AI drawings

Final exam planning

1. I will be shooting in the next three weeks, depending on if i go to the race or not. Their are three races in the next three weeks, so depending on which i go i will be shooting at that one.

2. I will be shooting at a Mtb race, either at Warda, Texas or Dino valley state park.

3. I will be documenting a Mtb race, starting from getting in the car to go to the pre ride, the race day and ending when coming back to the house from the race.

4. I will need a DSLR camera with a bigger lens, a remote control to shoot and my Go-Pro.

5. I will include video while driving to the race, picking up a friend, coming out of the car at the camp sight/see friends on the team, getting ready for the Pre-ride the pre ride with a Go-Pro (some sections) the dinner/ movie night. Going to sleep, waking up, eating up/ footage of the warm up my race start/finish and podium. These will be divided with photos of what happens in between, and some audio of interviews and any other info i feel is necessary.

.

My Opinion story

In Cross Country Mountain bike Racing, one of the most widely discussed topics is what is the best bike to have. A Full suspension or a Hardtail. Before going into my opinion on these two different styles here is the difference between them.

A full suspension bike has a Fork and a shocks this makes your ride very smooth and absorbs your ride very well making it very easy on your legs and back, it has two suspensions one under your rear wheel and one under your front.

And a Hardtail is a bike that only has a front suspension, one under your front wheel and there is none under your rear wheel you absorb all of the hits on your legs.

Although it might seem obvious that a Full suspension bike is the way to go for riding around, because who doesn't want a soft ride. Well that is for just cruising and i agree, though when it comes to racing i think the rather oposite that a Hardtail is the way to go.

A hardtail is the optimal race machine, i personally have the top of the line hardtail. Equipped with a Rockshox sid World Cup, Nox carbon composite wheels with DT swiss 240s straight pull star ratchet hubs, XX1 eagle drivetrain and a carbon RockyMountain vertex hardtail frame. The bike comes in at 18.8lbs. This is a weight that is practically impossible to achieve you can't possibly make a bike lighter than that. And if this were not a custom built bike and out their for sale it would cost around $7,000. If you don't know much in the Mtb range you would think it is crazy. And i agree though you haven't heard of the cost of a full suspension bike with the same components. For a full suspension that has the same componentry you will be paying around $9,000. And your bike will weigh a good 4 pounds heavier. 

Aside from price you'd think that 4 pounds isn't a big deal, but from my personal experience when you are trying to keep your first place during the race and are going up a mile steep grade climb you would wish you had the lightest possible bike. Aside from those extra four pounds a full suspension will drain your energy, yes you read that right. It will drain your energy.

You'd ask how does that work. Well think about it every single time you do one pedal stroke you push down. That push directs to your rear wheel, and then goes straight to your shocks. Therefore part of your energy and in exact 15% goes into pushing down your shocks. Whereas if you have a hardtail 100% of your energy goes into pedaling power, because their isn't a rear shocks.

Now that you are thinking it is a obvious question why can't you lockout your fork and shocks to make it easier on you when it comes to climbs. Well that is an option. Most of the front forks have a lockout, this means that you have to reach your hand forward to manually lockout the fork before the climb and after the climb, aside from that their is another way to lockout forks and that is called remote lockout and that is when there is a button you press on your bars that lockout your suspension and this is a much easier way that comes on some bikes that will save your energy. But if you don't have the remote lockout it is a $250 service to buy it and have it assembled for you. Frankly this is only the front fork, a front fork has two sides and it is easy to lock it out. Because by tradition the left side has the air cylinder and the right side has a lockout system. But in a rear shock their is only one cylinder. And yes designers have made a way to lockout the rear shocks, but you have to reach back and lock it out once again before and after climbs and most people crash while doing this so people try to avoid it in general. So most people have their energy drained during races because of the rear shocks. Frankly their are three companies that have tried to solve this problem. Two of them have a remote lockout going to your bars so you can remotely, lock it out. But if you don't have a Scott or Trek bike then this isn't a option for you, and those who have a remote lockout say its very hard and not reliable to lockout the way that the companies designed it. And for this case a company called specialized made a shocks with a brain which detects the surface and adjusts the shocks softness, though those who use it say it is 50% of the time not right and adds a extra pound. 

