In Sight of the Podium - BWR Kansas 2023 Race Recap

Here's a breakdown of how the Belgian Waffle Ride Kansas Race went, finishing in 6th place. After dropping my chain at mile 93, I consequently dropped myself from our chasing group of 5 as Brenden and Daxton were off the front. I was able to TT my way into the finish, passing Finn and finishing just 30 seconds down on Adam Roberge.
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CAMERA SETUP
Go Pro Hero 12, Running 1080p at 60fps and in Superview. Chest mount on top of base layer and under my jersey.
B Roll camera is an old Canon Rebel T3i with an 18 - 135mm lens
0:00 Intro
1:18 SCHEELS GIVEAWAY
3:49 Pre Ride with Nicolas
7:23 THE RACE START
11:30 The Break Forms
16:58 Perry Lake Singletrack
22:09 In The Lead Group
27:23 Chain Drop
29:00 Final Singletrack
30:35 Finish Line Chatting
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[@georgvonberg4377]

Amazing ride!!! Thank you so much for going through the trouble of filming (and swapping batteries) during a race and all the time you spent editing videos + adding awesome music for our viewing pleasure!!! Find your efforts EXTREMELY motivating to improve my own cycling speed! Keep up the amazing work Joe & wife!!!

[@nathanmontover1436]

another awesome video! you do a fantastic job of combining commentary, race footage, and behind the scenes footage. Love your work. Thank you!

[@brakerbraker829]

The best filmed coverage of top-level gravel racing. Very impressed with your race tactics and positioning smarts. But for the dropped chain you had a podium finish in the legs. Keep up the great work.

[@tommahnke]

Great editing. Gives a good idea of what it is like to do these races. Well done.

[@bykr2009]

Great result Joe!

[@rickorwig986]

Excellent video! I’ve ridden some of these roads since this is held in my neck of the woods, though I’m old and slow. 😂 Love cycling videos so I can live vicariously through others. Scheels giveaway

[@renzorossano2008]

Saludos desde Chile…!

[@joelaugee7049]

Great race Joe. Scheels Giveaway

[@owenvermeulen1231]

That ride deserved a podium! great to meet you and see ya again out at the races!

[@jgoettl2.0]

We’ll keep fighting for it and make it on the box sooner than later! Thanks Owen, great meeting you as well!

[@gabebikes]

That was a really fun race! Thank you for sharing, I hope they do another one in KS as I had a blast!

[@beaucarbert]

Great race! Scheels Giveaway

[@burronorteno]

Nice video bro. Close to the podium. Better luck next time.

[@WheelDrivenADV]

Awesome race Joe! Sorry about the Chain Sux! Should do a David Portnoy pizza review. ha

[@veloboy]

Awesome video!

[@davidvonslingshot]

also, your wife is a saint for all that support!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Yes! We do this as a team and I’m a very lucky guy to have her! 🍀

[@Restylelol]

Well done Joe, I love the video's and commentary, it makes my indoor sessions more enjoyable :) it's nice to see you have a good support crew, it would be cool to get some extra insights into what you eat prior to the race and maybe how you fuel during the race, I don't think there are many secrets left in that field, but it's nice to see good athletes being open about it. Keep em coming! Grts from Belgium.

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank you! I had a chipotle Burrito (Steak and extra white rice (no beans) the night before, then 1 bobs redmills g free pancake with pure maple syrup and 2 hard boiled eggs for breakfast and a body armor coconut water (not the lyte version) on the way to the morning drive to the race! In Race I had all bottles (6 total) with skratch super high carb (400cal, 100g carb) then one 20g carb gu liquid gel per hour, and one rice cake in the middle, although I like the enduro bites that are made in co and sold on the feed for my favorite solid food to get in during the middle of a race!

[@wallygator2471]

Joe, your race videos are some of the best in gravel cycling, keep up the great work!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank You 🙏 Always working to improve them!

[@eltribun]

from the middle part of the video you can make another video "I took a gravel bike to an mtb race and this is was happended" :D when that car overtook at 21:33 I thought, is that Germany?? :D

[@georgecarrick4636]

Great stuff…love the commentary throughout the ride in terms of your strategy overall and riding with a pack (or not)

[@MaxwellPowers666]

It's fun to be able to ride in the front group even tho I could never do it myself. Now I have the chance. Thanks for filming and editing.

