Red Hook Crit

Last week I went to the Red Hook Crit in Brooklyn, which definitely one of the best races out there. It’s is a bit different than a “traditional” race in that riders must use brakeless fixed gear bikes on short (~1km) laps with very tight corners. It’s a mix of semi-pro and amateur riders and makes for a great spectating event - between spectacular crashes, views of Manhattan, and good beer, it’s hard to beat.

The week before, my brother had shown me the results from Mission Crit, which had a pretty cool breakdown. I figured I could make the same thing for Red Hook!

The data was scraped from the posted RaceTec Results using scrapy and a little bit of selenium. Cleaning was done in python and the visualization was built in D3. GPS coordinates for the course were downloaded from the RHC Strava Segment.

One BIG caveat - the data is only at the lap level, so exact locations are linearly interpolated. Have to find a way to get all the riders’ .fit files from the race…