How Bad Is Alcohol For Cycling Performance?

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Drinking alcohol the night before a bike ride has a serious effect on your recovery and cycling performance. Or does it? With the help of data from Whoop and Training Peaks, we do some Dan Lloyd inspired "science" to see how a hangover affects recovery, heart-rate and power output when compared with an effort when we're fresh and well rested.
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@gcn 3 года назад

Do you ride with a hangover? How do you think it affects your performance on the bike? Let us know in the comments 👇

@ik6030 3 года назад

Hangover?...hold my orange juice

@yanman3633 3 года назад

GSN global science network

@lothburke2243 3 года назад

I have young children so the hangover is not worth it my friends.

@adderall4449 3 года назад

My friends go out Saturday evenings and my mates ride on Sunday morning. I've ridden hung over oh so many times. After the first hour, it goes away. If I stay in bed it would last almost a full day

@lennieg9148 3 года назад

After a long night, little to no sleep, I'd say an average heartrate of 185 sounds about right.

@snoreymccreeper 3 года назад

I’ve been running this experiment on a regular basis for years and nobody’s ever asked me about my findings.

@TamLis 3 года назад

Hahaha

@RoyRope 3 года назад

Lol

@maxwellcoates3493 3 года назад

This is the most accurate comment I’ve ever seen

@johnrodriguez8253 3 года назад

LOL!!!!

@mikerowave1986 3 года назад

I can relate to that

@ap5194 3 года назад

I'm very biased with alcohol and absolutely hate the stuff because I was an alcoholic and have been to AA, one thing I will say is weight management is easier because I made some horrible food choices when I was drinking 😂. Over 2 years sober now 🎉

@sj3397 3 года назад

Congrats! I recently discovered my son is an alcoholic. It led to me to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol as well. Thus I quit when he went into treatment recently. Amazing how pervasive alcohol is in our society, music etc.... No one really stops to think about the damage it does.

@gixxernavigator 3 года назад

Ozzy Osbourne once said "Alcohol was the hardest things of the lot to quit becUse it's so socioly acceptable, everybodys at it". Well done on sobriety mate it's something you should be proud of. It means you've made a stand in the face of all else to bennefit you.

@danproposkanovovski 3 года назад

Congrats!

@ap5194 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏🏻 it was a decision that was a long time coming for me personally, everything I do I do excessively and over the years I left no stone unturned with the party scene. I realised I was addicted when I couldn't go more than a few days without getting blind drunk, if that was any other vice (smoking, gambling, shopping) then it would be seen for what it really is, addiction, but with alcohol it's fobbed off as what we do to let of steam, this went on for me from 16 to 31, then after making a complete fool of myself one night (this was extremely common for me), I woke up full of anxiety and guilt I knew it was the last time and I decided to seek help. This lifestyle isn't for everyone and its easy to look back with Rose tinted glasses but for every good night drinking I had 3 bad ones. Just my personal experience over the years. If you're British its bloody everywhere and the drunker you are the bigger the badge of honour the next day, very few cultures accept that behaviour. Also its the only drug you will have to justify not taking 😂 that's the hard part believe me

@1scratch 3 года назад

@@sj3397 If I can give you an advice, try Allen Carr's book Easy Way to Control Alcohol. I'm now 1 year sober after reading it.

@nickw6175 3 года назад

when is the episode of .." how does cycling effect your drinking performance ? "

@keinepinghits8145 3 года назад

Interestingly enough I noticed that I put away the slightly less responsible behaviour patterns of freshman year of college much better after starting cycling...

@DrJorgeReynal 3 года назад

LMAO!!!

@estoylaroca 2 года назад

The more important discussion which everyone can relate to.

@darrylhuculak4996 3 года назад

NHS: "Excessive consumption of alcohol can have a detrimental effect on athletic performance". GCN: "Hold my beer."

