How Hard Did Cycling Use To Be? | Modern Cyclist, Retro Bike, Classic Climb

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So what was life like before the invention of the derailleur? How hard was it to ride a bike with only two gears over mountain passes? Thanks to Tullio Campagnolo we'll never know.... but Ollie found out.
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@gcn 5 лет назад

Would you give this a go?!

@davidharrington6273 5 лет назад

Definitely, and I am think you should try an event like L’Eroica in the future!

@jasonmcgrody9472 5 лет назад

No. Give me 5 minutes to switch gears in the rain. Still no.

@garrettturbett593 5 лет назад

I did Paris-Roubaix on a steel single speed last year. That’s either downhill or flat other than a couple of bridge crossings, so I’d rather not tackle any major climbs without my Di2 and a nice wide block!

@amfearliathmor8213 5 лет назад

Just got to learn to dance on the pedal technique rather than to spin on the climb. It does require more upper body strength like Greg Lemond had though.

@petyrkowalski9887 5 лет назад

Not on a single speed, no. Mad. My Das was a club racer in the 50s... Single speed, steel frame, 100 mile TTs, no support...hills and all. Bonkers,

@barriewilliams4526 5 лет назад

One of those was my everyday bike lol, I am 82 now though :)

@80beanz 4 года назад

That's why your still alive😅

@jeremyemilio9378 4 года назад

@TigerLizardz Gaming or he could be lying about his age

@iTzzproclan 4 года назад

God bless you

@Cloobornius 4 года назад

Woohoo barrie!

@erichaheidrich4593 4 года назад

Cool

@jacquesmalecaut4956 5 лет назад

By far the best GCN video. Ollie is so naturally funny and engaging. Editing was amazing also!

@carstenweiland7896 3 года назад

Toe Clips are awesome, some are really tight and they should hold your feet in place, I love them. Modern tech is good too and it is really easy to unclip your feet.

@doriankelly101 5 лет назад

Your filmmaking skills are wild. I subbed for the content, stayed for the cinematography.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Cheers Dorian 😊

@marccarter1350 5 лет назад

I ride 853 steel, mechanic group set, 32 hole wheels, calliper brakes Selle San Marco Rolls saddle. Kept it old skool. Its 5 years old, still runs amazing. Not everyone is a wannabe pro! Nor has access to 10k to find the latest carbon deluxe super cycle. Some of us ride for pleasure

@gboyspeed 5 лет назад

Music and video quality is in another level

@gcn 5 лет назад

Cheers!

@Paul_Paulson 5 лет назад

Wonderful! Although did I notice that you were using a freewheel? Maybe try it on a fixed gear(s) for the real authentic experience :-)

@caskinfg 5 лет назад

That's a nice mountain, the Passo Croachydown

@stockton350 5 лет назад

A hundred thumbs up!

@LaughingSaint66 5 лет назад

Those gear cables could knock out an eye 😂😂

@daltonbedore8396 5 лет назад

brake cables, but yes lol

@LaughingSaint66 5 лет назад

Dalton Bedore Oh yes well I can be forgiven since I’m clearly exhausted from having cycled 1900 miles of a 2000 mile challenge for myself this month with 90,000 feet of climbing and 16+ century rides this is what happens when a man only cycles all the time and has no other distractions in his life it’s a sad sad day

@lewis72 3 года назад

That "really crap, flexible frame" was Reynolds 531, so it couldn't be _that_ bad !

@ericoschmitt 5 лет назад

Hey you talk about steel frames as if they were all crap! Modern steel is amazing.

@novennelagua3151 4 года назад

My first road bike is a vintage road bike

@Quimerateck 4 года назад

For me it's the same, cause im riding a bianchi 27" x 1 1/4

@lemonpaper 5 лет назад

Wow this guy describes my actual bike and then says “Rubbish! Tick!”

@JaredArchbold 4 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. Jealous of the opportunity to ride that bike on that pass.

