Casually Explained: Cycling 

Something tells me this one is personal.

In Netherlands we give child bike and either they come home or not.

I commute to work using a bicycle. I considered myself a cyclist because I started thinking about how roads, transit, and cities are designed from the perspective of someone who relies on a bicycle to get from point A to point B. I have learned from this video that I am not a cyclist, I’m a commuter. I follow traffic laws and stop at red lights because I don’t want to die and believe that the rules do, in fact, apply to me as well. I have a bike lock because I only ride my bike for about 30 min a day. I chose my helmet based on durability rather than aerodynamics. I only shelled out enough money for a decent bicycle and not a performance-optimized one. I wear normal clothing while riding my bike because I don’t want to look like a chump in public and at work. Yeah, I’m a commuter, not a cyclist.

"It's not low impact on your skull, hence why cyclists need to have this: a tiny brain" The most underrated line

“Pregnant women are not aero” quote of the year

Legs: shaved Arms: shaved Face: beard Lmfao that was so accurate

As a guy in his 40’s who just picked up cycling, this hits hard. 😂

I work customer service for a cycling company and this is how I see our customers lmao. I had someone throw a tantrum because their saddle was like 10 grams heavier than advertised after using it for years, he didn't even buy it from us so there was nothing we could do?? This job made me see a new side of humanity

You missed one category: You become a mountain biker and break all your bones in a month.

“Pregnant women are not aero” Best thing I have ever heard

In the Netherlands, there are no “cyclists”. Nearly everyone that drives also cycles, so they’re way more careful around cyclists as “that could be me as well”.

There is also the "competitive commuter" who times himself on the commute and tries to beat his fastest time, while also willing to commute 30km back and forth every day just for the sake of a challenge.

there's no way this dude doesnt ride bikes this is way too accurate lmao

I like how exaggerated the height of the saddle is haha

In college I was a commuter who thought she was a cyclist. Big u-lock always attached, lots of reflectors, headlight. But now that I’ve graduated I spent the money I should be spending on student loans to buy a nice road bike. Look out world, a new cyclist is coming

I'm a "commuter," but since I live in car dependent suburbia where everything is built out and paved over with massive stroads I probably sometimes act like a "cyclist." I often try to go fast as I can (especially when cars are behind me waiting to pass because I have to share the two lane road and cars are coming from the opposite direction). Unless the wind is slowing me way down, it feels great when I'm cruising, but like I said I'm a commuter and I sometimes use it instead of a car because I don't want to pay $3-4 a gallon just to please all those carbrains who think I'm the entitled one for existing lol

Next week's show title: Are Pregnant Women Aero? 😉

I lost it at “pregnant women aren’t aero”

As someone who hasn't cycled for 3 weeks cause of being afraid of cars I can confirm that the commuter part is accurate

I live in Paris and here they have somehow managed to cross-breed cyclists with commuters and they've become the predominant species.

“A cyclist would never have children to begin with as a pregnant woman is not aero” 😂😂😂

bro my dad is a cyclist: - gone to alpe d'huez - spent all his money - in his 50's - carbon bike HELP ME

Here in the Philippines. You need to have a cycling jersey to be a cyclist. Jerseys give 500 more watts

mountain bikers are the chadiest of all bikers, we will pass the cervelos going downhill, hit a curb, catch 10 feet, and land on top of the car breaking our lower body in many places, and then do a single track home

Mountain bikers are commuters, but they only go to the hospital.

A cyclist would never go for a ride because it makes their legs bigger and big legs aren’t aero

I am a commuter and I fear death and ride on the sidewalk as much as possible

My dad died in a cycling accident colliding with a vehicle. He was a die hard cyclist and this video is far too accurate!

As a cyclist the wind is never with you. It's either against you or you're having a good day

The "pregnant women are not aero" got a genuine laugh out of me

Some of us commuters will go for middle ground between practicality and performance. Lycra might not be everyone's cup of tea but form-fitting "normal" clothes with cycling shorts underneath work almost as well. That, along with a hard-shell aero backpack, and an alloy super bike can make for a pretty speedy commuter setup. Going fast and beating records make A-to-B trips a lot more enjoyable.

