I'm not so sure the people who are interested in racing are the same people interested in video production.
As a racer I felt the video offered very little other than the entertainment value, without the music we could have heard what your breathing was like yet we were excluded from this.
In terms of Video production as a racer I would have liked to see an overlay from your GPS or power meter data. Applications such as dashware can undertake this task.
I felt the footage was edited for artistic and entertainment value rather than a discussion regarding race craft.... Slow motion cornering to permit discussion on cornering techniques would have been nice.
Well, you're certainly right about entertainment value. I've noticed that there are thousands of helmet or barcam racing videos. Many of them add commentary as to what the writer is thinking or trying to do. I guess adding an element of entertainment is necessary, but that's all done in postproduction. When I'm on the bike, I am purely focused on the racing.
I added the commentary because often people will ask, “why didn't you close that gap”, “why are you hanging off to the left and not right behind his wheel?”, and things of that nature. It's much easier to add some of the character and thinking in postproduction than it is to continually right people in response to those basic questions.
"Cycling is a lazy mans sport - he who does the least work often wins." -Montage I agree with this. The exception is when the aggressive guy gets up the road and the lazy man misses his chance. The back story to these races is that at some point in the first third of the race over the last several weeks someone has gotten away and the chase came too little too late. I was hoping to get in one of these breakaways.
It's not an exciting course but let me answer a couple of your questions...
Total distance: 40 Minutes
Lap size: .4 Miles / 1/2K
Where: Boise, Idaho USA The fairgrounds parking lot
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course didn't look great but you use what's available.." Agreed. I would rather have this than nothing.
"the video was pretty cool and nicely put together.." Thanks.
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On-screen dialogue is your reflections on what happened or what you were thinking at the time." I try to make it what I was thinking at the time but it's hard to keep out what you know in hindsight. Good point.
Thanks for all the thoughts.