I raced my first XC race and this happened...

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[@tyleroneal2690]

Great video! It was a pleasure riding/racing with you! That little mistake cost us from a sprint finish! 🤪😂. I was already toast though and knew that the hill there was going to be tough!

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Heck yeah Tyler I'm glad you found the video. Its definitely special having footage of the entire race to review and check out after the fact. I really appreciate you driving out and being such a great competitor. Any plans to race XC in southern MO or NWA any time soon?

[@MTBMac]

Nice race @tyleroneal2690 great job!

[@tyleroneal2690]

We will be there for RO3. Then Unbound

[@criteriumracer]

Great race commentary! Way to put yourself out there.

[@JoseLimon-vj9iw]

congrats, the second channel is awesome. Hope you keep it going with races and XC bike builds.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Yeah man I'm digging it. I think I can get the video done in the week and race on the weekend. Next up - possibly a road race classic this weekend.

[@fpartidafpartida]

This is awesome. Paused the video to subscribe. I love that you put the power, timer and course as an overview to the race. This really help me understand the effort that will be needed to do one of these.

[@kooray83]

I don’t usually watch a whole hour race but your commentary kept me glued. Great video!!!

[@roddkugler2068]

Bro! We are so alike. My last BMX race was 2010 at the Freedom National in Woodbridge,Va. Made it to the main event and rolled the gate. Done. Burned out. Been racing XC ever since and LOVE IT! Stay Rad

[@JoshTaylor]

NoVa, holla

[@AZRob.]

Congratulations!! That was fun to watch! I'm toying with the idea of a race myself...

[@petehartingh3635]

It is always the best feeling finishing a race

[@kahoycrafts]

Congrats dude! ⚡💪

[@rmbtd]

This was quite awesome to watch!

[@Nanajo3ana]

Great job man ! I enjoyed watching this race

[@jstrahn]

Congrats! That was fun to watch.

[@rogust]

Excellent race Evan

[@AdF-RepublicOf6]

Nice ride and congrats! Smart, ride in riding your own race.

[@azdesertrat6969]

Nice job, Evan!

[@dannyrivera9805]

Staying focused is key. Nice race. Hopefully you keep this kind of content coming. I watched the whole video, better than watching shows on TV networks

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Thanks Danny! I had a blast making it and hope to get that rear facing camera one day. I watched the video with my wife on our TV haha

[@MASHLEY69]

Evan, although I couldn’t watch the whole thing through. I appreciate this video so much! As someone in my late 30’s I’ve been suffering with “health anxiety” for the past couple of years…that being said, I really paid attention to your heart rate throughout. I’m glad to see that you made it through with no issues. When I get into the high 180s I always back off because I’m scared to push too hard. As always, thanks for sharing with us!

[@ryansteiger6960]

Good job and thank you for the video Evan 👍

[@emilioformenti5870]

They are crazy fun bikes for xc

[@rmhfpv9225]

i really enjoyed this entire video. i liked the heart rate and thought proccess.

[@grimaceg1253]

Nice job! Thought you did a great job with the voice over for the race. Really like these race videos.

[@JaredHoff]

Just found your second channel. Always inspired by what you do man.

[@eeek5127]

Great job. You established achievable goals and held yourself up to them.

[@jeremymcbride8729]

My first race this year is on the 21st April. It’s my third race ever. 28.5km on my new Scott Spark 900 Tuned. Can’t wait.

[@MTBMOR]

Best of luck. There's a learning curve that's super fun to experience :)

[@Sparkyz480]

I see that Tyler dude kicking ass here in Tulsa all the time!! He’s fast! I was screaming at you for 10 minutes to pass him lol

[@pshthatsme]

This was a much more enjoyable video compared to main channel. Felt more like your real personality and personal insight. Also great race. Keep up the good work.

[@SHWELL11]

Great job, all of you!

[@butchl6403]

Nice job, Evan. Hope to see more race vids. I’m glad you got motivated at the end. If you were going to let Tyler take 2nd, I was sending you some handlebar streamers and a hello kitty backpack for your hydration bottle. Lol. You seem to have a good sense of humor and take my last comment for that exactly. Seriously, becoming a fan of your videos and keep it up.

