Great guest. Dylan completely transformed the way I go about training a few years back. The research and facts he would come out with was second to none.
yeah saying that he choose not to do the worlds is crazy, not saying anything about him, but, it's the worlds, even last place it's spectacular, representing your country against the best. Okay it's new, and it's not what he might win, but, just participating, i think it's a chance you can't pass
@@bernardo9202you can't pass it, he can. It doesn't give him what he wants which is why Keegan isn't on a world tour team or racing the MTB world cup circuit
I love Dylan, he's so humble, funny too. Anything he talks about he always ends up making it super interesting, so it's not just the subjects but the way he approaches his stories and whatnot.
One of my favorites Nero videos in the library. Dylan is such a journeyman pro. I’ve loved his content since I first ran across it. Thanks for having him.
I’ve probably watched every video Dylan has produced, very watchable and informative guy and when I reached out to him by email he took the time to reply to me too. Wish him all the best with his 24’ season too 👍
Dylan might only be middle of the Grand Prix pack , but he is probably number one on the gravel bros' most wanted list for killing the spirit of gravel.
2 groups show up the these Grand Prix races (I did one last year). 1: those 70 pros and 2: regional riders that are there for the vibe, experience, challenge, beer with friends after! Oh I also get to watch some pros race.
Brilliant interview. I’ve said this before, but you both are the best thing in the entire cycling space. Your interview skills are excellent. You both listen intently and let the guest speak. Your search for the truth is applaudable. You treat every guest the same and don’t kiss ass or play favorites. You sensibilities are really nice and you intuitively get Americans. If you ever find yourselves planning a US east coast trip - reach out to me. Would love to host you. I’m in Philadelphia (well, outer suburbs). Cheers!
Folks I was born and rised in Europe and moved to the USA 18 years ago, Dylan is right the USA has got its own Gravel Bubble which is no match elsewhere, we have so many races for pros and age groupers, so Iconic and hard, America should host the UCI World Championship.
I think it would work if it was scheduled to line up with the Montreal GP & Quebec GP when all the riders are already in North America. Otherwise it’s like the 2022 road WC was in Wollongong when riders dropped out and some countries couldn’t even afford to travel bc costs are so high.
Excellent interview. The Nero Show gets all the great guests and I appreciate the diversity of people. I've enjoying hearing about Dylan's journey, some phenomenal gains in performance!
Interesting conversation! I appreciate everyone’s candor. As a newer cyclist, I think I watched Dylan’s entire channel soaking up as much knowledge as possible. I can also relate to ridiculously complicated training plans and the resulting burn out. Not trainer road, but another group. As a new cyclist, you don’t know what you don’t know and when someone tells you this is what you need to do….well…..next thing you know you’re doing ultra complex workouts that hurt your brain as much as your legs from trying to keep everything straight.
Just ride a lot and eat clean and don’t drink booze. That’s enough. Training plans are for advanced racing. Ride frequently and go hard. A lot of short rides is better than a few long ones.
@chrismiller, @jessecoyle, I'm glad that you brought up VC's comment about all the gravelists having a camera on their bikes and editing it down to a great perspective video. Keep up the great work!
Maybe my favorite episode as I am from the US and ride, race gravel events. I had emailed Bonk Bros a question, since they read the emails on the podcast, which was how do gravel pros in the states make a living. Obviously from sponsors. But how exactly was what I was interested in. They never answered that question until now and also Tyler, the Vegan Cyclist, did go into this topic on that recent pod. This is really fun content. Thanks.
Thanks, Chris and Jesse, for conversing with Dylan and my take on Dylan's popularity would be that we applaud his pursuit of his dream and that he is actually living the dream. And good for him, this opportunity to be paid for cycling fitness and brand representation is unique and cheers to him that he is making the most of this season of his life. And he is helping all of us by showing the way he navigates these events, most of which are still great unknowns to many of us, tho' we want to learn and participate, too, to one extent or another and as an aside, Ben Delaney at his gravel-centric channel is doing a great job with event promotion and ride videos and bike/gear breakdowns and such. And if Dylan doesn't want to be based full-time where it snows in winter, and I totally understand that, maybe winter where he now lives in NC and live near the action out West during the season..
