" I'm not especially talented " ................ Then does an 18 min 10 ...... Fantastic result Olli !! ........ Note to self ....... forget the Olli gets dropped jokes !!! My first 10 at over 40 years was 24 mins ( hangs his head in shame ) Anyway I'm trying to train for the Etape do Tour , my 3rd one Lets see how that goes by Dec ..
What I love about this video is that is not a “how to” of riding an 18 minute TT, it is Ollie just naturally bubbling over with excitement and just a pure love of cycling. Yes, he has deep dived into a lot of nerdy detail in his quest, but his passion for it is just absolutely genuine. ❤ Did Ollie even have a script for this vid?
ollie - i remember when the "dropped" jokes started happening at GCN and i truly admire how you quietly have just dug in and improved - and improved - and improved! and now you're on top. massive kudos to you.
Dr Ollie is great. I love him as a GCN presenter. But his excitement in this episode is undoubtedly the most excited I have seen him. Well done Ollie. Great episode.
I think you guys need to revisit that video series from a few years ago where Simon had to battle against multiple presenters whilst on his TT back. I think it is about time that Ollie had his chance of taking the crown.
Well done Ollie, you’re on a roll. It’s amazing how the fundamentals of achieving a goal stay the same between sports. I followed many of the same training and preparation rules when aiming for a sub 3 hour marathon.
This is very impressive, to be able to do PB TT then go and do a 1000 k event takes dedication especially from a nine pro, inspiring to all of us trying to achieve a personal goal. Way to go Oli
Hi Ollie, great ride on the F11/10, and thank you for sharing what you did, especially the training. I am trying, in my 50s, to beat (with “all the gear”) the club record I set on a steel-frame road bike without tri-bars etc back when I was a teenager. I didn’t get into the Hemel Hempstead event you did the 18 in, but I rode Tring a month later in the VTTA event and got just 24 seconds shy of my lifetime PB!
Thanks for this Olly, applied the "go harder on the hard bits..." tip and took my PB straight from 31 to 33kmh. Just need to swap in the 58-aero-chainring for better chain alignment, and 52kmh is on the horizon. We've got this... Cool, entertaining video!
Congratulations on your achievement and then turning it into another great video. Superb job. I wish to formally retract all my previous posts about you being dropped in various GCN videos. I meant those comments to be light hearted ribbing. But in retrospect they seem needlessly cruel and misplaced. Ollie you proved me wrong and I apologize. Rock on brother! 🤘
@@gcntech I love all time trial related content best. I would like to see GCN make more videos about the pro teams/riders like (Remco EV, Ganna, Kung, Bissegger, Reusser, Dygert, Van Dijk) who develop and test equipment and training methods aimed at TT. I understand that this can't be released while the have an advantage over others, but you could film it and release it later (asap).
'Not especially talented' Ollie you have improved so much we can no longer make the joke about you being dropped. Proof that hard work and analysis of one's training really do make a difference.
Congratulations. Could you please make a video series where Ollie builds a budget TT bike? I think it's fair to say that most people can buy at least the helmet and skinsuit or get something tailored; however, that bike is financially unrealistic, honestly. If you get the position the same, then you could do a video to your time and see how much the technology can help. This video could then offer a list of upgrades in order in terms of cost performance.
I used to ride 22 min 10s on a flat course on a road bike and no helmet. What I found worked was not going harder where the race is harder as Ollie says but going hard all the way around. It is simple really.
Definitely love videos based on experiences of people setting goals and striving to better themselves. More of this! (And less of the lately-ubiquitous "vs" videos please!)
Oli forget all this tech faff, if you want to do 10 miles in under 18minutes just find a 10+ mile downhill segment mate. I did 10mi in 17:37 going down Haleakala and I barely pushed the pedals! Simple as
Ollie is so down to earth and humble. Such a fun and interesting presenter. Great WKG too Ollie! I mean where 90% of the people in Zwift make 5wkg all day everyday because they all seem to weigh 120lbs, he wouldn't be able to hang on in a B race; but whatever right? 😅
This is really motivating for me as I've just got the Wahoo Kickr and I was slightly worried that I'm spending too much time on it, but I find it easier to be consistent and train efficiently. I still get out on the road, but my goal is to get as fit as possible over the coming months and this just accelerates that process. Congratulations on that fantastic time, really happy that you have ticked off one of your goals Ollie...
Idea for a future GCN challenge video (would involve GCN worldwide - not just UK). So the idea is to take an iconic ride from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America & South America (so 6 rides) This would be split as 4 hill/mountain climbs and 2 flats. There would be teams of 4 riders - so there would be two riders from each team doing a double ride Flat route is a minimum 40k Winning team completes all 6 routes first. rules. the same person from each team cannot ride both flat routes The routes can be ridden in any sequence, eg hil, hil flat, hill, flat hill however the next ride can only be started after the previous rider completed their turn would have to be done on an indoor platform such as rouvy and the starting time could be chosen randomly so that there is no bias towards UK or European operatives
Thats awesome Ollie! I recently got my 3 mile commute down to 12 minutes. Now thats downtown Louisville, ky at rush hour. Is pretty good. Got in the door of work faster than my neighbor that left at the same time in his truck. 👋 Unfortunately the ride was a little dangerous and cant do that everyday because i might die. But lets say once a week, ill role the dice and try to get that time down to 10 minutes
Minor semantic correction, power above threshold up to VO2max is not anaerobic (according to San Millan), it is a historic misnomer, there is plenty of oxygen, its just fast twitch muscles producing lactate due to poor aerobic efficiency. I sort of can confirm that (N=1), my O2 uptake goes up perfectly linear with power up to MAP (maximum aerobic power). BTW, Coggan got this one right calling Z5 VO2max zone and Z6 aneaerobic zone. It's really amazing how historic errors persist in all areas of life. The fact that you have to go harder on slow sections and easier on fast ones is not really news either. Minimize the time you are below average is key.