[@ironscott]

Congrats on your race! I raced as well so fully understand the difficulty of the course and the windy conditions. It was no easy feat. I could write a novel but will try to be brief. If you decide to race in the AMBCS, no course outside of Kessler will be remotely as chunky, so you could race your hardtail. Most of the courses have terrain similar to Hobbs (even one of the races is at Hobbs), so that should give you an idea. You might like a short travel full-sus but you can definitely do a hardtail and not worry too much. The AMBCS is a lot of fun - even if you just race a couple/few of them. You were smart to not take too many risks on the downhills. There just isn't much benefit for the risk, the exception being the cases where you need to pass someone and they take a B line and you can take the A line (like when the old guy passed you - he's a friend of mine, lol). These races pay you back for strong climbing efforts. People in general hate climbing and most people don't have climbing as a strength, so that's where I always try to gain an advantage. As you mentioned, losing a little body weight will help that even more. Your bike is plenty light right now. I'd be happy to message you on IG or something else if you have any questions. Again, great job!

[@Jinedan]

I wouldn't worry too much about wheelsucking (drafting) in an MTB race. You usually aren't going fast enough to make much difference. :) LOL Sitting on a wheel and pressuring someone into going to hard or making a mistake is a time-honored race tactic! ... I was at that race with as my daughter is on Apex Jr Devo. She was solidly in 2nd for Cat 2 17-18 yo when she had a bad crash on her 3rd (last) lap and had to run it in. Damaged bike, concussion, lots of tissue damage. Her boyfriend started in your group (in your video he has on the Rad Racing stars/stripes jersey right in front of you at the start. He was pretty stoked when I showed him your video! I missed your race because I took my daughter to the hospital but my wife was cheering y'all on at the top of the double climb.

[@MTBMOR]

I hope you daughter is okay. I am always amazed at how people toe the line between in control and out of control during races. I do have to admit I really enjoy racing.

[@tombeck129]

Congratulations, well done! I came 2nd … to last 😂 in my first race (on single speed against geared riders). But it took me a few years to learn how to train and peak properly and things got far better for me. You will improve too, no doubt! The weight is important - I raced at 147-149 lbs right up to when I retired from racing at 58.

[@MTBMOR]

How were those last years of racing? I'm turning 50 and I feel like my fitness is failing. I've only been riding about 10 years, but I was an athlete when younger until Snowboarding took over.

[@tombeck129]

@@MTBMOR my last few years I still got on the podium in 8 hour solo races - single speed category. My very last race at 58 was brutal however. I only got on the podium because there were few competitors (covid time). I only managed 11 laps (10km each) compared to previous 13-14 laps. And after that the strength and fitness really declined fast, because I stopped all structured training. Now I just ride for fun. 😀

[@MTBMac]

Great video! Yeah, it's been 20 years, but I may need to get back into racing for funsies. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Heck yeah Mac! It was definitely fun

[@emilioformenti5870]

If you want a different xc bike then try the specialised epic wc, trek supercaliber or Orbea oiz or Scott spark

[@MTBMOR]

I've raced the epic and it's a sick race bike. The others you mention are sick too. I was beaten last season by a guy on the Spark

[@the1mtbguy]

Well done buddy

[@chblancoj]

I went back to DH racing in some local events… regardless of the position, it’s amazing how rewarding it can be!

[@Evanfavila88]

Nice race! You also should try to do an enduro race it would be sick!

[@radek5690]

Congratulations! I want to start up too. I will be in the 60+ group. Take it easy.

[@jordanholt6024]

Nice video, really enjoyed racing with ya and getting to see it. Yea I was too high energy and excited from the gun and gassed out after those uphills, and was suffering from then on. Had a mechanical too. This was my first race, definitely learned a lot.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Oh nice man it was your first race! That happened to me on my first several races. I just rode like a maniac the entire time and bonked hard. But I'm glad we rode as a group for as long as we did. Do you have any plans to race again around here? I don't know of any more upcoming XC races.

[@jordanholt6024]

Check out some of the AMBCS races! That series is starting up, thinking about the Old Post Challenge next or possibly the Iron Mountain XC

[@larsmortensen1247]

Great video! But why did you titled it 'First XC...' when you referenced the fact several times that you had raced XC before?

[@zq3yp]

good job, dont lighten up on the weekly training and youll continue to to exceptional

[@TuckerC1]

saw this ride on your strava nice job dude not an easy race

[@beauharvey8138]

What is his strava

[@VisionMTB]

Good job Adam Steinberg!