So far the only thing that Full suspension bikes are making you have a hard time on climbs during races and fast sprints, because it drains your energy and you can't lockout or you are likely to crash, also the action of pulling your hand back to lockout your fork is time taking. In addition i forgot to mention that lockout is not the right word, the shocks do not lockout completely only you can adjust the stiffness of it, so it is impossible to make your full suspension as rigid as a hardtail. Overall the only think that full suspensions do is make your race harder. 

That is just my opinion on full suspension bikes, but if you look at what the worlds best Cross Country riders ride, they ride full suspensions and the only reason they do is because their bike are fully custom built and weigh very little having the easiest way to lock everything out. In fact the worlds best rider bike costs $16,000.

Frankly if you talk somebody who likes full suspension bikes they will tell you that they are much faster at descending down hills because the rear Shocks absorbs the hits and you go flying through the corners and berms. And no doubt they are right, that is the only good point that they can make. And still by fact full races are won on climbs, because thats where the gap happens, and even if you take in fact that full suspensions are faster on downhill, when you do the math. A hardtail is still much faster and by far the best possible race machine.

Opinion writing part 2

1. The author mentioned that if you write about something you really care about you will have a lot to say.
2. The author said to have an opposing thought on the opinion.
3. Include your personal perspective. Don't put to many points. Make connections.

Opinions writing review

Moped construction

1. Cara Andres

2. The story is about how the Mopac Project will affect students for years to come with continues traffic.

3. "Major construction for this is $53.3 million project is currently ongoing and will be finished in early 2021.

4. No.

5. Yes they did not directly address the opinion except for the direct project plans and the cause for it.

6. Yes

7. 3rd

New Bowie Bulldog

1. Mia barbosa

2. The story is about how there was a a problem between Gonzaga university and Bowie for having the same logo, and that Bowie will be making a full size bulldog in replacement.

3. The opinion is mostly biased towards Bowie with a small point of view from the university. "The only difference is the Bowie B".

4. Yes.

5. No they did not, they mentioned a little of the other side but after that stayed on the Bowie side.

6. Yes.

7. 3rd.

Russia banned from winter olympics

1. Sumin Kim

2. The story is about Russia being banned from the winter olympics, with further discussion ahead.

3. The opinion is against Russia supporting the how bad it is. "The IOC will be deciding if they will be allowed to be part of the games as OAR.

4. No.

5. No they were strict with their opinion with one way for how bad it is.

6. Yes.

7. 3rd

Hollywood speaks out over workplace sexual abuse

1. Kiran Patel

2. The story is about the sexual amusement in hollywood including Women, Men and kid movie stars. And how they finally chose to speak out after 25 years.

3. Its mixed no direct leaning. "Now after 25 years, due to the resurgence of the allegations the godspeed opera house has decided to cancel woody aliens production".

4. Yes.

5. It was pretty balanced.

6. No.

7. 3rd

ABC

A. The differences include showing one point of view vs, multiple. Showing the other side. Or explaining the whole situation in detail.

B. I think there aren't many photos because their isn't much to show.

C. The wall, Gun ban, Serial killers/ mental issues.

SLO

1. A
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C

President of Canada Justin Transue celebrates his wedding anniversary with his wife Mary Transue. "We have been husband and wife for 37 years" said Justin.

I-Movie introduction

1. After opening the websites with the given links, they all had some sort of repetition about I-Movie. Frankly each had something different, i learned how to edit videos, how to crop them, how to move them to different positions in the movie. Also it mentioned that this is considered one of the easiest movie programs out their. And has everything necessary in logical places and no unnecessary tools.

2. I have only heard the name I-Movie before and knew that it is a movie operator.

3. I didn't know that you could add photo to the program. I though you could only have videos.

4. Their are not any concerns for me with this project. Only the fact that i will only have one chance to get a photo of a race start and if i mess that up then i don't have a good way to take the photo again, to still have the same spirit in the photo.

5. I have my story plan ready, know what i am going to say, shoot, and how to arrange it.

6. I will do a race weekend. From the time we leave the house with all the equipment, pick up my friend for a ride. Time lapse the pre-ride get photos of the team relaxing, the pep talk, and the race day. Finishing with dropping off my friend and coming back home.