RBC Whistler Gran Fondo Forte 2019, fast motion, 8th overall, 1st in age category 👑

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Whistler Gran Fondo Forte bicycle race from Vancouver to Whistler on 2019, September 7th. Climbing to Cypress Mountain (900m) first, then via the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler. 152km long with 2800m total elevation gain.
Nice and dry weather this year. Broken spoke with 3km to go but still continued with reduced speed. Finished 8th overall, 1st in age category, with average speed 31.2km/h.
Fast motion, 7.5 times accelerated.
Climb to Cypress Mountain starts at 3:27, downhill starts at 9:47.
Strava activity: / strava
Official results: racedaytiming....
Relive video: www.relive.cc/...
2018 Whistler Gran Fondo 122km video: • RBC Whistler Gran Fond...
Recorded with Garmin Virb Elite camera (with 5Ah powerbank to extend the battery life), metrics come Wahoo Elemnt Bolt. Picture and powerbank of camera attached to handlebar: / strava

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@i8fish 2 года назад

Are you doing it again this year? How many water bottles did you go through? Did you eat? Hope to see you out there! Good luck!

@zbynekvyskovsky 2 года назад

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!

@newlife-su7sd 2 года назад

wow man. you could have won!

@zbynekvyskovsky 2 года назад

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

@RMD992-f2n 3 года назад

Awesome video. Can’t wait till 2022 gran fondo! What gear set up do you use ? Will a sub compact chainring 52/36 and a 11/32 cassette be good for the hills to Whistler ? Or should I go full compact ?

@zbynekvyskovsky 3 года назад

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...

@hichamza 5 лет назад

Amazing!! What equipment did you use to view these metrics on the video? appreciate your help

@zbynekvyskovsky 5 лет назад

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.

@sukisszoze 5 лет назад

Congrats on your result! How did you overlay your stats on the video?

@zbynekvyskovsky 5 лет назад

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).

@sukisszoze 5 лет назад

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

@zbynekvyskovsky 5 лет назад

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.

@mmfong297 4 года назад

Good vids, thinking about doing this year.. but seems like you started out with the causal riders and didn't have anyone to work together in the first 60km. Is the start line-up based on first come first serve?

@zbynekvyskovsky 4 года назад

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...

@mmfong297 4 года назад

@@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!