[@Chunky246]

Nice one! Hope you enjoyed it too, which I think you did. Maybe look at a set of rollers too, warm up on rollers makes a huge difference. Great effort though. Perfect weather too :)

[@EvanSteinberg3]

I saw a ton of people on rollers, but I rode some other trails on the other side of the mountain and that seemed like a good warm up

[@PatrickMcCarthy-rc4vq]

great efforts evan...! good job! but what is swift....??

[@jexturo1207]

Great race. Sadly, I couldn't take a photo with you it was my first time actually seeing you 😅

[@budycelyn]

i've entered my first ever enduro race in 2 weeks time, i'm doing it on my Scout HT i'm 53 so very late starter, just hoping to survive it but also aiming for not being last, i am very nervous, good job and congrats on your finish :)

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Wow Hardtail! Good luck!

[@johndunbar2393]

That shirt is awesome, man. I like it.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

One of my unreleased shirts before I stopped selling apparel haha

[@keatonverswi]

The 150 racers in junior men UCI was a wild race

[@JaredHoff]

Okay so this isn’t totally related BUT I used to get that feeling from flying Apache helicopters in the Army. When I left the Army,,, I lost that. Mountain biking has given me that back. That’s why I like hitting jumps and technical downhills. Maybe I need to race 🤔

[@Paganiproductions84]

Can you put a bigger travel fork on your xc hardtail

[@yellowfinendurance]

what video overlay are you using

[@shawnpritchard366]

Eating wins races. -Sid and Macky

[@MB-jz3uu]

I've been subscribed to your main channel for so long and just found out about your other channel. I got a lot of content to catch up on.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Heck yeah! Not every video is a compelling, edge-of-your-seat video so its alright if you skip most haha

[@aw71290]

What I didn't know you had another channel!

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Haha dang you didn't?! I announced it in January

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

"you're gonna quit" You didn't 🎉🤘

[@jonzylka9474]

Nice job man!! As a newer XC racer myself I have been enjoying watching your journey. Question for you.. what kind of power meter do you have? Been looking at getting one myself but am not sure what would be ideal. Also, do you have a single or dual sided?

[@EvanSteinberg3]

It's called power2max NGeco, one of the more affordable ones. It claims to have dual sided power. I like it

[@jonzylka9474]

Thanks for the reply! Do you have a Garmin head unit? If so what model and do you like it.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

I have a Hammerhead Karoo 2

[@eeek5127]

A really good budget PM is the Sigeyi spider. Super affordable.

[@Paganiproductions84]

XC mtb's are so much fun to ride

[@JoshTaylor]

Great video, Evan. What's your thought on mechanical vs wireless shifting in a race environment?

[@EvanSteinberg3]

I'd prefer mechanical. My shifting was perfect during the race using SRAM XX1 AXS, but sometimes you might need a half press of the shifter to get it to shift if you had hit your derailleur. Its funnny i charged the battery overnight before the race and I ALMOST left home without it haha

[@JoshTaylor]

@@EvanSteinberg3 that would have been a disaster! I always carried a spare when I ran AXS, since moved back to mechanical, but I've wondered how/if wireless could have an advantage during longer races. If there's enough shifting, maybe finger fatigue is real.

[@mutleyadamsracing2684]

The weirdo must have motivated you which is good!

[@X41N3]

Good job bro! next challenge: take a 26er for a race =o hint: rsd middlechild haha

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Haha I took the mid school S Works to an XC race in 2022 and it was a major mistake. 26ers are at a huge disadvantage to 29ers IMO

[@davidgilk]

I would really like to know how you got the telemetry data onto your video. I have had zero luck with the various tools out there virbedit, telemetry overlay, etc. I am on a Mac, so not sure if that is the issue.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Telemetry Overlay. It took several tries getting the gauges how I wanted, but it's all customizable. Once you get them how you like them, you'll go "ah that wasn't so bad" 😅

[@doggoairsoft]

what is your bike computer?

[@zanekoogler4763]

What’s even more fun is riding an entire lap of this with a cracked rim and 5 psi in your tire. 😂

[@EvanSteinberg3]

I was standing right by you after your finish while you were explaining that. I thought it was crazy you pulled the CO2 out while riding. Thats some serious skill right there! Congrats on the win

[@zanekoogler4763]

Thanks man. Glad you had a great race.

[@herr_gigi8319]

Congrats really cool to watch🔥

[@seawalkarrg]

Man, impressive you kept your heart rate pegged for so long! I hit my max for a few minutes and I’m done

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that in the video, when I was like 180 I felt like it was 120. I wasn't breathing fast or anything. So I chose to ignore the high HR haha.

