. Anyhow, if you intend to do more races like this would you look at your crank length? Great effort, well done.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

I’m riding 170m cranks- perhaps shorter would be better but I wasn’t pushing the limits on pedalling through corners. Perhaps why some of my laps were the slowest but happy to ride round and make it to the finish in one piece! Maybe crank length would be something to look at down the line

@paulbrown4235 3 месяца назад

165mm cranks & you can pedal through pretty much any corner. I used to be able to get a bit of a gap when everyone else had to freewheel around tight bends

@BigMoe1290 3 месяца назад

Awesome video as always. It is difficult, when there are two cats in one, but I think you were taken back a bit by not having enough training on crit courses. Power and handling wise you could have easily gone with the Cat 3 Front group 👌

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Cheers man, I’m learning that attitude counts for quite a lot, getting up there early and being a firm rider will have you in a better position than doing more work but staying further back… next time we’re going to try hold it further up front

@BigMoe1290 3 месяца назад

@@thewattlife just get back out there and keep on trying 👌 put those watts down and hold on for the ride 😂

@O.O85 3 месяца назад

Well done Max, understand why I’ve not seen you online for a while now. Makes me want to actually get an ‘actual real life’ bike and give some riding a go! Well done on staying rubber side down and having some fun!!

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Ollie dude- im coming back soon i promise. Im out of practise and need to get my ass back in gear.

@O.O85 3 месяца назад

You’ll be too quick for me to keep up after all this riding!! Glad you’re enjoying being out on the roads. Give me a shout when you’re back online 👍

@pauldyerdyer2731 3 месяца назад

Well done mate, that aero jersey looked nice but a bit baggy?

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

I’m might have been able to squeeze into a size down but didn’t want to risk it

@markdeane8385 3 месяца назад

Just race,block out the confusion and race until the actually drag you off....😊

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Haha that will be the plan next time. And watching it back I wish I had. Takes a bit of experience to feel comfortable with these things huh

@markdeane8385 3 месяца назад

@@thewattlife 👍💪

@bitminerbob6731 3 месяца назад

Wow, smashing course!! What a great experience.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

It was an awesome course. Will be back next year for another crack

@FoobsTon 3 месяца назад

Eeh gads... Max is rocking that aero top...but how bad would the rest of us look in it? 😂 Lucky it was a dry day btw because those cobbles in the rain would have been a nasty skating rink.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Yeah they had some rain last year and a bunch of the races had to be cancelled. Glad it was a nice evening and it made it a great event

@FoobsTon 3 месяца назад

@@thewattlife Gotta say, you do mention that the Go Pro doesn't give a true impression, but those tight corners with "civilians" at the wheels does look dicey! The poor guy face planting into the barriers didn't get too much of your attention! I think I might save my Crit stuff for Zwift...I don't bounce like I used to. Anyway... Great vid. Appreciate the effort you put into making them.

@thewattlife 3 месяца назад

Oh for sure i think its easy to push a little too far with it and i can see how easy it might be to do that! I need to get back on Zwift racing just to get some fitness back