XC Full Race: Winning the 2016 Kenda Cup West Series in Cat-1!! Big Bear Lake, CA, USA

[@Laemy100]

Congratulations for the victory...... and the amazing videos!!! I want more........ ;o)

[@Eltoca21]

So awesomely fantastic!!! Thanks so much for posting these!

[@baronerotto]

Congratulations Ben, I'm Italian, I watched your beautiful videos and I have been inspiring. so .... I bought a beautiful Trek Top Fuel 9 and I started to ride a bike after a bit 'of years of stop. Thank you Stefano

[@bengoyette]

Yeah!! keep it up :)

[@ethancsn6636]

Wahoo ! Awesome race, congratulation ! Have a nice ride ;)

[@Tedroy]

Fun watch. Congrats on the win.

[@TheMazimos]

Congrats ben , i"m french, i follow and see all your beautiful videos, i like your place...more more

[@karlkwapick]

Congratulations on the Championship... makes all the hard work worthwhile. Now do you stay in Category 1 or do you have to move up?

[@bengoyette]

I don't "have to" since there's no mandatory upgrade from Cat-1 to Pro, but I'll do it. Because I could only go backward in Cat-1 now, so I might as well try a new challenge. License upgrades are explained here: www.usacycling.org/mountain-bike-category-upgrades.htm

[@byrt001]

fantastic!!! did not see you drinking any water?? Do you do a lot of weight lifting??

[@bengoyette]

I had a sneaky Camelbak hidden under my jersey. Same setup as Reno, the guy with a yellow jersey. It's a great setup for that course, because the technical single track sections are so long with nowhere to drink from a bottle. And no I don't weight lift at all -- I know I should though. I just do low cadence single speed rides on hills for strength.

[@mobettah]

Congratulations!

[@theskjse2729]

how do you prepare for races and what advice do you have for people starting to do with races?

[@bengoyette]

For a beginner race? In terms of gear, nutrition and fitness, there's nothing different to showing up for a Sunday ride. So no need to stress about that. The only different thing to prepare is to read all the race info. It sounds trivial, but knowing the course, your start time, the start location, is there a shorter start loop?, is there a feed zone?, etc. can make a huge difference to your stress level on race day. For sport races, I was following the advices from The Time-Crunched Cyclist book. It's really good if you don't have that much time to train.

[@theskjse2729]

+Ben Goyette OK thank you

[@machainebatpat1827]

hello and congratulation for winning the race. i watched the vidéo and i saw you pass other riders. did they were in front or did you passed them for a second time?

[@bengoyette]

At the end, we're passing the Sport and Beginner categories who started behind us but ran on a shorter course

[@machainebatpat1827]

Ha ok. Thank you. What bike are you riding? I'm on an Orbea.

[@bengoyette]

Patrick GENEVIEVE ANASTASIE - Orbea Oiz 27.5

[@felipeordonez7393]

Congrats!! how many kilometres were this race?

[@tiberiusbrittanicus]

gratz mate:)

[@ethancsn6636]

And you have an ORBEA like me I have the OCCAM but an ORBEA ! Perfect bije :D

[@zachmtb8432]

do you use a dropper post

[@bengoyette]

I don't.

[@jlcarmona]

Mickey Mouse

[@rankie125]

congratz

[@Balero32]

I'm always amazed when I see you guys having to dodge cars in the middle of a race. Guess they don't close the roads for races.

[@oschwald9784]

that spoiler in the title :D

[@isaacbright1455]

Youre gauze