Its easy to waych the Pro teams, and GCN ex-pros, and feel that the performance gap between them and us normies is insurmountable. But you have shown that with dedication and consistency the gap can be closed. I can't imagine there's much between you and Si now. I wonder who would be the GC contender in a GCN team?
Si was at around 5.5 w/kg at his peak I believe, and he could probably get back to 5 w/kg (if he isn't there right now) with a few months of focused training
Hard luck sliding out yesterday Ollie. Come back next year in this shape and a course record beckons. How about a medical tech show about recovering from grazed skin etc.
Beautiful bike and great performance. The helmet size information is very interesting and a bit stressful. Makes one wish they had booked a date in some wind tunnel. 👍
My local course is quite sporting, and my PB I set this year was 25:23, which was nearly a minute faster than my previous (26:19). Next year I want to go sub-25. I had an iffy day in prep, so if I feel better I reckon I should nail it. I am going to run a disc cover on my rear wheel next year for the first time too.
@@gcntech My club course runs 4 Tuesday evenings starting late April (3 weeks between events) so multiple opportunities to aim for it. So a while away yet, got a few hill climbs to get through then starting the base miles training.
Cracking video Ollie VERY informative !! Delighted you met your goal!! Your kit looks mint but I’d like to know more about your TT suit! Please race someone else on the old TT route Si beat ye on??OR they race you???
Ollie - can you please explain how you managed to find a coach? Or any of us regular folk could find an online coach that can help us with our own development? Its hard to know where to begin.
Great achievement Ollie, I love how you do the hard training work but mix it with the pure bike geekery. Do you think if you threw the rule book out the window and used something like a cadex for example how much difference that would make, or a recumbent, not a faired one. Would be great to see just what is possible, same route, any bike allowed. Keep up the great videos and achievements, your smashing it at the mo!
@@gcntech I'm trying to figure out how to build a double geared bike like the insane bike land speed record bikes but with the choice to use it or just the regular gears with another derailleur for those long flats. 10 miles on something like that, be hard but fast.
Hey Ollie, very impressed with the 18 minute ride. i just want to make a point on safety, i think you should have used LED lights on your TT bike, you're all in black low profile and going fast, you've very vunerable on the roads, especially the dark Wye road, i'm an older guy and just see the danger more now. I was in Denia, Spain recently and all the pros have backlights on, even in full sun. just have a think.
What's the TT goal for next year Dr B - a sub 18 minute 10? A great achievement, but as usual, you're being too modest. Even before you broke the 5w/kg barrier, you were a very accomplished amateur, but in 2023 you've really taken your performance up anorher level altogether 💪
Congrats to that superb performance. Chemists always achieve goals very analytical, right😉? I find it interesting that you have a quite high body position with a round back. Did you wear a RULE28 base layer? Did the Castelli perform as fastest suit on you? RIDE ON ✌
Dr Bridgewood is a professional rider. Being able to sort out the savings in watts between Med vs Large helmet via wind tunnel testing makes a person a pro. Irrespective of National/World/Olympic Achievement.
I always thought that a flat power for the course would be the fastest, so that’s interesting to learn it is actually faster to push harder into the wind and on climbs. Presumably on a longer ride a consistent power is better from the point of view of not “blowing up” with too much high power riding.
@@jodywarrington32Presumably “going easier” still isn’t an easy pace? Something like 110% ftp on the harder sections and 90-95% for the easier ones? Just as rough estimate? 😬 Easy to get hung up on numbers but I love my power data 😂
Great video! I would be interested to know, Ollie, whether you did all your turbo training intervals in the TT position? I can’t find good advice on this but I think the answer is probably that we should train as we intend to race, so yes!
@gcntech #askgcntech I have a proposition/challenge for you guys. You have brought Brad the Bodybuilder into your videos, with expected outcomes, I myself am an EX-bodybuilder, now cyclist, but still lift and consider myself a hybrid athlete. I think it would be more fair to see someone like me go up against Ollie and/or other GCN presenters than a pure bodybuilder. The challenge for Ollie: I'm a big boy for a cyclist. Even by bodybuilder's standards, I have pretty wide shoulders (largely due to skeletal structure) so getting aero and tucked in is not so straightforward. I'd like to challenge Ollie to see how aero he can get a bodybuilder and how much he can improve my 10mile TT time ;-) Just an idea ;)
He was playing around on mywindsock with a cda of .169. That’s an absurdly low cda. Not much higher than the best world tour pros. I’m guessing he is in that range. Crazy stuff.
Fair play Ollie, you are dedicated and obviously knowledgeable, dedicated and talented. BUT having the the chance to have the best bikes and kit available that other people don’t have obviously helps. But at the end of the day you alone still has to do it😊
have y'all ever considered trying out pitotstatic systems for determining airspeed? seems like a cool aviation tech that could be useful for this sort of thing
