USA Pro Criterium National Championships 

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I am sincerely grateful for your vivid emotions 😄

i managed to get through the whole video without making a single dad joke / pun on reign storm 🤝

@@NorCalCyclingDisappointed! Looks like neither of you reigned this particular storm. HO-HO!!

Agreed! These are unsafe barrier designs, hoping for a change in the future!

Better than screeching disc brakes...never had a problem with my carbon rims in the wet, its not the 90s.

They almost never touch the brakes at all when cornering. If you do, rim or disc in these conditions you're apt to slide out.

Yep, my team...Clayton is pretty used to it at this point, they aren't that bad if you know how to race them!

You can only stop so fast, based on your tires traction with the ground. Discs dont stop you any faster under normal conditions. In the rain, maybe. But you hear a lot of screeching out there. Theyre definitely better for long descents though where repeated hard stops will build up heat in a carbon rim.

I sadly won't make it this year , but plan on it next year. Will is going though say hi!

I don't know the justification for the change, but the problem mostly had to do with the implementation. "elite" nationals was actually amateur, but pros would give up their UCI license, dip back to an amateur rank and win a championship, then go back to a UCI pro. there have been elite champs who have already been pro champs, so the difference between the two was small at best.

@@NorCalCycling Interesting. The pro vs amateur distinction in golf is managed by the USGA. So if you turn pro and play events as a professional, you have to apply for a reinstatement of your amateur status. Once approved, you typically have to wait 1 year before you can compete as an amateur again. Some people have to wait longer if they had any success as a pro. The level between pro and am sounds greater in golf than cycling. The top top amateurs (top 10 in the world or so) could likely compete with touring pros week in and out, but the average touring pros would wipe the floor with your typical high level amateur. Although a lot of the mid-amateur (age 25 and over events) are won by guys who played professionally at some point and regained their amateur status since amateur events are more prevalent and less expensive.

@@NorCalCyclingthey are consolidating events so they lose less money.

Because the talent level isnt high enough in the average rider. Saying that, i literally have 65% the ftp of most these guys.

​@@mitchellsteindlerthat's not the point, though. Don't you think it would've been a better race if the Echelon guys were on different team racing against each other than on one team, shutting down the race?

@@andrasszabo1570 no, it would more interesting of each team was closer in level

Agreed.

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My night time vision goes to hell when I’m training, couldn’t imagine racing like that. It’s visually cool for a spectator but less than ideal for the riders

@@basedgodstrugglin IMO as a spectator it's less fun. It's difficult to see the riders and recognize who is who. I did one night crit and the thing that surprised me was the shadows. I guess in normal life you get used to using people's shadows (from the sun - so there's only one shadow per person and you can tell where they are in relation to the shadow).. But when you pass many lights, shadows are appearing and moving all over the ground in different orientations. So with numerous lights and the shadows moving all over, you're getting a ton of incorrect impressions from the shadows. Horrible

@@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv I know exactly what you mean

still around just not as fast. they've put money/resources into their other teams like blazers and aviators

@@NorCalCycling ahh ok… I really like their mission statement but couldn’t stand their behavior… hope the new train in town has more sportsmanship

Yeah it's pathetic. Nothing but gravel and mountain biking in the US now. Can't even consider those 2 things a real sport...just a circus sideshow carnival attraction.

There was coverage! I watched it live. Where were you?

Could have some speedbumps, and a bunch of manhole covers in each corner

@@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv Maybe some pedestrian crossings from a concert or pro sports game that just let out. And some street vendors selling food with lines that back up in an unpredictable way each lap. 😆