Yea a lot more stable. And if someone loses the wheel you don’t have to try and get round them to chase a little split.

For sure. Done most my races on my own, but it’s so much more enjoyable when you have other team/club members to do them with!

For sure, but attacking when there’s a strong headwind, no one wants to chase. When there’s a tailwind, it’s lovely to chase people down.

Thanks

Thanks! Are you in the uk? What area are you racing? :)

Yea I went to get some really poor b roll ha. However that’s another great tip, I’d check out the course pre race 😄

I remember being that keen once 👴🏻 🤣 Even bought a key for the barrier so I could park next to the circuit 🤣

@@crosshaircycling7156 😂😂

Ah awesome. Where abouts!?

Any of them that wouldn’t apply to cycle cross?? And any tips you’d like to add? 😃

You’re welcome! 😄

Who said I wasn’t? 👀😂

LOL, I thought you were mid-40s! Nice to put a face to the voice…

@@photog2903 ffs at this rate this is going to turn into a beauty channel of me getting some botox 🤣

Hahahahaha…it’s so hard to judge someone just based on their voice!

Fair play to you 🔥 Where was this?

🤦‍♂️😂 this would be great. Maybe I could do a video on making another angry. We have a really nice BPC rider at Reading CC. Maybe a video on turning him to the dark side “10 tips on how to make a BPC angry” 😂

I am laughing very much over here, Jonny!

Interesting. I guess would depend on how many people are in the break and how many you’re confident of out sprinting. Less people in the break higher chances of you winning from a smaller bunch. If there’s a break of 4 and your carry up 4. You’re now competing against 8 in a sprint. Vs a 4. Plus the potential of more games being played.

Hey Simon I just see this comment. I think it’s the next one to upload. Just uploaded the Hillingdon race which was before that

@@michaelgraycycling thanks Michael. Look forward to the Combe uploads and the torrential rain Swindon Wheelers RR

@@simonworsley8631 that was wet!

To get a second place after 2 races is great well done 👊 That tactic is what I did at my last Hillingdon on this channel if you check it out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLGbmZOE373QZY0.html It’s good, but if a crash happens and you’re at the back of the peloton you easily get held up and dropped. Or worse case get caught in it. The jump from 4-3. Honestly if you get enough points, it’s where you should be. For example if it takes you 3 races to get to cat 3, you’re clearly doing something well and shouldn’t be in cat 4. Likewise if it takes you a few months to get out of cat 4, it’s because you’re not ready for cat 3. I was in cat 4 for a while, I was frustrated, but looking back on it, it’s where i was meant to be. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hpeflMx0rNSbmZs.html is a video I did from my first cat 3 race and talking about the difference 😃 Where abouts in the uk do you race?

@@michaelgraycycling thanks for the feedback, enjoyed the other videos. My first cat3 race is tomorrow, fingers crossed I survive. I’m based in Sussex and racing at Goodwood

@@weinoberger oh brilliant. Good luck and enjoy it! I’m sure you will 😃 in doing Hillingdon tomorrow and castle Combe Thursday

😂 nothing beats the ole pedal clip

Hey Id probably disagree with that. If you’re at the back of the peloton you’re going to have to deal with hard surges that aren’t so tough at the front of the peloton and if someone screws up you’re going to be behind them putting yourself at risk all the time. My advice is to stay near the front if you can. If you’re at the back, there’s also a high risk of getting dropped… quickly. That’s all you’re going to learn. Expect to be dropped but the first races in cat 4 the goal should be imo to not get dropped.

Hey John thanks for your points. With point 3, I spent ages getting frustrated not getting points. But eventually they came and it was at the right time naturally. So stay patient and like point 5, just enjoy it. In fact with point 2, you’ll probably end up a smart racer, as you can’t just over power people, you’ll have to use your mind and try to use people. And that will be a bonus in your armoury as you get stronger. How much training do you do at the moment? Are you with a club? Which 3/4 races did you do?

@@michaelgraycycling Ilkley cc, just done the two Spatzwear Rayner ones at the brownlee centre North Leeds

Note my result on the second round is wrong, I didn't place 11th lol. More like 35th

You not enjoy them then? 😆

@michaelgraycycling they interrupt training. I love to train and ride.

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