@KandiKlover 4 года назад

I'll pass on that pass but I would love to ride the old road bikes too.

@BushidoMusicOfficial 4 года назад

He literally described mine too (a fixie) minus the brakes

@em_oh_why_oh 4 года назад

Lol I could only afford a second hand steel bike from the 80s and I keep up with $5000 bike cyclists in local group rides 🤷🏾‍♂️

@wretchedgrey 4 года назад

It's because 95% of the performance is in the person riding and not the bike. The extra 5% only matters in races where taking off a few pounds with a $5k full carbon frame actually matters.

@M3T2W01f 5 лет назад

Rumor has it that the camera crew only had to walk to film Ollie.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Not all that far from the truth...

@LaughingSaint66 5 лет назад

Amer J. 😂😂😂

@gcntech 5 лет назад

@Savage Poet using the dark room, aka the actual night, whilst Ollie still continued to ride up the hill.... Jon.

@juilescieg 5 лет назад

probably stand.

@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore 5 лет назад

As somebody named Ollie this hits to close to home.... 🤣😂

@christopherfisher6293 5 лет назад

My late dad always rode fixed gear of 48+18 all his cycling life ,and could give me and my gears one good kicking all the time. Tough times made very tough men used to pain and discomfort on a daily basis, and that went into cycling. Well done dad, well done!!

@joshnicholson2934 3 года назад

I do that now but with 50+16 and I love it! 😁 Usually beat roadies

@samh2023 2 года назад

@@joshnicholson2934 Me too, but with 54-14. Usually beat motorcycles

@Shivasyn13 2 года назад

@@samh2023 Me too, but with 58-13. Usually beat cars

@bullyborg 2 года назад

I do 62 11 everyday on commutes usually beat f1 cars.

@Hambonebodi 10 месяцев назад

I guess I am a wuss at 42/18 😂

@DrewKime 5 лет назад

And you just know there were dude-bros back then who would give you a hard time for switching to the "easy" cog.

@ljrandom147 5 лет назад

Lmfao

@thebelly925 5 лет назад

“Oh, look at young Bridgewood! Switching to the 18 tooth cog? Why don’t you just trade your jersey for a corset and a dress?”

@newttella1043 5 лет назад

"first one to switch gears buys beers"

@gcn 5 лет назад

Hahaha this is so true!

@jthepickle7 4 года назад

Back then you were lucky to find a 24t cog. 36 - 24 was the best you could do.

@veloriderkm 5 лет назад

Are your videos now produced by Christopher Nolan with a score by Hans Zimmer? Honestly fellas, who ever is behind the scenes.. you moved me with the sights and sounds. Thank you.

@Velofil 5 лет назад

This was like watching a TOP GEAR episode ....for Cycling! EPIC editing and kudos to Ollie

@bonolee07 5 лет назад

Velofil I was thinking exactly the same lol

@giuseppe8844 5 лет назад

This video takes the GCN cinematography to a whole new level. Anything less than this will now be disappointing....

@gcn 5 лет назад

@@giuseppe8844 Uh oh... 😬

@chuckpietro 5 лет назад

Velofil, I agree completely. Excellent production 'Top Gear' style. And Ollie has the best timing with his words, hand down. Jeremy Clarkson eat your heart out. Keep it up GCN!!

@powersturbo 5 лет назад

This video was the boring version of Jeremy clarkson taking a dump uphill.

@geeano9232 3 года назад

Ollie is undoubtedly one of the funniest and natural presenters on GCN ⚡️

@marcelopadilla842 2 года назад

capo...!!!

@pavels470 2 года назад

Channelling Jeremy Clarkson for sure

@rap4live39 Год назад

Just love this guy. Such sympathic this man...

@ilCantaluppi 5 лет назад

If you turn he volume up and listen closely you can clearly hear Ollie’s kneecaps pop

@imgonnabuss 5 лет назад

noooo way! ah man that must've been gnarly to experience

@lst1nwndrlnd 5 лет назад

I think mine popped too.