I‘ve watched this video at least a dozen times… This is probably your best work! I love it and recommend it to literally everyone xD

This guy has to be a cyclist, this is the most accurate description I've ever seen

"Pregnant women are not aero" -Casually Explained 2019

As a cyclist currently nursing a broken collarbone 🙈 - YES - and cyclists and commuters are definitely different beasts. Albeit I think there’s room in this for a second series on kit, including sock length of course!! (Kit also separates the commuter and the cyclist).

I've been into cycling over a year now and this video is resonating so well with me and my progress so far.

Remember, no bells or means to alert pedestrians you’re about to zoom inches past at 30km/hr. Bells aren’t aero.

this video is just a huge "virgin commuter vs chad cyclist" meme

As someone who rides their bike regularly for casual rides, transport and the variant called Mountain Biking, I can relate to a lot of this, especially the speed

This is, without a doubt, the best vid you have ever released.

“Pregnant women aren’t aero”

And then there's mountain bikers.

Holy shit as someone who has a bicycle, this shit is true. You respect cars, and then some cyclist who doesnt care about dying, just races past cars, skips past them, and doesn't care if he cuts off any cars. Way too true! Great video

Forgot to mention another difference, commuters are not allergic to road rules, whereas every cyclist is

Now that's definitely a good point to not have kids: "pregnant women aren't aero" Edit: except pregnant women really are more aero(also how the f is this possible 1k likes? The f?)

Crush: so, are you a cyclist? Socially awkward me: no, i'm just a communist.

I just bought a road bike to ride to work and back home. 2h a day and Im pretty happy about it. It only takes me 30min more than with the train and I do much sport that i else wouldbt be doing. Its fun and energizing. I take all safety precaussions I know of even if that means to be less aero. Wheight doesnt matter that much btw. Areo is king, always. Then rolling resistance and only then weight I watch a lot of CGN and learned much from them

I probably have seen this video 50 times and it cracks me up every time 😂. Not planning on stopping anytime soon!

Couple of weeks ago I saw a cyclist crash into some lady and she basically took a nosedive on the pavement. As she was trying to wipe the blood from her face, the dude complained how she ruined his 200 euro front wheel lmao

There's a 3rd category: The ones who say they're just commuting because they're slow, but they try their hardest and race cars or other cyclists on the road, who are not racing them.

OMG, I'm dying over here. ...winds from the front or side over 10 kph...I'm crying laughing...A TINY BRAIN! OMG I surrender. Dude, you're SPOT ON and hilarious!!

even wrote sworks on the shoes, flawless attention to detail except the tcr (or propel idk they look the same) for the commuter, it would be more along the lines of the fastroad or the sirrus, even the dew plus and other flatbar bikes. anyways great video 10/10

The difference between "The Commuter" and "The Cyclist": The seat post hight

"Doping his blood til it's indistinguishable from Aunt Gemima energy gel" How the hell do you come up with this stuff??

Every now and then i come back to this video and it just gets better and better each time

I have rewatched this at least 10 times since it was released and it is still hilarious. This is so true and will never get old!

Real shit; I've been coming back to this video over and over again for the last year and half and EVERY TIME it gets more hard belly laughs than any Netflix comedy special in the last two years. The replay value of your material tops any one else out there schlepping yuks to the masses. I love you. i should probably mention, I'm a cyclist.

You've literally explained everything ever posted in r/BicyclingCirclejerk

I abstained the entire clip to laugh out loud in order to be able to listen the entire clip. Gold.

this is one of the best videos youtube of ever X"D

“Because unlike his peers the cyclist is a risk taker, a visionary, an achiever, and knows he must do whatever it takes to finish middle of the pack at the annual charity 60 miler”

Only a cyclist himself can have this much insider knowledge about this topic :D

I am a commuter, i built my own ebike for transportation, I stop at redlight, keep rigourously the right or use the bike lane and dismount on crosswalks, and yet i face death every time i ride my bike

This is actually a really good way to explain the subtleties that motorists don't understand: the number of "cyclists" that do dangerous things on purpose is a minority.

As a cyclist i agree with pregnant women not being aero.

