Congratulations to the whole team. It must be a gargantuan effort just to get to the venue, not to mention actually challenge and possibly break records. A beautiful design. Just needs a silent array of solid rocket motors placed somewhere sneaky...
Great video Gary. Much kudos to the Italian team as always for bringing three beautifully and professionally made bikes, and bringing such amazing team spirit. Gary FYI that little 360 camera on the boom stick works very well, and didn't feel intrusive.
Thanks so much, Russ! That's very helpful feedback on my Insta360 camera. BM was the first time I used it and it seemed to be the perfect solution for getting close coverage while not missing anything going on around us. Your feeling that is wasn't in the way really makes me feel it was the perfect choice😊
@@russellbridge2721 the one drawback to the camera are the massive files created. Manipulating them in Premiere is slow and cumbersome so things like color grading take forever. I have made compromises🙄
The scary part of racing at Battle Mountain is the take off. This can be seen in many spills, until the streamliners become more stable as the speed increases.
Hey Derek! Most of the falls do seem to happen at that precarious time when push and pedal power have to coordinate just right. This does always happen at relatively slow speeds however. I would think the scariest bits would be going down hard on the tarmac at speeds over 50 mph.
Jun's summary neglects that the road surface has significantly degraded since 2019 (the last year of competition. Rolling resistance is way up. There is no plan for resurfacing at this time.
They wear 4 point harnesses and have a surrounding shell made of composites often including Kevlar. They're well protected. That said, it must be terrifying to go down at those speeds!
Most of the bikes have Kevlar sleeves that fit over the shells to protect them on practice or qualifying runs. You can see this on the 77 vehicle here: th-cam.com/video/u427enL6Wc0/w-d-xo.html
Congratulations to the whole team. It must be a gargantuan effort just to get to the venue, not to mention actually challenge and possibly break records. A beautiful design. Just needs a silent array of solid rocket motors placed somewhere sneaky...
This bike looks like a rocket...and goes like a rocket! And I love the drone shots from high up. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for watching, Nick! Those incredible drone shots are the work of Nik Vatin.
what a neat bike. it’s interesting to notice how similar it looks to human powered submarines.
Finally I can Relax and watch video, thanks so much for Editing
Happy to do the work 😊
Great video Gary. Much kudos to the Italian team as always for bringing three beautifully and professionally made bikes, and bringing such amazing team spirit.
Gary FYI that little 360 camera on the boom stick works very well, and didn't feel intrusive.
Thanks so much, Russ! That's very helpful feedback on my Insta360 camera. BM was the first time I used it and it seemed to be the perfect solution for getting close coverage while not missing anything going on around us. Your feeling that is wasn't in the way really makes me feel it was the perfect choice😊
@@GarySolomon Yep it seems good - just needs a little colour correction... :)
@@russellbridge2721 the one drawback to the camera are the massive files created. Manipulating them in Premiere is slow and cumbersome so things like color grading take forever. I have made compromises🙄
What a beautiful bike
The scary part of racing at Battle Mountain is the take off. This can be seen in many spills, until the streamliners become more stable as the speed increases.
Hey Derek! Most of the falls do seem to happen at that precarious time when push and pedal power have to coordinate just right. This does always happen at relatively slow speeds however. I would think the scariest bits would be going down hard on the tarmac at speeds over 50 mph.
I think crashing at 20 mph (soon after take-off) is less dangerous than at 80 mph... The energy goes up quadratically, so... 16x less dangerous.
A very elegant & sleek design.
Beautiful video
Thank you
Jun's summary neglects that the road surface has significantly degraded since 2019 (the last year of competition. Rolling resistance is way up. There is no plan for resurfacing at this time.
I wonder if the French or Italian teams have any quantitative measurements on how much it has degraded?
It looks fast 💨💨💨💨
looks fun. those HPV's don't seem to have much crash protection considering the speed!
They wear 4 point harnesses and have a surrounding shell made of composites often including Kevlar. They're well protected. That said, it must be terrifying to go down at those speeds!
Any videos from 2024?
We didn't make it to this year's event, unfortunately
I've seen enough of bikes falling to get scratched in the start now. Pls put something to protect them on the road.
Or solve it some other way🙏
Most of the bikes have Kevlar sleeves that fit over the shells to protect them on practice or qualifying runs. You can see this on the 77 vehicle here: th-cam.com/video/u427enL6Wc0/w-d-xo.html
@@GarySolomon Ok, I see.
And I want to thank you for leading this channel the way you do. Always friendly and charismatic 🙂
@@bui340 thank you very kindly!