@geoffdelperdog8838 5 лет назад

Was this a short film? The cinematography is getting incredible at GCN! Keep it up, team!

@jasonmcgrody9472 5 лет назад

I know, right? GCN doesn't have the goofiness it had when Matt was around, but the cinematography is outstanding and the hosts are up to the challenge of presenting that the film quality demands.

@lennymccartney1 3 года назад

yes, and the twist was that ollie wasn't dropped!

@geoffdelperdog8838 3 года назад

I'm guessing this comment was the springboard that led to GCN+ documentaries.

@ojanssensande 5 лет назад

5:08 The brakepad is almost 1 meter away from the rim. Ridicolous! But you got a bell to warn other people of the crash that is to come.

@albr4 5 лет назад

could be way better adjusted but I've restored my own 1950s road bike and it's got some kind of lightweight steel tubing that means the bike is so flexible I had to loosen the brakes massively to stop them from rubbing when I put force into the front fork

@ojanssensande 5 лет назад

@@albr4 oh interesting. I've got that in my bike while sprinting hard. But my pads are very close. Mabye it is your wheel, as well?

@albr4 5 лет назад

@@ojanssensande I've got the original wheel on the front so it probably does have a bit of play, but I looked at it and held the wheel in place and put pressure on one side of the bars and I could make it touch, looks like the fork flexing. I have the same issues even on my aero road bike but it's just my "training wheels" deflecting so I have to loosen the brakes so they don't rub. High end wheels shouldn't have much deflection. That old frame is like riding a bike made of jelly compared to my aluminium frame.

@alexbrown1995 4 года назад

I noticed that and cringed. A lot.

@terencej72 4 года назад

@Olaf J Arf arf arf.

@andeez4663 5 лет назад

I love Olly's presenting style and great content too. Well done GCN

@richm.3477 5 лет назад

He's been a nice addition to the crew.

@nathanphillips875 5 лет назад

You guys are become a cycling version of top gear... you might even be better! Great filming, editing, presentation and story telling. Well done Ollie and the team 👍🏼

@neilcaress9036 4 года назад

I assumed you meant that as an insult until the last bit!

@justinlee463 3 года назад

I was thinking the same thing watching this haha

@LOCKEYJ 3 года назад

Gcn is entertaining though

@mazdaman2315 3 года назад

Nah they aren’t better nobody’s better than old top gear

@neilcaress9036 3 года назад

@@mazdaman2315 I can't agree I'm afraid. I can't stand any version of the bloody show!

@genuine74boomer 5 лет назад

I must congratulate GCN again on another superb video - it is so refreshing to subscribe to a bike channel that doesn't just talk about the latest gear but also gives fascinating insights into the heritage of this amazing sport/hobby/pastime/passion that we all love. Editing, filming and the script were all spot-on and (although obviously you shouldn't tell him this!) Ollie is a great presenter - engaging, versatile (great RP accent on the 'vintage commentator' bit) and professional. As one other commenter put it below, GCN is the 'Top Gear' (in its heyday!) of cycling channels!

@jacksquat2067 5 лет назад

I love how sarcastic Ollie was in this one. It was "positively magical!" XD

@gcn 5 лет назад

Laugh or cry eh?

@hoser7706 4 года назад

That was seriously smart wit. How many times have we all searched for that next gear only to discover, damn, that is it!! Lol. Brilliant video

@truthseeker8483 3 года назад

Made me smile all the way through this video :-)

@tepperpepper1047 5 лет назад

My knees hurt from just watching this.

@gcn 5 лет назад

There were many collective hurting knees at GCN HQ too...

@RasPutintheGreat 5 лет назад

My thigh hurts.

@engineergaming4295 3 года назад

This is like Jeremy Clarkson giving a history lesson while driving a really old Range Rover on a narrow road

@bhumiriady 5 лет назад

This is super awesome and fascinating! That vintage bike and kit is a time capsule! I like it!

