First race in 4 months.

[@mrmarktucker]

My legs still have a little PTSD from those turns on the front bringing the pee break away back!😆. Good to have you back out racing 🙌

[@darbymckilkannoncaid3279]

Sorry for your loss, Jeff.

[@laustenfound]

Love these commentaries. First crit tomorrow. Stoked for it! 😁 UPDATE: I placed third, didn’t cause a crash, and had so much fun! Your videos made me ready for my first experience drafting and being near other riders like that. Thank you. -Jon the sacramento native.

[@Jedpack]

Have fun!

[@struancochrane753]

Great effort, good to see you back. That team that attacked during the comfort break.... .May their saddle sores be infected! That is not cricket as we say in Britain. There are a few unwritten neutral zones within the peloton, feed zones, agreed comfort break etc. Anyhow...

[@chriswitek9455]

Without further adieu, ...BUT FIRST! That's not how that works lol

[@jgrefrath]

Welcome back and great result! Seemed like extremely weird race dynamics throughout. Such a strong man masterclass by Trevor, also. He is local to Sacramento and has been riding like that all year in the hardest group rides in the area. It's no surprise that he dropped nuke after nuke in the race to win it. Attacking the pee break is such a classless move. Worse than attacking through the feed.

[@PatrickLino]

I run 30c tires on my same set of No6 wheels. Feels so smooth over rough roads.

[@savievankint]

What PSI you put on there brother? And how much you weigh? Thank you

[@laurenz323]

I was ill, didnt drive yade yade yade and started this year with a fitness level of 10 (strava). My peak last year was 100. After some training i am now back at 70. My treshold is back but the basic rides my heartrate tends to be higher and the drift also

[@savievankint]

TF man Trevor is so strong! Great race and content, Jeff! Lezz goooo! 💪🏼

[@cgame85]

Cannot wait for the wheel review! I’ve been eyeing those for a while now! Got the other two creators that spoke about them and third time will be the charm to make the decision!

[@bradleywiggs3258]

Solid riding as always, glad to have you back racing!

[@Jedpack]

Excited to hear your opinion on those wheels!

[@Avioto]

congrats man good job

[@DrFlashburn]

I'm thinking of using the end of year winter discounts to build a bike. Tavelo, winspace or similar. Would be great to see a collaboration with panda podium guy comparing the latest and greatest frames China has to offer.

[@mrmarktucker]

Tavelo with Cybrei cranks and Xcady PM 🔥🔥🔥

[@thecyclinggreek274]

Great video and fantastic effort.

[@Wanderer25]

Awaiting your review of the No.6 wheels. They're on the shortlist for next wheelset.

[@NorCalCycling]

coming soon. TLDW they're good and I'll be able to provide a discount link, thanks for your patience 🤙

[@JonathanHair]

Can you outline your nutrition during an event like this? Feedzones? How much do you carry?

[@Gixer750pilot]

Love my GP5000 30mm on the Drive 50D wheels . With TPU tubes they are so comfy and I love the whooshy noise. Makes me feel racey 😂

[@laurenz323]

I am looking for New wheels. But the elite drive Internal is only 21mm right? The craft wheels are lighter and the front inner width is 25mm. I am also running 30mm on dt swiss arc1400 with 21mm internal and they Pop out big

[@Gixer750pilot]

@@laurenz323 they don’t come out wider than the rim , maybe 1mm . They are very good wheels and very light at a great price . Lots of discount codes if you look on the KZbin reviews too

[@ronaldhoward7908]

Great Job!

[@benoittheminerandgamer]

we see that the road is in bad condition!. What it feel to go with the 33,5mm tire?? You use 28mm normally? Do you think you lost speed with that big tire? Can you tell more about that in a other video.

[@cycledogg4]

Jeff, what was your powermeter source for this race?

[@cahal]

Nice one Jeff

[@Gixer750pilot]

The team who didn’t stop for above break were taking the piss ……… see what I did there ? ……….. I’ll get my coat 😢

[@Djacob_]

I love taking the piss

[@bm4122]

With that bad of pavement no wonder you want a 30mm+ tire. It looked awful, couldn’t imagine 25mm tires on that road! I do have a question on these long 90 mile races, do you have water fill up’s? Surely you can’t go the full 90 miles on 2 bottles of water.

[@mrmarktucker]

for what it’s worth…It was not super hot outside that day. I ran 2 950ml bottles with 200g of carbo mix in each. There was a neutral feed for water bottles manned by promoter staff and some utilized on lap 2 and 3.

[@kidsafe]

I ran 32mm WAM tires at 55psi and still got bounced around. I managed to only drink a single 750mL bottle for this race even though I brought three just in case…

[@commandocringe7557]

always thought factor is a bike manufacturer, but you do you

[@yashsense9372]

hey just a quick question, what software did you use to track you fitness like it showed a score, which site/software was it

[@MrEMann]

Looks like Trainingpeaks

[@wertyboy8704]

I think this is intervals icu

[@wertyboy8704]

​@@MrEMannTP is blue

[@wertyboy8704]

Or strava

[@balboacow]

looks like strava, fitness tracking is a premium feature I believe.

[@ericsleeth]

Those are the biggest bib numbers I’ve ever seen 😂

[@DrFlashburn]

Welcome back to racing. What are these fitness numbers?

[@thorarin7537]

Strava. It gives you points for your workouts.