[@reneh.6551]

This is what I'd do... (how I see it) If you start thinking... "I need to lose weight to be more competitive", then it will stop being fun and become a suffering self-impossed challenge, where you'll also have to race skinny teens. Do you do XC for living? NO Is your youtube target audience, primarily hardcore XC racers? I DON'T THINK SO. Have fun, keep competing XC for fun and do not allienate you core youtube audience... We want to keep watching bike reviews, custom build up experiments... and from time to time, you doing XC races using custom bikes. Congrats on you second place... XC is crazy hard. 🏆

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Haha thanks for the kind words and reality check. The guy from Norcal Cycling said in retrospect, he wouldn't have dieted when he started because the weight will come off over time as your metabolism becomes more efficient in burning fat/glycogen. So maybe I won't. Thanks again!

[@ride6884]

I know you mentioned about needing a FS for the down sections, but in all honesty, HT win the climbs and in XC that sometimes counts the most. I personally think you did really great, and the HT was the right choice especially on that track. Maybe if your next race that track is more techy, then yes the FS would probably be ideal.

[@nugwardotbone8730]

I picked up an intense 951 for xc racing. 120mm FS and on the budget end of carbon bikes but a great frame, I'm absolutely loving it. Could make a great upgrade bike.

[@ride6884]

@nugwardotbone8730 I have the Intense Sniper T, definitely a great bike. My Scott Scale is my faster bike and still fun even though it's a HT.

[@yuglobalcitizen2246]

Man I pushed myself yesterday riding my usual local trail because one of my riding friend decided to go "ballistic fast" in our standard. My heart rate was 180 something most of the time. And at one point hit 192. I felt terrible. I don't know how u can maintain that 190 heart rate most of the time. Maybe because u are more fit and younger than I am.

[@tarpontime7562]

Sucks for ol boy that towed you around all day. I was pulling for him because i know how that feels.

[@christhepatriot4621]

What trail is this in Fayetteville? Congrats too!! R

[@EvanSteinberg3]

World cup XC loop

[@ryanbeaird2687]

You going to be at double barrel gravel tomorrow?

[@ninjazzrhythm400]

If you want contant adrenaline rush, you gotta play paintball and get in to tournaments. You'll get the adrenaline you need in just one game 😂😂😂😂 but its super expensive though 😅

[@bradl45]

I clicked on the video, and I smiled when I saw it was you!!! Go Evan, go mini vans, go 30+, now get the high guy to race, and draft him!!!!!!!!!! I loved the video, big thanks for sharing! HR almost always at 190, nice work on your winter training.

[@offdaystv]

Are you wearing a GoPro chest mount on this? My cardio and breathing is waaay better when I don’t ride with my GoPro chest mount

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Yeah chest mount with an Uswe bag. I've forced myself to wear it on every single ride to prepare for using it during the events. I know a lot of people use a bar mounts but I think the chest mount is the best view

[@offdaystv]

@@EvanSteinberg3 I agree, chest mount is my favorite view

[@axgvr]

Good Job...I have an XC for sale, if interested. 2022 Specialized Epic; entire bike or just frame w/rear stock shock

[@manosadj]

man i got a canyon neuron 7 and its a 140mm full sus and i was racing xc i was pussing hard but no result now i tthing i will start enduro racing

[@user-uu2dq5md1h]

Can you build a downhill bike Nice job keep up the great work man

[@EvanSteinberg3]

I don't have any use for a downhill bike

[@markm4880]

You have a lactate threshold of around 190bpm that is crazy

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Haha I know right. I think it's because of BMX racing for years. The only kind of riding you do in BMX is max effort every lap

[@TRG36]

1st was a sandbagger

[@EvanSteinberg3]

Haha it's all good. One day I hope to be trained enough to be called a sand bagger

[@Moutanman]

Bro how random, I'm pretty sure I went to high school with the first place guy.

[@Zestymtb]

Race a dh race like dh southeast

[@dancingtrees5717]

you shouldn't attack your main competition when they fall, it's bad sportsmanship.

[@EvanSteinberg3]

He didn't crash, it was a foot down from a bad line. Should I have waited?

[@Paganiproductions84]

i am single and 39 and no plenty of time to train

[@armandocardenas6094]

I don't even talk to XC riders.

[@mariannejacot1668]

nice ride but dude you talk tooooo much how come you have breath left to race. turned the tone off.

[@isaacsucksatlife1211]

Nice job I really wanted to watch you but I didn’t have time