Interesting to see what seems like euro road fan boys learn about cycling popularity and celebrity from other places. Dylan is my ongoing entertainment, hope he wins but won’t stop watching or being a fan. More events, more people, more fun…. Ambassador of experiences. BH Dylan is almost as famous for good reason … life is to short to take yourself to seriously. Thanks for this. Hope you paid him 😊
Respect Dylan just stuck to his guns regarding the TR contro. He has some good points. But as a healthcare worker grunt/cyclist who regularly works overtime and is on call plenty, TR has made it to where I can actually keep up with riders riding almost twice as much on the bike. I have to ride before 6:30AM, and the trainer rides just tick the right boxes.
It's hard to say cause there's been so many great ones but best guest so far! From a Aussie crit pig I now wanna move to Colorado grow a mustache and be a gravel dog
i completely understand why Dylan is reluctant to move away from Brevard, NC, the cycling there and within about an 80 mile radius of there is phenomenal.
Great video. As a follower of Dylan I can say that I like both his science and race report videos and I think they mesh perfectly. His race videos are science based approaches in actual real world practice. When he follows a different pacing strategy than most due to science (letting the lead pack go and sticking to his watts with the knowledge that riders will fade back to him), or talks at length about altitude adjusted normalized power... those are more science nerdy than most riders might be.
Honest interview and really fun. I too found Dylan's early science-based training videos first. I was recovering from a year of health issues and used a lot of his info to ride myself back. Thx Dylan.
Great to see you sought out someone in the US gravel scene. Would be interested to hear your take on the stats the video gets and indicative interest in Australia. Interesting that Dylan came from MTB marathon background and it appears that has now been replaced by gravel races & events.
Dylan represents the best of American gravel when it comes to being grounded and realistic on what this scene is... for good and bad. Great ep! (shouts to the bonking buddies)
Amazing vid as always with any Dylan video. He's such a down to earth person, objective and analytical. You just enjoy and learn from everything that comes out of him.
Dylan’s science/ physical education videos are the best! 💪 he just sticks to the evidence and puts it up on the screen, but he makes it interesting that even a non cycling roommate won’t scoff at the video. 😂
Terrific podcast and podcasts, always insightful and well thought out. So much better than the contrived and dull cade media podcasts, they've lost their way.
I feel like David Arthur would be a boring guest! No disrespect to him. He’s a good bike reviewer. I just can’t imagine too many exciting stories (could be wrong).
I have been following Dylan for a few years and this is why your video showed in my feed. Love the show and interview style. You ask the questions that we want to know in a kind way.
Gotta remember that Santa Cruz is owned by Pon and Pon is the single-largest player in the bike industry at this point. Cervelo's logistics are handled by the Santa Cruz warehouse IIRC.
Keegan will probably due well at this race - but I still think the race will be very unlike the US scene. It'll be shorter and probably more like a road race. With all of the world tour riders they'll probably race it like a road race. As far as the US Team riding as a team, I highly doubt it - I would think that it's every rider for themselves - Alexey may have the best chance at this event as he seems to be coming into form at the right time and his experience in a WT peloton is a great advantage over the other US riders. If any US rider wins - it would be huge for their careers - it may not be more important than the LTGP for Keegan, but for the others it would be career defining. Imagine Alexey with the Rainbow Stripes...huge. Dylan's take on "Spirit of Gravel" are spot on.
Super cool that my 2 favorite podcast in 1 !! Well I know not the all bonk bros crew but still super fun!! Do it again guys! Gravel is fun and getting big in Canada guys!
Good chat. As an American totally agree gravel ate cross country Mtn biking. I get it from the perspective gravel can accommodate the beginner. It can be like running a half marathon. In comparison I’ve done some garly XC races where beginners would get hurt.
I used TR but had to delete at least 50% of the rides and use an alternative either from their suggestions or from my own ideas. The actual calendar and workout UI is great, really like the way that power is graphed against time in real time
I've never seen or heard of anyone getting tested for anything at any US race I've been to. Most gravel races aren't even really sanctioned by anyone like USA cycling. In my state there's only one USA cycling gravel race and that's so it can be the "state championship"