@ElonMuckX 3 года назад

Next episode: Whiskey vs Vodka vs Tequila shots, while riding up a hill. Surprising Results!!!

@Tibomash 3 года назад

Legend has it this video was shot before the 4vs1 hence Ollie dropping

@moi7748 3 года назад

I gave up alcohol last year, and have never felt fresher on a bike in the morning which is obviously a big plus. The best thing though, is that with all that spare money, I can put that into bike upgrades and cycling holidays 😁

@martintramuntbikemallorcak481 3 года назад

good luck with the cycling holidays...(in your garage..)

@gw7392 3 года назад

Ditto

@moi7748 3 года назад

@ Juan Martine - I managed to have two holidays in summer last year - one to Gran Canaria and the other from Ulm in Germany to Bratislava in Slovakia via the amazing Eurovelo 6 that is just on my doorstep. So yeah, I Obviously can’t get away all of the time, but when I can I do 😀👍👍

@martintramuntbikemallorcak481 3 года назад

@@moi7748 good for you... I refuse to go anywhere whilst they mandate "their" evil ideas!! Never wore a mask once... NEVER WILL!! and that's in a country that mandates it with heavy stasi tactics!! 1 thing I'm not... is a MUPPET... enjoy yer holidays

@simonorr594 3 года назад

I once raced the New London crit hungover on a hot day. I still remember being barely able to get my number and needing a tactical chunder post race. Also I had really bad gas and got yelled at a lot in the peloton. Totally worth it tho!!

@blackcyclist 3 года назад

I often find that once I've opened the bottle, if I don t knock it back, it's frothed up once back in the bottle cage. Also hard to balance a glass on my drops

@gcn 3 года назад

😂 we would strongly recommend waiting until after your ride before you start drinking...

@Calum_S 3 года назад

This reminds me of the old GCN video where they were trying inappropriate ride snacks.

@brianbuday8639 3 года назад

Never found a bike with a decent cigarette lighter either 💥😜🇨🇦

@justlib5849 3 года назад

@@brianbuday8639 underrated comment

@TimpBizkit 3 года назад

@@brianbuday8639 go down a steep hill with a stop at the bottom and you can light it off the front brake rotor.

@MarkKoren 3 года назад

Great clip again guys, however as a chemistry teach I really cant bite my tongue about the structure (drawing) of acetaldehyde. You did get the formula (C2H4O) right, but the structure was wrong and the C-atom had 5 bindings, which is not the way to go. So, all in all, it will result in an A, instead of the usual A+. Cheers!

@Cybersanny 3 года назад

Indeed it hurt my chemistry heart 😖

@MrChrismcquillan 3 года назад

Ollie replied to another comment saying he provided a different structure to the video editors but they obviously misread/didn’t use it. He then apologised.

@diegopastor8988 3 года назад

The worst part of alcohol is not on your performance after drinking, but how it affects your recovery. As you said, alcohol messes up with testosterone hormone, which will lead to a worse recovery, as it will inhibit the muscle repair, and will make you prone to inflammation and joint pain after exercising (injury risk too). I still enjoy my drinking.

@thatsjusthowitgoes1125 3 года назад

Of course the Irishman manages to function relatively normal.

@hubu2511 3 года назад

Bavarians too ;-) happy cycling

@haakman123 3 года назад

I was like, I can't imagine who the sponsor for this one is! And Whoop there it was

@elliotwilliams7421 3 года назад

Let me hear you say..

@Abnsdllnnlosnfd 3 года назад

@@elliotwilliams7421 The NHS?