[@jgoettl2.0]

Glad you enjoyed it, Happy I get to share the experience!

[@peterdills5892]

Awesome video!! Keep it up.

[@juandelgado1168]

Awsome video and great effort. Congrats!

[@m1les7]

Amazing ride, what a race. You were flying, chain was a bummer. You rode amazing. Lovely dogs 💪💪🚴‍♀️❤️🐾🐾

[@lterra72]

well done. def would’ve made the podium if not for the chain drop. dang these lead groups are so strong!

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Like the way you handled that mechanical. Super ride. Thanks for sharing!

[@marcsacco]

Great videos! Scheel’s giveaway!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Congrats Marc, your a winner! please check your instagram DM's for details!

[@chrisjboyce]

Greetings from the UK. Excellent video, discovered your channel a couple of months ago and I've been watching way too many!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Love it! Thank you 🙏

[@davidvonslingshot]

Dillman is a boss.

[@holdsteadfast]

Is Drew making faking accounts?

[@samuelmcbride1647]

Another great race and video Joe! Thanks for this and I can't wait to see what you can do next year. A side note, I am watching this while riding the trainer in zone 2 but your race footage is getting my heart rate drifting too high.

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thanks Sam!! 😂😂😂 maybe you’ll have to save my vids for some tempo/threshold work!

[@froggertex4530]

Great coverage! Maybe get Scheels to give you a K-Edge chain catcher?

[@jgoettl2.0]

I’ve got a chain catcher on and made it the entire season without a single chain drop on this bike. So just a bit of bad luck here as it went under the catcher. This happened on my road bike which has force etap in it during training and it took a good 10 minutes to get unjammed, so I’m glad this was much easier to fix!

[@froggertex4530]

@@jgoettl2.0 Should have known but better luck next time. You definitely looked to be on track for the podium. Enjoy the offseason!

[@renzorossano2008]

👏👏👏👏👏🥇👏👏👏👏👏

[@timwhite2365]

Nice job, it’s been fun following your season. Oh and… Scheels giveaway 😊

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thanks for following! 😊

[@jgoettl2.0]

Congrats Tim you are a winner, please check your instagram DM's for details!

[@robrigg8045]

Solid ride to finish out the BWR Series! Very unfortunate to get that chain drop. Hope you have a solid off-season and find yourself on the steps a few times in 2024!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank you and 🤞🏼 next year will be the year!

[@ianwilliamson4358]

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[@user-gv9zn3bk5v]

Love your stuff Joe. Curious when the Arizona BWR 2024 is going to drop? Thanks!

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank You! Currently editing with the goal release of this coming weekend or Monday next week at the latest!

[@tonykonvalin9959]

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[@jgoettl2.0]

Congrats Tony, Your a winner! Please check your instagram DM's for details!

[@tonykonvalin9959]

@@jgoettl2.0 - Great and thanks - will go check my messages

[@jesserandall1819]

Great race and video! If not for the chain drop you would've been right there for the podium. Your videos are really well done and should get more views / subscribers... once more people discover your channel it will explode!

[@stevevarga8621]

Great video, nice to see you moving up. Definitely use a chain guide since this is an on going problem. The thought of riding that well and missing your best result due to a chain drop would make me 🤯.

[@jgoettl2.0]

I actually had a chain guide on and it fell underneath it which is what made it hard to get unjammed. This was my only chain drop in a race of my entire season, poor timing. I’m planning to switch back to 1x next season

[@stevevarga8621]

@@jgoettl2.0 Wow, that is bad luck. If you switch to single still use a chain guide though. The speeds you go strange things happen. Watching you this season I think you’ve made a nice step up. I feel you could have been a bit more aggressive in this race but that’s the thing when you’ve stepped up, you don’t realize it until after the race. That good old 20/20 hindsight always knows.....after. Have a great off season!

[@jgoettl2.0]

@@stevevarga8621 planning on the chain guide for 1x as well! Yeah in hindsight I wish I would have bridged up to daxton off the front at mile 70, but the last few races hadn’t gone well for me (bad day at the rad) and I had gotten dropped at this point last year. So I was being a bit cautious, but I’ll be going for it more this season!