[@yashsense9372]

@@thorarin7537 i doubt that thats strava, i have a fitness score of 220+ on strava and i am no where close to as strong as jeff

[@ppawlows2000]

What app do you use to track your fitness score?

[@LukeGJPotter]

That's Strava Premium's Fitness and Freshness graph. TrainingPeaks have trademarked the terms TSS, CTL and ATL, but Strava still use the same underlying calculation.

[@sabiq1000]

Question Jeff, why don’t you race with the foil?

[@travispyle2905]

I'm guessing because it is a super stiff bike (I have a foil and it is super stiff vertically) , or it might not be a Mike's Bike sponsored bike(?).

[@savievankint]

​@@travispyle2905 what's the downside of a bike being super stiff? (Stiff vertically in your own words)

[@travispyle2905]

@@savievankint Down side to a bike that is stiff vertically means it does not have much vertical compliance. On the other hand, Bikes with more vertical compliance do a good job to take some of the sting out of bad pavement, road buzz or for example when crossing railroad tracks. My other bikes are a 2019 specialized tarmac SL6 disc brake, that bike handles GREAT and has more vertical compliance than the foil. I also have a 2022 BMC roadmachine and that bike does a GREAT job of being torsionally stiff (good for power transfer) and yet is also Very vertically compliant, however, it IS NOT AS aero and it's handling is not as good as the Tarmac (BMC has slower turn in response then my tarmac). These are all my opinions and opinions may differ, but I have lent my BMC to my other teammates when their primary bike was in the shop for a week or two and they had the same experience with the BMC being very torsionally stiff for great power transfer, but also nice and comfy from the vertical compliance. My foil does not handle as well as my tarmac (and is probably not as good as my bmc either), When I say a bike handles well, what I mean is that my tarmac (provides rapid cornering response = turn in is immediate, it holds it's line well in a corner, and I can adjust my line mid corner without unsettling the bike) but yet my tarmac is also not twitchy either which is an awesome combo in my mind (none of those three bikes are twitch). The Foil's handling isn't as sharp, but the foil tracks a straight line very well, which is good for riding on the road, but for crits I would prefer it to have sharper handling (I still use the foil for crits though... haha). Where the foil REALLY shines is not so much that the frame is more aero (which it is and I'm probably saving 10+ watts in the frame alone... see the German Tour Magazine ... use google translate, they do 3rd party aero testing of all the big name bikes, it is a data gold mine), but where the foil really shines is that it's geometry allows me to maintain an aero position comfortable for LONG periods of time, like 30+ minutes or more at a time. What I mean is that I can ride for extended periods of time with my forearms on the tops (forearms parallel to the ground) with my elbows in a 90 degree position and my hands on the hoods... I could only hold that position for a few minutes at a time with my tarmac or bmc bikes. My Tarmac and BMC bikes were profesionally fitted to me. My position on the foil felt so good how I initially set it up I didn't feel the need to take it to a fitter. Other dudes on my team have commented how rediculouslly aero my position is on my foil and how I now give them a horrible draft. (I'm 5'9" 175 pounds, so no bean pole). For example A buddy of mine and I went on a hard ride where we were intended on alternating 2-3 minute pulls for about an hour, we were pushing the pace. I was on my foil and He was on a new Felt disc bike that is pretty aero, he is my height and maybe 10 pounds heavier and crazy jacked. my pulls were around 320 watts and so were his, but when I was behind him I averaged like 230 watts; however, when he was behind me he averaged like 280 watts in my draft. We traded off pulls like that for about 30 minutes minutes and then his pulls started shortening and my pulls start lengthening until finally around 45 minutes into the hour effort I just took the lead and pulled straight for the last 15 minutes because he was totally smoked. We were both doing threshold during our pulls but while I was doing zone 2 in his draft, he was doing sweetspot in my draft... which eventually crushed him. Sorry for the tangents and Kudos if you read all this.

[@travispyle2905]

​@@savievankint vetically stiff bikes transfers more of the bumps and road buzz to the rider. On the flip side, a bike that has more vertically compliance (less vertically stiff) does a good job of taking the edge off the crappy patches of pavement. In my mind I want a bike that is very torsiontally stiff (does a good job of power transfer), but has some vertical compliance. My 2022 BMC roadmachine has great torsional stiffness, yet has some vertical compliance (the seat stays are thick horizontally not vertically, and a long non thick seat post). If I could have a bike with the vertical compliance of my BMC, handling of my tarmac SL6, aero dynamics of my foil and allows the aero body position I can maintain on my foil, that would be the perfect bike for me.

[@savievankint]

@@travispyle2905 brother thank you so much for explaining it well. Now I know what it means

[@TristanTaillon]

Damn these sexy robots comments hahaha

[@quocbaonguyen4588]

reported!

[@mikew466]

Do all AI comments end in emoji? 😒

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

Huge A4 numbers!

[@johnharris8394]

First time I've seen hose.

[@styven77]

So, they attacked the nature break? Dick move.

[@sigfreed11]

Jeff are you considering racing in the indieVelo Grand Tour? You, Will, and some other friends could make a serious GC contending team

[@xVertOx]

Both of these guys are on separate teams. It's very unlikely that they would form an independent team just for a race.

[@sigfreed11]

@@xVertOx it’s an online race for bragging rights - I think they could definitely pair up to help grow their KZbin channels 💪🏻 Next year though there will likely be sponsors for the race with actual prize money/products

[@joonleethong30]

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