@elliotwilliams7421 3 года назад

@@Abnsdllnnlosnfd whoop the NHS..... that works

@elliotwilliams7421 3 года назад

@@Abnsdllnnlosnfd ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ffCEr327W44.html

@Gilbertoooooooo 5 месяцев назад

I haven't been drinking for 4 months now, i drank everyday (or almost) since I was 19, now im 32, my weight went down a bit, and I feel like my body is grateful for my decision... But, i miss those nights, going out 3 times per week, drive around the city with good weather (Lisbon) and going home with beautiful Erasmus girls almost everytime, there was always a smile on my face, life was good. Now, im staying home, cycling a lot more and eating chocolates and crap a lot more often than I did before, and no fun nights with the girls... Heinz Stucke once said, life is good when there's booze, girls and a road to travel. (He traveled the world on bicycle for decades) Best regards for you all!

@andrifsig 3 года назад

Quite interesting. It would also be interesting to see how much prolonged alcohol consumption has on performance. Drinking alcohol in moderation consistently for a month and see how you progress or even regress vs a month with no alcohol. I would like to see the same experiment done with sleep deprivation. Both a short term experiment and a long term one. Create a baseline month with a consistent 8 hour sleep and log performance. Then the next month shorten the sleep to a consistent 5 hours and see how it affects performance.

@arhu74 Год назад

I tried dry january for 2 new years now whilst also doing structured training but my progression was worse in january than the drinking months...

@jasongirvan6729 3 года назад

Way to go Connor, showing the power of the Irish ☘️🤛

@Highnoonshred 3 года назад

#GCN you need to have more than just guys in your videos like this!

@Jeppelelle 3 года назад

Poor Conor, need to push an extra 100w to keep up with the smaller dudes 😂

@hari-zz2ge 3 года назад

For me, low dosage alcohol actually works as a mild painkiller and makes riding more pleasent. The next day I feel no differnce, but that might be due to my generally bad recovery/sleep.

@wildsurfer12 3 года назад

If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from this it’s that you shouldn’t celebrate your stage wins too hard.

@VPLDazzamac 3 года назад

My local climb normally takes 12minutes, my pb is ~9 something. On the Wednesday after a stag weekend a few years back, I set my all time low of 27 minutes.

@MrPezkins Год назад

Well done mate , half the problem is admitting there's a problem in the first place .whilst I don't have a problem with booze , I did have a problem managing my money and lived in denial about it .I'm taking the new year ( 2023) to get to grips with that .and getting back in good shape on the bike .

@einsteinisbae27 3 года назад

Beautifully distilled Ollie

@nicholassekas3060 3 года назад

I raced in college so I have a great deal of data on this subject. Frankly I’m surprised at how well these lads did. I think if they did a second effort for the control and experimental runs we would see more radical results. Worth noting that multiple hard efforts is more representative of a hard training ride/group ride/race than a single all out effort.

@schumzy 3 года назад

Connor casually dropping that his RHR "went up" to 50, really dude, I'd be happy if that was my baseline. How fit is Connor then?

@nickthewine3394 3 года назад

Nice and entertaining look at this guys! Thanks for not bashing alcohol completely! It gets blamed so much for the stresses of modern life And whilst it can be very destructive for some, socially it’s pretty constructive. Common sense says if you do accidentally have a skinful the night before, why purposefully stress you body the next morning! Drink moderately and better quality and take regular nights off and you probably won’t notice a difference unless you’re elite+

@johnbeckmeyer1696 3 года назад

It would be interesting to see what the riders' performance on the 2-day session would be like without alcohol. Perhaps the poorer performance is due to the previous day's efforts with or without alcohol. Also, what happens if subsequent effort follows 2 days hence or 5 days hence.

@112chapters3 2 года назад

I frequently used to train by riding the canal from Sydney gardens/bathwick…. Running, cycling, to the pubs a few miles along going eastwards… few beers then run back easy. Still do it on my current stomping Grounds

@garrysekelli6776 3 года назад

should drink ten beers while riding the cycle. I find it improves performance. Only problem is stopping to whiz.

@ElonMuckX 3 года назад

Substitute Tequila instead. Don't need much, just a shot or two an hour, when your cycling hard, less for easier intensities. And people still think I'm joking..........