@Bv1nte 3 года назад

Meanwhile fixie guys are laughing out loud of that Sisi complaining about having bad brakes and 2 gears

@JohnBatty 5 лет назад

Ollie clearly putting in the effort, grinding away, but still narrates clearly - not out of breath at all. Kudos, fellah.

@U20101954 5 лет назад

my knees exploded just by watching this...

@tristramwilson2661 5 лет назад

Great vid production, very creative and as you said Dan, next level!

@jen3800 5 лет назад

Ollie's my fave presenter. like a boy still, in his enthusiasm and humbleness, and funny as hell.

@markmurphy854 5 лет назад

I had a friend 40 years ago that used to race with Tullio. He said the same thing that the video did that Tullio was a better engineer than cyclist, but he was always coming up with new ideas to try. Great video GCN!

@rockcycle824 5 лет назад

It's okay, Ollie, we enjoy your suffering more than Si's anyways 😂

@jaredkieser9317 5 лет назад

The production quality has definitely gone up, most noticeably the score. Oli is also a world class presenter. Chapeau guys.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Thanks Jared - glad you enjoyed this one. Big team effort 👍

@albr4 5 лет назад

wow Si looks different today

@mykytajex2248 5 лет назад

@Savage Poet Silicon

@milescorporosus4058 2 года назад

I have to admit, there's something about the old style cycle that I find really appealing in that stripped-down way. Not as a _replacement_ to more modern tech -- there's a reason it developed in the first place -- but it's interesting to see how much you can sacrifice and still call it a road bike.

@craigpaterson5085 5 лет назад

Ollie still pedaling at 60rpm even at 2x speed - great video

@szabiakanich 5 лет назад

Really loved this one. The cinematogprahy, the music, the old bike, the old cycling gear, Ollie's "announcer voice". Fantastic video.

@booklover3959 5 лет назад

superficial garbage and uninformed on vintage bikes

@edwardkerrigan5356 5 лет назад

I found the music a damned invasive nuisance.

@ClassicalPan 4 года назад

Haters gon’ hate!

@mitchrapp9727 5 лет назад

This was very entertaining Ollie, I'm glad you're with GCN.

@Psychedelic_Kat 5 лет назад

You forgot something that riders had back then, that you don't (maybe) and that's Cocain and Amfetamin xD

@mrvontrips 4 года назад

ah yes and then pictures of the riders at the finish with foam at their lips. Iconic.

@KandiKlover 3 года назад

@@mrvontrips Meth doesn't actually make you do that.

@davidmurray3685 5 лет назад

Brilliant video, and gorgeous background music. Great guys ;)

@jordyd8916 5 лет назад

Love you Ollie! How many times did they have to cut you swearing?

@GCNuser123 5 лет назад

Every other word. We have some talented editors.... haha

@deswhite8268 5 лет назад

Ollie have you throttled Si yet for dropping you in it

@troywillis9873 5 лет назад

For a laugh I recently rode a 205km 2,200metre elevation gran fondo on my $100 single speed pub bike in similar weather. After that experiencd I commend Ollie on how composed he appeared during the video but I wouldn't be surprised if the editors are now in counselling.

@lmc333 5 лет назад

Sorry but I was laughing all the way through the video... You are way too funny Ollie !! Priceless... Thank you GCN for another awesome video !

@powersturbo 5 лет назад

Please tell me what was so funny, I missed it.

@jacquesmalecaut4956 5 лет назад

Ollie is a legend.

@hollridersanktgallen7618 5 лет назад

Dear GCN Boys, best vid you ever made!!! Have no more words to describes what I feel!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@rogerlindley3095 5 лет назад

I rode a Jack Hateley steel bike with a fixed gear when I was about fifteen years old. The club I rode with mainly cycled throughout the UK Derbyshire Peak District, pretty hilly. If I moaned a bit to the guys with Campag gears they would tell me, the only way to get really fit is to ride a fixie. It may have been true because at seventyfive y.o. I'm still riding about three times a week in both Peak District and The South Pennines although now with gears. ,incidently the Jack Hateley o ly had a front brake which occasionally made descending quite exciting.

