Saw this on Facebook today. Eric filmed the descent at Worlds.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [logella]
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Not the least bit dangerous passing on the right like that. /pink
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [cloy26]
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Ha. I remember doing a few close passes on the right on the Richter descent in 2012 but none as close as they tractor one. Yikes!
Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [cloy26]
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Wow! That was a sketchy pass of the tractor, for sure.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [logella]
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55mph... That's moving right along. I'm guessing there will be some huge speed disparities at that point in the race with less-comfortable descenders riding the brakes.
Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [wbattaile]
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For sure I'll be one taking slow, tested out descent yesterday and felt very uneasy on top section with the hard turns, used brakes whole way, my Trek SC with Flo front had serious wheel wobble which I have never felt before. I'll be honest I am former roadie Cat 3 and I done climbs and descent in Co and Cali and the I had hard time getting to sleep with anxiety over the bike course.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [DFWTri]
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I rode the descent 3 days ago and took it pretty conservatively. The technical part took me only 3:10 and after that it's smooth sailing. How much time can you lose in 3 minutes? No reason to take big risks there.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [RowToTri]
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RowToTri wrote:
I rode the descent 3 days ago and took it pretty conservatively. The technical part took me only 3:10 and after that it's smooth sailing. How much time can you lose in 3 minutes? No reason to take big risks there.Pussy.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [renorider]
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renorider wrote:
RowToTri wrote:
I rode the descent 3 days ago and took it pretty conservatively. The technical part took me only 3:10 and after that it's smooth sailing. How much time can you lose in 3 minutes? No reason to take big risks there.Pussy.
The number of guys I passed on the descent today says otherwise :) However they had all passed me first on the climb despite me throwing my power plan out the window and pushing too hard.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [logella]
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Link not working for me. Have a link to the place it was posted perhaps?
* Edit: found it. https://www.facebook.com/elagerstrom
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [logella]
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88mph! And that tractor pass. Those are some handling skills...
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [georged]
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georged wrote:
88mph! And that tractor pass. Those are some handling skills...KPH not MPH
Awesome video.
Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [RowToTri]
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [xgep]
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Those numbers are much more sane then! I was kind of worried for his safety at ~140km/h. Still a gnarly descent, and it's nice seeing him push 700w coming out of a few corners.
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Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [cloy26]
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Seriously. This was not dangerous at all.
Next races on the schedule: none at the moment
Next races on the schedule: none at the moment
Re: Eric's video from 70.3 Worlds [georged]
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140kph? i think top speed was 90
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140kph? i think top speed was 90The speed display was in KPH not MPH, therefore the highest speed shown (I saw 88) was 88kph or about 55mph, or if you want to get really technical, 24.4 meters/s^2. I've done close to the same speeds descending some hills around here but on not nearly as technical of courses.
Hopefully Eric is able to keep up the ITU videos without them messing with him much. They're generally more interesting than the 'official' coverage.