@sgreen2011 3 года назад

I work for a brewery doing quality assurance so avoiding alcohol is, well, impossible. I have at least one beer a day and often wonder how much of an impact this has on my cycling. One cool tidbit I have is that acetaldehyde is a common byproduct of fermentation by yeast and often adds a green apple or acrylic paint smell to beer.

@brucevelo1 3 года назад

I've actually had a couple good races when hungover. I was already miserable so a little more pain wasn't a big deal.

@jeffreypeters1902 3 года назад

I have really enjoyed the new members of GCN, chapeau to your hiring dept.

@Kadrowicz7 3 года назад

In UK you call it an experiment. In Poland we call it reality.

@artgrafix9250 3 года назад

Nie rób z Polaków pijaków. W wielu krajach piją więcej od nas. A takim postem robisz z nas pośmiewisko. Ja i wielu moich znajomych nie pijemy i nie palimy. Ale po twoim wpisie przypadkowo napotkany Anglik uzna mnie za pijaczka.

@mateuszj5583 3 года назад

W uk spotaklem wiecej alkoholikow I pijusow niz w Polsce

@qwer55555555 3 года назад

@@artgrafix9250 prosze Cie, kogo to. Akurat jakiś post na YT cokolwiek znaczy XD

@smallhatshatethetruth7933 3 года назад

I work for Deliveroo in the UK and notices this amongst my Polish coworkers lol

@douwehuysmans5959 3 года назад

Netherlands also

@propertywithbobby 3 года назад

During the world Cup a couple of years ago I did quite a few hungover rides. I found that yes it was tough to get going but once upto speed I felt good and it certainly cleared the hangover.

@karstenmeinders4844 3 года назад

Glad to see that Ollie and Hank still work together!

@Cyclonut96 3 года назад

Yeah, I can see all three being together in a pub, having a great time. Respect.

@thelonesculler 3 года назад

3:42 That isn't acetaldehyde. That's an impossible molecule

@baymaz9645 3 года назад

Very underrated. Plz give this more thumbs up

@fabianbinder3681 10 месяцев назад

On our final school trip, I was part of a bunch of endurance „experts“, we did a high mountain tour with loads of altitude a little later and we were fully trained for it. But: The single hardest climb that year was up to the Meteora Monasteries, a little less then 600 hm. In this climb, we were almost last of our course, because in the night before we enjoyed the house wine in our accommodation to the fullest. It was a humbling experience.

@suggyltd9577 3 года назад

Not sure why I continued to watch past the 2 minute mark. Glad I did. Good Job.

@Stoo61 3 года назад

I only drink to get mashed, I dont really do the beer after work thing or a wine with dinner. So, nowadays I rarely drink but when I do, I cant do anything the next day. Its generally foetal position until the evening then a binge eat and then feel shit, unmotivated and emotional unstable for about a week. I drink maybe bi-monthly now.

@itzStrFtw 3 года назад

Are you me?

@Stoo61 3 года назад

@@itzStrFtw Yes, from the future. You know that thing you are thinking of doing....DONT DO IT!!! haha only joking, definitely do it.

@Callieskanaal 3 года назад

Hilarious and ingeresting, keep it up guys! Am I the only one wondering when this was filmed? Knowing that Ollie's performance in the TTT-challenge against Si was remarkable (to put it mildly) ;-)

@garyskyner5855 3 года назад

Could the small drop in performance post-drink be explained because you rode separately as opposed to riding as a group pre-drink? Riding in a group is usually easier.

@Elephantine999 11 месяцев назад

You guys do great science videos! And yeah, the increase in heartrate after a couple of drinks is kind of unsettling. I did a club ride last summer in which we stopped at three breweries for pints on a hot day. It was fun, but after the third stop I was ready for a nap...