@edwardkerrigan5356 5 лет назад

I don't understand what all the fuss - and fearmongering - is nowadays about fixed gears. I'm a lot older than you and joined my first cycling club (CTC) in about 1948 and EVERYBODY rode fixed wheel. The only reason anybody had a derailleur was to bolt it on for a couple of weeks holiday tour each summer, and that was all. The rest of the time - club runs, solo riding, time trials, hill climbs even, they rode a fixed wheel. As I remember they ranged between 66 to 72, perhaps 74 inch. We always rode with front and rear brakes, though. For various reasons I stopped cycling in about 1954 but I don't remember any significant switch to gears by that time - presumably they became more widely used soon after. I returned to cycling on my retirement twenty years ago and am still riding, like you with gears now, although I tend to seek out flatter terrain nowadays, gears notwithstanding.

@jessicaduncan9347 4 года назад

Edward Kerrigan ?

@edwardkerrigan5356 3 года назад

I'd forgotten I'd posted this - just put another one up top - oops!

@luketolchard 5 лет назад

"I might just die" - How I feel about University work!

@mrljgibson 5 лет назад

University work is easy. Wait until they let you out into the real world and see the much tighter deadlines and companies who are practically willing to work their staff to death.

@desertrainfrog1691 3 года назад

@@mrljgibson I'll try to avoid working for shithole companies.

@emrebaloglu1744 5 лет назад

Best thing happened to GCN is getting Ollie on board , always a charm watching episodes featuring him

@terbennett 5 лет назад

That's amazing when you compare the improvements over the past 100 years, but let's not forget that In the 20's and 30's they did it on poorly paved roads or dirt roads.

@danielday713 5 лет назад

Simply breathtaking footage and great commentary. The group of you are really great at what you do. Your humour and knowledge... bellissimo!

@dannylo4807 5 лет назад

Very well put together episode. One of the best gcn piece no doubt.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Cheers D. Lo!

@ronroman3536 5 лет назад

I greatly enjoyed learning some cycling history. More please!

@cheminremi7835 5 лет назад

Looks like slow-motion with normal sound.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Haha!

@alastairwood7277 5 лет назад

"Or I might just die". I mean is there even a comparison which one is harder.

@jimblake3574 4 года назад

Just as he says that, he's passing a sign that looks a bit like a cross...

@newttella1043 5 лет назад

This was a great piece. GCN retro jerseys anytime soon? You have to admit how stylish Binda looked compared to Froome.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Thanks Newt! We'll see what we can do on the jerseys 👍

@jasonmcgrody9472 5 лет назад

@@gcn Oh... sign me up for one! I have two other GCN jerseys in the mail and on their way here but I think I could fit a retro GCN jersey in somewhere.

@itsjustgenoski7302 4 года назад

NewGenerationsOfCyclist: This Really Sucks It Feels Like Hell!! OldGenerationsOfCyclist: Feel How We Feel Beyotches!!

@ethanhayes9989 5 лет назад

THIS is the sort of content we love GCN!

@booklover3959 5 лет назад

Garbage. Uninformed and superficial.

@armouredoutlaw1537 4 года назад

@@booklover3959 you forgot, FUN!

@matthewkitchen10 5 лет назад

It’s amazing how a phrase like “it’s positively magical” just comes to life out of Ollie’s mouth.

@davidstevens7346 5 лет назад

I find watching Ollie suffer is strangely satisfying. ;)

@johnnydoe66 5 лет назад

Almost as good as watching Tom "The Brick" Last climb! 😁

@gregmuon 5 лет назад

That's pretty hilarious, and brave. I'm not old enough to have ridden in the 20s, but I am old enough that I was told to ride a fix in the winter to improve my spin and make me strong. I lived in a very hilly area, with climbs somewhat similar to that. Big climbs are possible, but the pedaling form was different that today's. You really do need to be able to pull up and pull up hard to get enough torque for the big gear. It's not a myth. It looks like the straps in this video were not pulled tight, and the shoes may have not been cleated. For riding a fixed gear up a steep climb with 10% gradients in sections, cleats are very useful - pretty much required. Obviously it helps to be super fit. I won't be attempting it again at this point in my life...

