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PaulSecteur

PaulSecteur

No longer a Specialized fanboy
Location
Walsall, West Mids.
Hi,

The koi have finished chewing on my GoPro (http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/koi-carp-eat-gopro.163584/ ) so I took it for a ride around Cannock Chase.

Getting my excuses in early...

It was damper than it looks on the clip

I hadn't been out for a decent ride for about 2 weeks


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOeJ5w_oMg


I have a little oopsie moment at 1.20 when I get myself in the wrong position for a corner.

Some fireroads are fast forwarded to save time, and a fade to black is a breather or Im chatting.

Please keep all criticism constructive, or at least be funny about it!
 
Psycolist

Psycolist

NINJA BYKALIST
Location
North Essex
I reckon its virtually impossible to gauge how you are riding. The video would need to show you & the bike rather than what you are seeing from the bike, if you follow my gist. It would be more useful to be filmed from ahead (REAR FACING CAMERA) or behind by another rider to really get any idea of your style and competence, IMHO
 
Cubist

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
Psycolist said:
I reckon its virtually impossible to gauge how you are riding. The video would need to show you & the bike rather than what you are seeing from the bike, if you follow my gist. It would be more useful to be filmed from ahead (REAR FACING CAMERA) or behind by another rider to really get any idea of your style and competence, IMHO
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Unless of course you know the trails, then you can think back to how you ride them
A chest mounted GoPro gives a good indication of speed and so on, but flattens apparent gradient, even more so than a headcam. It also flattens trail features, so where the rider appears to lose flow, it's more likely because he's pedalling on the flat or uphill. One way to gauge is to see whether you can see him pedalling, and whether the bars are wagging.

@PaulSecteur ... good speed on the berms, and you obviously know the trail well. Your confidence on a lot of the features shows, but in places you scrubbed off more speed than you needed to (Let Loose springs to mind) .... stand up and use body weight to steer when it gets nadgery, and the bike will do the work for you. I enjoyed "Are we There Yet" (apart from the big step you steered round.... it's no worse than anything else you've ridden there, so have confidence in yourself) and Rock and Rollers- good speed!

You're certainly ready for the Monkey.... go on, you know you want to!
 
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Crackle

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I can only watch so much of these things before a peculiar kind of motion sickness hits me. It looks good though. I like the look of the trails. Point me at where the tricky bits are so I can watch those bits without feeling sick.
 
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PaulSecteur

PaulSecteur

No longer a Specialized fanboy
Location
Walsall, West Mids.
Cubist said:
(apart from the big step you steered round.... it's no worse than anything else you've ridden there, so have confidence in yourself)
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Yeah, that's a bit of a nemesis of mine. "Im gonna do it, Im Gonna do it... IM GONNA DO IT THIS TIME!!!! .... I wussed it"

Cubist said:
You're certainly ready for the Monkey.... go on, you know you want to!
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The bike is going in the back of the car and a trip tomorrow could see an attempt on the monkey, probably with a fire road trip back to birches valley.

Psycolist said:
I reckon its virtually impossible to gauge how you are riding. The video would need to show you & the bike rather than what you are seeing from the bike, if you follow my gist. It would be more useful to be filmed from ahead (REAR FACING CAMERA) or behind by another rider to really get any idea of your style and competence, IMHO
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Failing that, I will try to fix the gopro to a tree and get some external footage, it would be interesting to see if I look how I feel on the bike.

Its corners like the one at 2.28 and 13.52 that I would like to imrove on. Its a matter of tilting the bike in and really weighing the outside pedal. See how easy that was from behind a keyboard?
 
Psycolist

Psycolist

NINJA BYKALIST
Location
North Essex
To Cubist :- Good point well taken !
 
Motozulu

Motozulu

Über Member
Location
Rugeley, Staffs
As has been said Paul - hard to judge off that but look fine to me! the step you have a block on - remember speed is your friend and much easier to roll over that than go around it. good stuff though! when are we having this ride together then? :tongue:
 
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PaulSecteur

PaulSecteur

No longer a Specialized fanboy
Location
Walsall, West Mids.
e-rider said:
The sound on such videos really annoys me! Why not put some music to it?
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Because...

1- I have some crap taste in music and that will annoy more people
2-Youtube censor copyrighted stuff anyway.

The mix I would put on this would be...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyBUEEtIvI



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVL1u1eLX3I



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmQq6yLe2ww



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQLAhNlbfQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waacof2saZw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wSk1j02_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIdp5UaQDGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH_yivWallk

Is more annoying, yes?

Critique my musical taste

PS- One of those choons is a hoax and doesn't belong... but I`ll leave you lot to decide which one...
 
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