@ashokdongre7289 3 года назад

Ollie, Was waiting for comments about polyphenols and resvertrol. I knew at the beginning why you picked the wine. Wonder how many will remember the alphabet soup of ADH, ALDH, GABA, and ATP. When are you going to do a GCN video around effect of caffeine on cycling performance. As it is a mild diuretic. It also has effects on heart rate and BP through potential blockade of adenosine receptors.

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 2 года назад

132 days sober here. I was doing it for abs though, and I'm still working on them, haha. More cycling needed yet.

@davidborn6990 3 года назад

Glad to see Ollie is finally getting a chance to put his PhD to work!

@jamesashton9954 3 года назад

after a 8 hour session the next day i cycled from my home city of bradford to bolton abbey then to harrogate on the A59 which averages 14% and cycled back to bradford hungover

@germainbelanger6553 3 года назад

Very formative and entertaining. Luv that your are suffering to advance the cycling community;) L’Ange Cornue from the Québec Canada: Saint-Arnaud microbrewery is a good Belgium inspired 🍺 Cheers

@TheCucung 3 года назад

So actually just about 10 - 30 seconds off, with 5 - 20 watt less? I'd say the round of drink on the pub with friends worth every less watt

@workingguy6666 3 года назад

That's merely on a 7 minute route. The effects over the course of a typical 40 to 60 mile ride would probably be noticeably worse. That stated, there are some strong weekend warriors around here who drink beer (to excess) the nights before rides. I'm convinced that cheap beer helps them carb-load in some way. Of all the riders I've ridden with who regularly drink, it's the beer drinkers who do the best. The wine drinkers are inevitably slower.

@boylekay789 3 года назад

Another thing is the overall crappy feeling you get after drinking. I suppose the headache and bad sleep will cause discomfort during a ride.

@aliancemd 3 года назад

That’s one day of bad recovery. It adds up over time and you also get a belly

@massimo23 3 года назад

Finalmente uno studio serio sul tema. L'ho guardato tutto d'un fiato.

@SolitarySword 3 года назад

I work in a bar, and usually bike to work. The ride back from work is an 8km climb, so when I have a post-shift brew with the coworkers, I tend to dread the 2am uphill battle... And that's just after one beer! Save the brews for post-ride

@hisdadjames4876 3 года назад

I did Lands End John O Groats using shandy as my main hydrating drink, including in bidon at times. Excellent!

@ViveSemelBeneVivere 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip. What recipe?

@hisdadjames4876 3 года назад

@@ViveSemelBeneVivere 50:50 beer and lemonade. Perfectly balanced isotonic drink and only 2% alcohol so no real issue. Might not make you faster but certainly you feel better and it tastes great!! Isn’t that why the Germans call low alcohol beer ‘radler’?

@duckmanduckfairy8010 3 года назад

Now over 100k that’s huge! How about testing how sleep affects performance and recovery!

@michaelkeon3215 3 года назад

0:54 I recognize the writing on the glass. San MIguel beer from the Philippines! Yay!!

@yj8471 3 года назад

At least it's not Red Horse 😁😅🤣

@garycochran2504 3 года назад

@@yj8471 can not beat a San Miguel Dark !!!

@yj8471 3 года назад

@@garycochran2504 opo talaga ? Dibha tama nakakatawa ingat lagi ..

@MFV12 3 года назад

I am winedealer and like to ride, this was the upload I was waiting for all my life XD Cheers mates! The best ecuse for me not beeing any faster :P

@loriegracefernandez522 Год назад

My comment might be unrelated to this video, but I just want to say that I'm so happy to see my idol sir Hank😊😊.. and also I like how they elaborate the effect on cycling when drinking alcohol..thumbs sup

@gcn Год назад

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙌

@frogskocinq 3 года назад

Not everyone drinks until they are hammered like the study participants. I would suspect that you would have gotten similar results if you had a cold or were otherwise under the weather. For folks who like the after ride beer or consume 1-2 drinks per day, the question remains, what is the effect of this pattern? I think that would cover most people who have a job but take their training seriously and would want to know whether to cut out the booze or reduce to say the night before a recovery day. I have experimented with these questions (one a day, two a day, at the end of a training week) and the only way to reduce the effect (energy level, sleep, HR) was to remove the cause (e.g., booze). The highly individualized rule would apply here, you need a more measured approach. Sleep is the most important part of recovery, so if that is affected, then you have your answer. I really appreciated the comments on cell volume and impact on ATP production. There was no mention of weight gain. Probably not a short term concern for the participants, but over time?

