The Cat 5 who can make 1,600 Watts

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@GoodFellasBpong 7 месяцев назад

Looking back in time... Cat5 was fun just riding around. Now cat5 is people with A/B fitness and no handles. Wild

@8584zender 7 месяцев назад

Right? Cat5 used to be "I ride quite a bit and want to see if I like racing" Now Cat5 is "I've been on TrainerRoad for 6 years, got my FTP to 4.5W/kg, bought my $15K rig plus separate race wheels, second trainer to use just for warming up before the start, joined a team, got a couple of skinsuits and want to lap the field." 😁

@Unwavering137 7 месяцев назад

@@8584zenderI assume you saw Chris Horner's video today about the fact that no one needs a $15K skinsuit, aero socks, and a $15K bike to be fast i.e, it's fitness and training that makes you fast, not zoot suits and fancy toys that may give you only incrementally small differences.

@teffisk 7 месяцев назад

Cool course! Killer sprint, especially from the hoods! Classic CAT5.

@chrisr.9361 7 месяцев назад

Buddy didnt touch the front at all. If you're in that group, why aren't you making Mr. TreeTrunks pull you to the line?

@frozenbean 7 месяцев назад

Wow, chapeau to Matt. That's a watt bazooka and a half!

@triatheletewolf7279 7 месяцев назад

That is a very weird podium picture. Lol

@AnitCsah 7 месяцев назад

I love when other racers just tick along giving space on the sheltered side of a crosswind.

@smshing_lee 7 месяцев назад

NorCal & Will combo is good

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

the commentary is nice

@endaohalloran6649 7 месяцев назад

11:09 Top tip: If you see legs like these, never go the line with them lol

@Ian_climbs 7 месяцев назад

Damn that sprint was dope

@FlyingGravelMan 7 месяцев назад

Jolly green giant😂. That guy has massive quads

@elijg6104 7 месяцев назад

If Matt can climb as well as the rest of the field and outsprint them too, it was really his race too lose, there was only so much the competition could have done.

@Unwavering137 7 месяцев назад

That wreck on wipeout makes me cringe. Ouch! Lots of roadrash snd maybe some broken bones.

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

and broken carbon… 😢

@John-dh1gh 7 месяцев назад

Guy who crashed looked like his center of gravity was too far back. Look at his post extension.

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

this is Cat 5 race after all

@1962speiche 7 месяцев назад

I love Cyclists. But the most powerful Cyclist is Robert Förstemann. He pushes 2500 Watts!

@Егор228негар 7 месяцев назад

Delicious teacher 71

@emperorofthenorthno.19trai30 7 месяцев назад

Ya 1600 watts means he is a big huge time sandbagger n the officials should make him move up for years but u seem to think this is a good thing nooooo it kills cycling he just sits in n sandbags shame on this video n you showing it 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@colokurt1 7 месяцев назад

Check is road-results. He just started 2 seasons ago and has since upgraded. He started racing Cat 3/4 and Cat 3 two races after that Brinkerhoff race. He's not sandbagging.

@Ih8GoogleandApple 7 месяцев назад

That crash provides fuel for group racing nightmares! The guy was stuck to the bike while dragging his skin down the road

@Real28 7 месяцев назад

I want to get into some races...boy that crash makes me think twice 🤣

@8584zender 7 месяцев назад

@@Real28 Start with cyclocross. Lower stakes, slower speeds, relatively soft landings (usually). But, still gives some wheel-to-wheel racing and strategy.

@ChiTownBrownie89 7 месяцев назад

@@Real28 its a lot less common than you think.

@petersouthernboy6327 2 месяца назад

Crash at 35 mph on Black Hills flint gravel.

@ConnorFrench 7 месяцев назад

This is basically EJ at the start of his cycling journey

@timwong3532 7 месяцев назад

Would love to see a Couch 2 Crit part 2! Perhaps with someone not as genetically gifted as EJ this time so us mere mortals can relate to the journey which often takes years instead of weeks!

@10flyingdutchman 7 месяцев назад

@@timwong3532EJ was part 2. Jeff had Logan on and was a great watch.

@Real28 7 месяцев назад

Dude has quads for days, no wonder he can lay down the power. Sheesh. Big muscles + endurance are a beautiful thing. Thats definitely a "gotta know your competition" race when you got a guy capable of that kind of push.

@emperorofthenorthno.19trai30 7 месяцев назад

We call the sport killers he is a huge sandbagger that should have been forced to move up to 4 or 3 but this is the new thing to do but one day license n race big races like we don't know who they are

@mmfong297 7 месяцев назад

Dang that dude belongs in an indoor track..good stamina for his physique. I have done races with these former body building dudes.. what we usually do is attack on the climbs to get rid of them so they don't stand a chance on a final sprint

@Joshua-dx7zn 7 месяцев назад

A little quad envy going on there Jeff? I wish I had legs like that though.

@xVertOx 7 месяцев назад

I wouldn't be surprised if Jeff could still outsprint this dude. With big legs often comes big weight, therefore w/kg can stay the same compared to smaller dudes.

@Joshua-dx7zn 7 месяцев назад

@@xVertOx Oh I bet Jeff could still beat this guy because Jeff is a more seasoned rider and has a pretty good sprint too.

@jonathandurand-marandi2244 7 месяцев назад

wath is this guy doing in cat 5 with thesse watts!!!

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

yeah right. I feel bad for the field

@billkallas1762 7 месяцев назад

I noticed that at least one of the Pink Band guys is on rim brakes.

@AustinIsTheGreatests 7 месяцев назад

Wow, never thought I would see a race that I have done on this channel. I thought I might see myself in the video when you said Cat4/5 but sadly this was the 2nd weekend. Sadly I did the 1st weekend.

@kcabsquadron4873 7 месяцев назад

One day Norcal will realize peak sprint watts has nothing to do with category.

@jessejamesv 7 месяцев назад

Yep. They don't test your sprint and let you jump directly to cat 3.

@hagakuru 7 месяцев назад

16k/wkg for 5 second vs 12k/wkg for 20 seconds?? I think I could have taken him at the line. ;P

@swites 7 месяцев назад

Thing about sprinters is they can maintain that high power (8 to 900w's) for a long time after the initial spike. Wish I could!

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

that power is just unmatched to normal folk

@louism7161 7 месяцев назад

Great race. Last year was cold and windy both days. Got dropped like a bad habit early on. Hoping the groundhog says there will be sun for it this year.

@swunson 7 месяцев назад

stick with it

@obikedog 7 месяцев назад

So 19W/kg means more to me - but yeah - that's crazy [scary!] power - especially in a cat 5 racer who might not have skills to match! Also, definitely agree on general principle, using the wind would have been smart for CBR. However, in a cat4/5, I would not expect a level of preparation (or bandwidth!) outside just racing their bikes where participants can identify riders; their strengths and weaknesses.

@Zen.416 7 месяцев назад

Once again Jeff, a tribute to you and guys like you who are educating the up and coming cyclists!! They don’t make cat 5s the way they used too 😉🍺🍺! Keep up the great work!!