“The cyclist has not ridden in any UCI-sanctioned events, but has met several people who have visited Europe” I’m dying 😭

As a commuter with a freshly broken collar bone.....too soon, too soon

I became a Roadie - cyclist - when the ride became more enjoyable that just using a bike to go to the store, to go to work. When I became a cyclist, certain rides became more thrilling - hill riding - descending a hill at 50 mph. So I started training. As a cyclist - Roadie - I started to favor certain types of bikes and components - Steel frames for their ride quality and the 10-speed drivetrains of the 2000’s because of the 10-speed cog sets and the polished aluminum components for their beauty. Think of this as having a practical 4-door BMW to go to work and buy groceries … and an air cooled 911 or a Rotary powered Mazda RX7 or a Honda 2000 for the joy of driving on your days off. I have a hybrid bike that I use for errands. This is the one that gets locked up to a parking meter. It sits at home while I go for joy rides on my road bike. On thing this video gets wrong is that it is not the “cyclist” that are the daredevils that run through red lights - we are most likely riding a road bike that we have spent $3000 plus on - so we are not going to challenge a driver who is wrapped up in metal. It is the younger generation on their fixed gear bikes that run red lights, cut car and bus drivers off, ride in groups of 20-50 riders blocking whole street during rush hour traffic, ride the wrong way in designated bike lanes, cut corners when they make left turns so that they are heading right at a cyclist who is on the legal right side of the road, and ride wheelies through car lanes as drivers are waiting for their green light.

*Pregnant women are not aero* - Casually Explained 2019

I like how this went from being about commuters and cyclists to just devolving to ranting about cyclists.

I've watched this before, but it says a lot that now that I actually wanna buy a cycle, I'm watching your video before GCN's.

Wife: Why don’t you want kids Husband: Pregnant woman are not aero

*Why are you reporting this video?* 🔘 _I’m in this video and I don’t like it_

in different. Cyclists are rich dudes who has upgradicitis (Always upgrade their road bikes or mtb even tho their parts function good) And most of the time they have Strava and has records of 400km+ on Strava

the visual of the fully loaded nerd complete with rotor safety light vs the giga slammed aero bike makes me laugh every time.

As a Dutch person I can say this is accurate. My family calls "cyclists" "MAMILs": Middle Aged Man In Lycra. All Dutch people are also commuters though, without the fear.

I wanna show this to my dad, but I haven't seen him since he taught me to ride my bike without training wheels

1:37 not to mention the thief would fall off a hundred times trying to ride a bike on thin wheels.

5:04 in Alp huez you have a whole new species of Cyclists, the Downhill Mountainbikers. And from my experience of going there this mostly consists of 40 year old men who Own bikes that are more expensive than thair car and who are Willing to jump down a cliff face just to overtake one person. Not landing the jump, compleatly wrecking thair bike and nearly killing them selve, but then continue Rideing like nothing happend and still Finishing the Race without a funktioning Brake. Also they are compleatly useless when they reach the slightest uphill

I remember when my dad took up cycling 15 years ago, he said he was going for a quick ride to buy smokes... never saw him again.

The level of cycling memes in this video is astounding and all completely true. What brand is your new bike?

such a great video!! just started biking as a "commuter" and this made me laugh way too much.

This video never gets old. I love it!

True story: My uncle's ~$3,000 road bike was stolen, but the kids left it in a ditch 200 yards away because it kept tipping over.

When you see a mountain bike on the road, you know they're a commuter.

This is soooooo accurate and I love it.

This was the best video i watched all year

Erin: that’s not vegan Cyclists: that’s not aero

As a commuter cyclist myself I confirm: this is 100% true. And no, the saddle height on 5:37 is NOT exaggerated.

the high seats and slammed stems kills me😂😂

Matt Stephen’s crash features you deserve my like

All jokes aside, cycling is what -made- helped me come to terms with my own mortality. Whatever happens, happens, man. I've been cycling for around 17 years and I ain't stopping as long as I have at least one leg. My neighbour, who only has one leg is a commuter.

cyclist: i gave up my life to cycle Mountain biker: I no longer have a pelvis

The simple fact that the saddle tube is like 1 meter long on the road bikes just killed me

I just brought a cycle yesterday and this came into my recommendation lmao, i shall update it how I turned to be

I love how high the cyclists seat is so high

CE: Cycling is a beautiful sport Dutch people: sport????

I love the giant bottle of pancake syrup he has in place of a water bottle 😂

Every time I rewatch this I notice yet another detail. The text flashing at 1:16 killed me.

“The more obese you are when you buy a new bike the more upvotes you’ll get when you take a picture with it” *my time has come*