@glennnicholls8510 3 года назад

I love the science and data videos. Thank you for doing that. Actually I was surprised how little it affected your performance numbers.

@CarlosSilva-ti5ib Год назад

I thought the same. I'm sure that a longer effort would show greater perfomance declining.

@ypsiow1008 3 года назад

I used to drink 2L of craft beer every week in summer and while in a bar, fried, oily junk food were the go-along. Until I noticed my belly and weight went wrong, and the staff doing abdominal ultrasound every year gave me a parents talk, I finally had an awakening and resorted to clean diet, calorie count and abstaining from alcohol altogether. And most importantly, I've picked up better lifestyle by actively working-out on resistance training, running and, yes, cycling for 2 years. The result? It's absolutely rewarding. I have no crave for any fruit juice, soda or alcohol now. Thanks partly for the lockdown too though I miss socializing in the bars.

@Cyclonut96 3 года назад

Good topic and well played. Love the use of vine, beer and hard liquor. I found drinking wine these days also gives me headaches, which I am attributing to use of sulphates by wine growers. Beer has to be drunk in volumes, thus frequent visits to the toilet, and drinking a cognac is probably the best for me. But definitely all three affect the athletic performance. Loved all the lines and cuts, camaraderie between the presenters in this video, would love to party with them and even bringing Dan into the mix of things was well timed/shown. Can't wait for another video, thanks!

@zzhughesd 3 года назад

Distill it down. What an end. Kinda cheesy so kinda apt for GCN. Such a good channel from start to current. Don’t ever stop the science GCN

@glenne1 2 года назад

In Sri Lanka we are facing a fuel crisis so the public transport is very limited. My friends called me for an evening drink and i couldn’t say no. I cycled about 40kms in the hot sun and i had to cycle back in the dark (got power cuts in the night due to the economic crisis) without any street lights. I rode faster on the way back even being super drunk. Speed comes to humans when we are drunk even if we are cycling or driving a car.

@ashsham1655 3 года назад

Great vlog. Would it be possible to re-do the experiment again with all of you drinking the same tipple. The beverages of choice have different abv’s and thus the variations of results are quite significant.

@CarlosSilva-ti5ib Год назад

It would not improve much the result, because the response of the human body, to the same tipple, can be different. To perform a really cientific experiment GCN would have to use much more cyclists and experiments. I think that's not their objective. The main idea is clear, drinking and cycling is not a good choice.

@benliu3522 3 года назад

Got a real laugh out of the ads for a rehab center that kept popping up during this video. Does RU-vid know something about me that I don't?

@jamessteggles6579 3 года назад

I jist like how smug Ollie was when he got to say that Red Wine is the 'best alcohol'.... slightly baised there Oliver?!?!

@chucklesm2391 3 года назад

I don't drink, but edible cbd is great for stamina. You don't feel anything below the neck with 5 mg. I never shift gears once on a ride.

@TimpBizkit 3 года назад

I'll tell you drinking a Desperado after a 5 hour ride was amazing. Having said that, at Bath university there was a bicycle pub crawl, and some people could barely get on the bike after that.

@kennetheckstrm7933 3 года назад

Great episode. Love the show. Do it again! This time make sure to use all of the GXN presenter teams. Let them have equal amount of alcohol intoxication (1,5 promille) register blodtype, metabolisme rate, fitness level and dietplan. Test fitness performance (FTP?) the day after and two days after the alkohol binge. Purpose to see how dietplan, metabolisme and blodtype effects the restitution over time with and equal messeaured alcohol intoxication and FTP effort. Which of the presenters biological composition is the most capable?

