My guide to kermesse racing in Belgium

[@TheRedster]

Nice! been looking for a video like this but no-one had made a decent one. until now ;)

[@dennisstempher9684]

Awesome! More of this Belgian racing please! Looking forward to the next installment :-) Oh and how about trying some Belgian 'stoverij' for dinner next time?

[@bbikerlawrence]

Dennis Stempher what is that!? Happy to give it a try next time 👀

[@dennisstempher9684]

It's a traditional Belgian (or Flemish actually) dish of slow cooked beef in a broth of (amongst others) beer, mostly served with fries... Might sound simple and it's not a spectacular dish to look at, but if you eat it at a place that nails the recipe, it's heaven to eat :-)

[@sarahhooper9877]

Oh god, I didn't watch it until the very end the first time 🙈 🙋🏻✌🏻

[@RichLovelock]

Made me chuckle :)

[@caveboy9988]

Good work sazzle

[@madmonkeycycling9098]

races are limited to 175 since start of this year

[@Teboly1086]

Thanks for the upload you lengend x) ps: Happy birthday Lawrence!

[@tomandjovaux1456]

Great video! Where were you staying in Roubaix? Looking for somewhere to stay for gent wevelgem next year

[@bbikerlawrence]

That's a very good question, a campanille very near the centre - Sarah is the one to ask for that!

[@sarahhooper9877]

Hey, We tend to stay in the Roubaix-Lille Campanile on our Belgium trips as it tends to be cheaper. However, if there are are more of you you might want to look at a gite nearer Ghent.

[@tomandjovaux1456]

Sarah Hooper that's great, thank you both

[@jasonbains873]

Really good video as usual. I raced at a new track in Hull on Monday night, I'm only Cat 4, but it sparked a debate on Facebook about the cost of racing in the U.K. The club that organised the event have said that if they had to hire the track, it was free for the first event, they would have made a loss on the event. Any thoughts as I have found these events an ideal way to get into racing.

[@bbikerlawrence]

Thanks for watching Jason. The racing in this country is crazy, some crits costing up to £25 and road races more. The track in hull sounds great, do it more!

[@jasonbains873]

Will do Lawerence. First season racing and planning to push to get to Cat 3 next season. Using this season as learning curve and what I need to improve as far as training goes. Looking forward to part 2

[@196hasnain]

8:22, theres a face i havent seen in years. Why wasnt lewis racing as well? mad vlog as usual btw.

[@bbikerlawrence]

Lewis had raced the day before I believe. Just there for moral support / bottles. Thanks for watching

[@VeloViking]

Nice video mate!

[@AshleyTowey]

Did you Pre enter on the cycling vlanderen website before you went lawrence?

[@bbikerlawrence]

Ashley Towey I did indeed yes. But you do not have to unless a full field.

[@AshleyTowey]

Lawrence Carpenter great, thanks! These vids are perfect preparation as I am heading out there next week

[@bbikerlawrence]

no problem! Good luck :)

[@caveboy9988]

Love these Vids Lawrence

[@jamesmfreire]

Awesome vid Lawrence. You got the exposure and colors going great now. How did you set your camera this time? Any different?

[@bbikerlawrence]

Thanks James, better right?! Nothing changed on the camera just learning to grade slowly. Although with that many clips it really does take a couple of hours- for now anyway until I get better. Worth it though!

[@jamesmfreire]

Great content too! I'd get smoked in that kind of racing. Reminds me a bit of Crit racing here in the States. You've definitely nailed your exposure and color for sure. What Gamma are you using (Cine, slog,etc)? I'm sure as time goes on and you learn Resolve you'll figure out how to streamline your process. I find the biggest time killer with Resolve is actually editing the clips because the playback performance (at least on the Macs I use) is so horrible. Enabling smart render cache does help though.

[@SCWwwestevo007]

DAMN THAT'S WHERE I LIVE HERZELE-BORSBEKE

[@TobiasDahlhaus]

Frijtes?

[@bbikerlawrence]

next ep!! ;)

[@imwithpanda8268]

You have my thanks, sir. *tiptothehat

[@tonymccambridge3530]

6 for me ...

[@extrospectivezak]

Cows eating their own milk xD

[@TurneyUK]

'Bit of dog content' 😂