11.1.22 Good intro on showing some of the racers. Excellent start Ed. Weather looked cloudy. Was leading for a few turns. Were people confused on which way to go 23.15? Was the course marked badly again? Follow the lemmings. Really like the camera front and back and the course map. Pile up at 39.30. What was the problem? Went the correct way lap 2. Like the horn honking. Git out of my way. Ed did you pit next to the porta potties? How much battery was left at the end of lap 2? Does the back camera last longer than the front? Still a pile up 59.40. Is this a big swamp? Did you git stuck? Way to snake your way around. To bad the people in your class that were in front of you did not get stuck. Could of ended up being 1st.
@edfessler Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes, a lot of people including myself totally missed the turn to the right at 21:24. Someone busted through the ribbon, but it was still well marked. I just blindly followed another racer that way. Definitely my mistake. 39:30 was just a muddy tough area. It was destined to be a backup. Not sure why race courses put that kind of thing in the course. Not fun! The pit options were terrible at this race. The course did not come anywhere near the parking area except for at the main check, which is why I parked next to the port a potties. It was the closest spot I could do a battery swap. It was a terrible setup for spectators as well. It was hard for me to get through the spectators safely to get to my pit spot. I had between 35-45% battery after the 2nd lap. Probably could have done a 3rd lap on that battery, but swapped to be safe since I had 2 spare batteries this race. Probably would have been better to make the 3rd lap each time and avoid the 2nd battery swap. The race was 2 hours, and I did not know how long the laps would be. If they were 7 or 8 miles, that could have been a 30 minute lap time, which could be a 2:30 race depending on when the overall person comes in. If that was the case, one GoPro battery would not be enough. Turns out the laps were 5 miles and it was not an issue. But I swapped out the front GoPro battery just in case. I figured I would let the back one run down if needed, since it is a lot harder to swap. It was a big swamp! LOL I did get stuck for a moment. It was a tough section for sure!
@bkd113 Жыл бұрын
This is really cool to watch Be looking forward to seeing more.
@edfessler Жыл бұрын
Ryan Piper won the overall at this race. He passed me at 31:26, where i have a great shot of him coming up on me on my rear camera. Everyone should check it out. I think I was going pretty fast, but he came up on me like I was sitting still. Great race Ryan and very impressive!
@ASMRKlotz Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure where it was because I accidentally refreshed the page but there was one guy that let you around and as soon as you did he fell down in a dip and blocked the 2 bikes behind him. You can see it in your rear view.
@edfessler Жыл бұрын
Yes, it took me a long time to get around him. It was at 1:38:08.