@CarnivoreDMD Год назад

I have a good relationship with ETOH and you should also understand that ETOH is stored just like….fructose which I avoid. When I was semi pro, I’d drink a bottle of red wine the night prior to races. My fault was too much zone 3 & 4 training vs only 2 & 5 that I do now.

@randomchick1234 3 года назад

I'm legit a science teacher and this is such a good video demonstrating alcohols long term effects that I'll show it to my year tens in October when we study drugs Edit: having watched all of it I may not show the ending - telling a bunch of fifteen year olds that red wine is good for you might not be the wisest!

@leftymadrid 2 года назад

And a medium rider, and a tall rider... So noticeable when looking at the frame size difference of these three great riders!

@phillentz6742 3 года назад

How in the heck was dan not in this video. He would have crushed it. Been training for years!

@tryathletes 3 года назад

Great inspiration for those of us doing 'Dry January!' Looking forward to Feb 1.

@judosteffer 3 года назад

Ha! Loving the new comedy in the videos! Not that Castellii Gabba! Ha! Not watched GCN for a while but looks like it's become more fun so I'll be watching again.

@normasnockers323 3 года назад

You all seemed much happier with a beer than when cycling, combine them, start WCN , Wobbly Cycling Network. :)~

@recstoppauseplay 2 года назад

This is great you guys! Of course I loved Ollie's comment about the genius of legitimately drinking on the job! The results are somewhat predictable but I thought the times and energies used would have had a wider margin considering how everyone felt in the 'morning after.' Can we assume then that if you three had a very moderate ingestion of alcohol the night before like, Ollie; 1 regular sized glass of red wine, Connor; a 1/2 pint of beer and Hank; 1 shot of scotch then the results the next day would not show any change in times and energy use?

@christophrauscher3520 3 года назад

I did my toughest ride ever, 395km, 4500m altitude, with 5 Bag setup on my travelling bike, carrying tent and everything with me after a camping holiday drunk/hangover. I had to go so far in one day, because I wanted to participate in a party, and when I was very drunk, I decided to take the toughest route, but I only had 2 days time because of appointments.

@SimonH72 3 года назад

Half way through this...hilarious! I wonder how many “road pizzas” were left the day after? 😂😂😂🍺🥳🥳🤮🤮

@jsv438 3 года назад

Don't know if this conflicts with the "road" bikers here, but I ride mostly MTB (because we all know that's the only way to TRULY enjoy bike riding lol). I rarely take a drink anymore--rarely ever drink b00ze in the last 25 years or so (maybe a few drinks a year, so almost never). When I ride w/friends who drink either regularly or once in a while, the difference I notice seems very recognizable. The guys that drink more, and/or more often, have the same results on a sliding scale as the guys that drink less often, and that appears to be: excessively sweat more, winded more quickly, dehydrate rapidly, muscle cramps, tire and fatigue more quickly. I don't know if this is relevant to their amount of regular exercise too, but I've found it to be perfectly predictable. The guys that drink more, get ALL of these symptoms FIRST. The guys that drink less/less often, get the symptoms a few miles LATER than them, and those of us that drink rarely or never, either don't get ANY of these symptoms or on longer rides are the LAST to show any signs of excessive sweating and fatigue. btw- this is also from a wide range of ages and age groups I've noticed this, so it's NOT directly associated to age, ranging from early 20's to early 60's. ~JSV

@chrismartin1448 3 года назад

At 9 cal per gram vs 8 for fat and 4 for carb alcohol can be a powerful performance enhancer. Say two shots of vodka and an expert rider will have more power and control shouldn't be affected. However after three hours those two shoots will come back with excessive dehydration. Indoor training with a shot or two can mean some extremely good efforts on days of low motivation. 3 hours of hard riding with the bro's and then a few beers together afterwards often inspires me to ride another two hours when otherwise I would have been done. But then it's heavy bonk time.