@richfi9576 5 лет назад

another spectacular GCN video! If they get any better we'll be watching at the cinema, or I'll have to get Netflix...

@booklover3959 5 лет назад

low bar

@GregTheGuitarist 5 лет назад

The quality, topics and content of your videos is getting better and better. Moreover, i would choose it over any programme broadcasted in TV. Keep on guys!

@markusmencke8059 5 лет назад

NIce one. 👍👍👍👍👍 One question - how can someone who sweats so much like Si be allergic to rain? 😉😛

@UenoLocker54 4 года назад

Single speed climbing is great. Makes the geared bike feel like a walk in the park when you go back to the same climb.

@TomAbramoff 5 лет назад

Ollie suffering > Si suffering. You had me in stitches multiple times, Ollie!

@richardcroft9475 3 года назад

I got a contest for you: Ollie suffering versus Si suffering versus Lasty suffering versus Hank suffering.

@Bubbles991 4 года назад

I am still using this version and completing 200 km in each week

@Nostalgiaforinfi 3 года назад

Fixed teaches you to be one with the road and the bike. I learned to spin fixed.

@AZ-FPV 5 лет назад

Wow.. epic videography, the aerials, the music, the effects.. all the way two thumbs up 👍👍 Kudos to Ollie too for making the ascent. I hope GCN has a good chiropractor to put his knees back together 😅😂🤣

@Jonny_Red 5 лет назад

Looked like Jan Ullrich wearing the sausage helmet and grinding up the climb 😊😊😂😂

@spleen123 5 лет назад

Ollie brings so much contagious enthusiasm to his videos! ...also that vintage shirt collar is on point

@stealthmermaid40 4 года назад

Right! The velour track shirt was the cherry on top

@boredandnaked 5 лет назад

"Positively magical!" @9:10 made me laugh so hard!

@wy3131 5 лет назад

Brilliant! Still remembering back in the late 70s when I was still a boy, looking and admiring those Campagnolo components in a local bike shop, drooling and not even close in being able to afford it, let alone a basic road bike. It’s just beautiful!

@chaosbreaker657 3 года назад

@Tom Smith Must've been a bargain of a lifetime you made.

@chaosbreaker657 3 года назад

@Tom Smith How's your experience? Judging from your post, you enjoyed your bike, yes?

@chaosbreaker657 3 года назад

@Tom Smith Yeesh, that stings painfully. You alright now?

@bettsdn 5 лет назад

Ollie, I could just hear you grinding through the cartilage in your knees on that climb... 😬😬😬 Brilliant video though.

@kieranself9844 5 лет назад

Ollie is the best thing to happen to GCN since someone said” let’s start a Global Cycling Network Channel”

@njm3211 5 лет назад

Well done Ollie. Your Italian pronunciation is very good for a Brit.

@gcn 5 лет назад

Surprisingly good eh?

@tmgrapplerszone 3 года назад

As someone who has been trying to ‘earn’ my next road bike by putting miles on my 46x16 single speed, i can really appreciate this. Sometimes i feel like my thighs are going to explode as im climbing, hoping my chain survives 😂 great vid. Thx guys

@EMC2Scotia 5 лет назад

This is probably the funniest clip I've seen on GCN in a while!

@Biking360 5 лет назад

Music and cinematography are truly awesome. Hard to believe this is a RU-vid made video. Kudos to all the production team.

@asnow1990 5 лет назад

No idea what you've done differently, but this is beautifully shot!!

@FATTYDH216 5 лет назад

Brilliant Ollie . I know its now been a while but You are a tremendous addition to GCN . Best Cycling RU-vid channel without question . Good job lads.

