It’s really fun and fast, so I wanted to document it, and one day I took out the GoPro, and the footage turned out pretty good. (I’ve recorded whole rides where I mostly just captured the ground…)
Just curious if anyone can offer feedback: what I’m doing well, what I could do better.
In general, my priorities when riding are: One: stay safe, Two: go as fast on possible
I don’t have feedback but will just reinforce the safety focus. If you’re not a pro or racing it doesn’t matter. Longevity over speed. I crashed at like 45 mph and slid into the oncoming lane on a descent similar to this three months ago and was lucky to walk away without dying or major injury. My advice is to slow down and enjoy the scenery
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Keep more distance from cars. At around 10 minutes you are tailing that car way too close.
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If you want to go faster in the straights (will also work in the wide sweeping turns), a more aero position is needed. Chest down with back parallel to the ground will do wonders for speed. I didn’t watch the entire video, but I could see a shadow that had your upper body almost vertical.
When I’m coming fast into a turn that may require braking, I will sit upright and use my chest as an air brake. If I need to slow down further I will then lightly touch my brake levers. That’s how much the aerodynamics effects speed.
Of course, you’ll have to find another mount for the camera other than on the chest. With a chest camera, you won’t be able to do the super-tuck on the fastest sections of road.
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This is not the most technical descent, but it’s the closest and most accessible one to me, so I’ve done it a couple times now. Here is its [strava segment](https://www.strava.com/segments/22509352?filter=overall)
It’s really fun and fast, so I wanted to document it, and one day I took out the GoPro, and the footage turned out pretty good. (I’ve recorded whole rides where I mostly just captured the ground…)
Just curious if anyone can offer feedback: what I’m doing well, what I could do better.
In general, my priorities when riding are: One: stay safe, Two: go as fast on possible
Yesterday, I was asking [when it’s faster to pedal on a descent, and when it’s faster to tuck/coast](https://old.reddit.com/r/cycling/comments/1ihij9l/while_descending_when_is_it_faster_to_keep/). On this attempt, I decided to focus on pedaling as much as possible, as long as there was any resistance at all…
I don’t have feedback but will just reinforce the safety focus. If you’re not a pro or racing it doesn’t matter. Longevity over speed. I crashed at like 45 mph and slid into the oncoming lane on a descent similar to this three months ago and was lucky to walk away without dying or major injury. My advice is to slow down and enjoy the scenery
Keep more distance from cars. At around 10 minutes you are tailing that car way too close.
If you want to go faster in the straights (will also work in the wide sweeping turns), a more aero position is needed. Chest down with back parallel to the ground will do wonders for speed. I didn’t watch the entire video, but I could see a shadow that had your upper body almost vertical.
When I’m coming fast into a turn that may require braking, I will sit upright and use my chest as an air brake. If I need to slow down further I will then lightly touch my brake levers. That’s how much the aerodynamics effects speed.
Of course, you’ll have to find another mount for the camera other than on the chest. With a chest camera, you won’t be able to do the super-tuck on the fastest sections of road.