@matteoformenti8596 3 года назад

EVERY SUNDAY MORNING .... greetings from Italy

@fartman10284 2 года назад

I have partied the night before a NYC 5 Boro Tour, rode to the start while hungover, but lost the hangover while pounding the electrolyte drinks.

@xianenstien8255 3 года назад

You guys get me inspired from what you are doing. Wish i had a bike

@MrChoucri19 3 года назад

you guys should do a bar-hopping ride and see how your power dwindles as the ride and drinks progress.

@derrekkelso3418 3 года назад

Love your channel!! Have you guys ever thought about riding Ragbrai?? If you haven’t heard of it look it up!!!

@scottf3456 3 года назад

I drink almost never. It doesn't fit my lifestyle anymore.

@PieterOnderwater-j3b 7 месяцев назад

I once cycled to friends, 70km away, at 30 km/h average. We had a great long night, with 15 beers. After a short sleep, I cycled home, at 35 km/h average. 1 beer equals 2 sandwiches of energy

@andrewboot6331 3 года назад

For the last 20 years I've had a good few beers on Saturday night plus a bottle of wime and gone out cycling Sunday morning. It makes absolutely no difference [although 2 gin tonics on top does] in fact cycling off the hangover is one of life's great pleasures

@createcreate34 3 года назад

They rode together the first time, so the differences of 10-30secs could well be down to that and how they coped with faitgue from the previous day. In my personal athelete and drinking experience, it's about drinking regularly smaller amounts and enjoying it, not making it a habit. If you like a drink, train your body to take it just like you train your muscles. I read about TdF riders in pre WW2 years drinking large amounts of brandy before a 300+km stage and they still averaged over 30km/h on those bikes and dirt roads.

@t1p1may0 3 года назад

On the point about the gut microbiome, green and black teas also contains large amounts of a flavonoid called Flavanols (in the family like polyphenols) and doesn’t have the same level toxic effect on the body as alcohol does. Cheers!

@goose_memes Год назад

When I cycled home from a party drunk with my friend who is significantly better at cycling than me (I'm no pro but he is 2nd in our federal state in germany) I could easily keep up with him and even large climbs felt so good with each pedal, definitely don't condone it but that is my experience with it.

@Jamie-Smith 3 года назад

It would be nice if the GCN team could include their byline on their content. You think we know you but we don't, sadly. You're doing a great job, by the way. ;)

@JvG1970 3 года назад

I won my last race by the juniors in Mainz(D) complete drunk/big hangover! ;-)

@osh241 3 года назад

Nothing better than a cycle to clear the hangover though 👌

@africanwidow 3 года назад

"Who me? " Ha ha. Everything was well done, really well done, in that video! Loved it. I thought your results were good enough to keep enjoying libations in moderation for stress mgt. As you noted, it can be pleasurable in social interactions leading to happy and fast athletes. "Professor" looked like... and seemed like a real professor! Learned a lot. : )

@kitbradley2689 3 года назад

For about two months during my Friday indoor rides, I've been having stomach problems. It was only this past Friday that wife was, like, "We drink on Thursdays." So... now, we've changed our schedule so we're not drinking on nights before a 3-hour training session! It only took me months to figure this out! Though, in terms of performance, I don't notice a physical decline in strength (my power is the same as days when I don't drink.) I just feel like garbage during and after the ride. But I'm not a pro-level rider. My FTP is about 215 to 220 watts right now.

@diegotoledo6798 3 года назад

0:54 San Miguel beer glass. 🍻Hopefully the beer is the same too!

@theisrandersen 2 года назад

I've done 9 half marathons over the last 5 years. Did a PR the 4 times i went drinking til 1-2 in the morning. This was the only PR's I've done. One time i went later and did awfully. The other 4 i was sober before.