@ABFPV584 5 лет назад

My favorite presenter all day

@derpynerdy6294 5 лет назад

I can very much relate with my BMX back in the day im not into mountain bikes i used bmx for traveling with 1 brake

@jasonmcgrody9472 5 лет назад

Ollie Pain Face + wide aspect ratio (2.35:1) = awesomeness. Kudos to the videographer for giving us such a wide aspect ratio.

@hungerknochen 5 лет назад

I love you guys. I love the channel. But that was to much. I have to leave you, you have gone to far. It is that devasrating, i did unsubscribe. And then subscibe to the emtb channel and wear fluttering shorts from now on. YOU CAN NOT SHOW A SRAM GROUPSET WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT CAMPAGNOLO! IN ITALY! TO THE GIRO! ON THE CROCE D'ANUE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

@theoverengineer 5 лет назад

Brilliantly thought out, well executed. Thank you for suffering for us, Ollie. Much appreciate the historical context, I find mindself celebrating Thanksgiving on May 30 this year, featuring the groupset and quick axle.

@inabit1956 5 лет назад

Great vid. Love the details like the bell on the stem and the backround music choices. Thanks Ollie!

@tomnix8194 5 лет назад

I think there is a reason that Ollie is the right Guy for riding that, even he is not the strongest biker of all the GCN presenters.....Since I have seen the successful Everesting I know that this Guy is really tough an unbreakable!

@josephfarrugia2350 5 лет назад

A wider range of gears & gear ratios also meant less stress on the knees. Not just riders from the 20s-30s, but even 60s & 70s all have knackered, damaged knees. Eg: Hinault? Hinault hasn't been able to do a proper climb for over 20 years (when he was just retiring from pro cycling) let alone now at the relatively young old age of 64 years; he missed a Tour de France due to knee problems in 1983. Even his gait (walk, step) is compromised. Just for reference, Hinault was a BEAST of man, super-strong & a well-built body for cycling. This with him having WAY better gearing than the 1920s/30s, but less gear appropriate climbing ratios than modern group sets available today. Don't believe the B.S. from the sons & daughters of former pros from the 50s/60s/70s saying my father/grandfather's knees are OK: all (really, ALL) have damaged super-knees from the grinding they had to do.

@brannmacfinnchad9056 5 лет назад

"Si is allergic to the rain" Why didn't y'all just pull straws to see who would be the lucky one to ride it?

@hedleykerr3564 5 лет назад

Nice work Ollie you should have had T. Lasty there to consult for grimacing facial expressions! Remembering when I 1st started riding/racing I had an Ultra 6 speed 12x19 freewheel with a 52x42 chainrings! I then moved to Colorado and got a 12x23 for the climbs! It was an ultra 7 speed then Suntour/Regina were the freewheels used back in the day! I remember doing the Mt. Evans race a couple of times(1984-85)using a 12x23 the 1st time, then I got smart and used a 12x25!

@hhansen3551 5 лет назад

Audio in the BW pictures is spot on

@GCNuser123 5 лет назад

thanks! thats my retro voice

@gcn 5 лет назад

Thanks H! Amazing team behind the productions too 👍

@jasonmcgrody9472 5 лет назад

@Savage Poet I'm with you. I'm going to start asking for this in the comments on every "out of studio" video they do.

@sudduthjonathan 5 лет назад

I like how Ollie skipped the water bottle to save weight up the climb. Legend.

@gabrielghanem8253 5 лет назад

The entire quality of the video is so good!

@mothererich 5 лет назад

This might be the greatest GCN video every made. Maybe.

@davidharrington6273 5 лет назад

This is the one I’ve been waiting for! great job! Edit: Did Si get a haircut or something? He looks different😜

@gcn 5 лет назад

Heck yes!

@nadsv93 3 года назад

Also compare the fitness of Binda vs. Froome. Binda would probably mind his business after and go wood chopping after, while Froome would need a recovery period managed by a team of specialists.