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I've got one issue with that video. At the end, I was wondering why the rider in green that Holmes just passed didn't open the required distance, but then I looked in the right frame and Holmes hands weren't on the extensions anymore. He appears to have passed several folks, gotten in front of them, then just sat up. That's not a cool move at all. For the guy in green to have dropped back, he'd have to have literally hit the brakes which looks like it could have been a recipe for disaster with all that nonsense going on.
I'm not saying gbobholmes hasn't done a service to the sport here, but a little of it is like the nightly news film crew reporting on the traffic jam that's only there because the nightly news film crew is set up along the side of the road creating the gawkers jam.
I knew someone would say that first the yellow line...We are talking about drafting and getting an advantage I never said I was perfect. It was to avoid all the bikes coming into that aid station they were wide(see the newer video with front and rear views in same clip).
YEs I admit it I crossed the yellow line yes. Its like the double yellow line for automobiles.. Your not supposed to pass with a double yellow line. BUT what are you going to do if say a car stops
dead in front of you or a tree is on the road. Are you going to wait until the car moves to pass or someone removes the tree.. NO your going to look see if there is any on coming traffic(this isn' a hill) and if safe make your pass.
As for the setting up after a pass.. This is why those of us who make every effort not to draft are really pissed off. We work very hard(which you don't see the folks in the pack who claim they got
caught up in do) to make the pass legallly.. I push through the packs when they slow down. Well after 10 bikes or so and actually getting some wind protection from the pack as your passing
you get to the front and they speed up to stay with you or you keep pushing. But eventually I can't stay up in front. This can happen over and over again.
FInally you just get frustrated. I see them in my mirror gaining and pretty much decide its not worth the effort to keep pushing...
First time I passed the group they all slowed down at aid station and in the crowd. I kept going following the rules passing at a fast clip well less than 20 seconds.
Each time I'd pass a couple I ended up in someone elses draft zone. Toward the end if you watch I shifted gears because I wasn't gaining on the next bike but was in the draft zone so I did
what I was supposed to do finish the pass but by then the group started picking up steam after the slow down so it was matter of time. I may have sat up but I was going roughly the same speed.
I was hopeing to get my gps track info overlayed but since my video was not continous due to a reboot earlier its going to be difficult(the bike mounted cameras ran continous)
But it would show the speeds.