[@stevevarga8621]

I could see that in the video. You had no problem staying with the group but your head was all about last year’s race. That is a very normal reaction. Everybody does that. Now with a higher level of confidence you may be willing to take some more chances. Very very often it’s the guy who takes the chances that wins. I feel like that’s the typical winning scenario now.

[@FrankAllen-fx2hw]

how did u find time put new battery in ??? Thk you for filming this race!

[@jgoettl2.0]

I keep 2 in my top tube bag on the inside side pocket. Since it’s on my chest it’s not too hard to change, and there is usually lulls in the race where I can do it quick, maybe takes me 15-20 seconds.

[@kevincoghlan8855]

Great video. You mentioned you use speedplay pedals in gravel races. Speedplay zero? I use speedplay on the road but worried on the gravel they might be problematic? Have you had any problems, particularly if you dismount? Thank you

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank you! Yeah speedplay is owned by Wahoo now and I run the zeros. I’ve had IT band syndrome for a couple years (lots of pt and new program called Pain Academy that I do every day has helped a ton!) but it can still flare up if when I run mtb pedals on my gravel bike as they have way less float. Getting out is a little more difficult than mtb pedals so be careful there and lube the pedals often and before you race. I ALLWAYS bring my mtb pedals and shoes to every race in case of wet weather, I will switch to them. If you have to dismount in muddy conditions, you will be in trouble with speedplays! But we had multiple dismounts here in dry conditions and I had no issues!

[@airporteffect]

Nice race, man. It was my first race (Wafer) and I dropped my chain on the start line right as the countdown began 🤣. Any tips on riding through the sand? I definitely went OTB when I hit it lmao.

[@jgoettl2.0]

Ahh shoot that’s a bad place to drop the chain… this was my first chain drop of the year in a race so I’m still pretty impressed by the Red etap drivetrain, but I think I’ll switch back to a 1x for next season. I think with this sand it’s just a matter of practice makes perfect. When I was practicing for some cross races I’d found a couple sand volleyball courts to ride though and made a little course and just lapped it. Coming into the sand weight needs to be back a little and kinda got to let the bike do it’s thing and stay loose with the steering. Then the other part is it just takes a lot of power to ride through which can be tough at the end of a long race! Hope you still had fun out there and thanks for watching!

[@airporteffect]

I really appreciate the response, brother. Hope you have an awesome off-season and I'll see ya at BWR Arizona.@@jgoettl2.0

[@jondashun]

I don’t know why it took the algorithm so long to suggest your videos to me. They’re simply amazing and I love your editing - as well as your riding! Highly impressive! However, the nitpicking performance cyclist in me would like to see relative power numbers occasionally.😅

[@jgoettl2.0]

Thank you! KZbin is a strange beast… but my views are starting to grow better! Please share it with your friends! As for the power I’m going to look into it for next season, I used to use garmin virb, but the new go pro footage isn’t compatible. I believe there are a few other programs out there that can work though!

[@GSmith215]

Adam doesn’t like people not pulling…lol

[@jgoettl2.0]

Haha despite what people have said about him, he rode very respectfully and smart in this race!

[@GSmith215]

@@jgoettl2.0 He’s been visited by the Spirit of Gravel… awesome race all around

[@jgoettl2.0]

@@GSmith215 😂😂😂. Thank You!

[@az_mtb_rider]

does any one know what top tube bag that is ?

[@jgoettl2.0]

It’s a bontrager one that screws into the top tube. Worked good but I run and almsthre top tube bag now as it has more inside side pockets to keep my go pro batteries organized!

[@unapitney866]

'promo sm' 😝

[@pmcmpc]

Never a good reason not to use a chain catcher ...

[@jgoettl2.0]

Had one on, it went under which is what made it extremely difficult to get back out. That being said, it’s the first time this has happened in a race and on this bike.

[@pmcmpc]

@@jgoettl2.0 that sucks. Maybe it got knocked and wasn't in the correct position.

[@thaynamite]

Like your vlogs but less music and more real sound would be really nice , its like disco disco non stop ... phew

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