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Hey folks, experimenting with different types of video. In this one I am in the hills with the Go Pro. Happy to hear your comments about video and if you want more outside riding videos. 👍
Coach, I love climbing! That is, I love watching others climb. Before you reached the plateau, you appeared to be grinding it out at - from what I could estimate - 55-60rpm, on the big ring and a middle cog. I’m a bigger rider (also older) and I would absolutely blow up with that setup. Always entertaining and good humoured! Cheers!
This climb has 20% plus sections. To be honest I am rubbish with camera but trying to get better - will be doing better climbing videos with new camera 👍👍👍👍 thanks for watching
Great video and being outside on the bike makes it realistic. Excellent tips and interestingly I have recently been pushing some harder gears up my usual hill climbs and seeing some real benefits. Thanks and keep up the good work - much appreciated.
Hi. I live in New Zealand (and have Scottish ancestors so every time I hear your accent somethin inside me sorta triggers, in a good way), and I am 140KG. Gravity and I dont get along. Yes, I could lose some weight, but considering I have gone down from 220KG, and been this weight for 6-8 years, its probably about where I will end up. I am still allergic to hills, but what I do now is I have 2 bikes, a cheap commutery type thing with compact crankset and a decent size big cog on the cluster, and a a roadie with full size gears. I do about 3 rides a week, 2 shorter ones and one long one. On the short ones I primarily ride up some hills with 13% sections using the commuter. Then on the weekends I combine all the hills in one longer ride on the roadie. I find that this works well, I dont blow out during the week (i'm also 55yr old, so recovery is slow), and then I find I can push the big gears a bit more. I'm going to apply some of the stuff you have said here as well and see how I go.
@@BulletproofCycling Actually, I got down to 105 at one point (via surgery), and then went up a bit to 120. That was a good weight, did a 55km ride avg 32.7kmh at that weight. But yeah, I'd like to get back down to that.
What a beautiful country to ride in! One thing that helps me is to do big hill days when it’s (somewhat) cold and rainy. It sounds miserable, but nothing stokes the metabolic furnace like a hard climb. It’s reverse psychology - I find myself dreading the wind chill of fast descents and eagerly anticipating big hills!
Great format and amazing scenery! I thought you were going to talk about using hills for interval work. I've got a climb close to my home that I use for that purpose. I find it easier to hold a target wattage on a hill than on the flats. Any thoughts on that. Otherwise thanks for the other useful tips.
Thanks. I’ll defo be doing more on the hills and sharing interval sessions. The gradient of the hill helps you increase torque through the crank so you will notice higher power uphill than downhill. Just think of the feeling through the muscle. You defo know you are working harder 👍👍👍
My tip, make sure you have adequate bail out gearing before your hilly adventure in case your fatigue gets the better of you. A 36 cassette is a good place to start.
Thanks for sharing mate. Nice climb. If you are ever in the US hudson Valley region look me up I'll take you on some beautiful climbs here. Be safe and ride on 🙏
its not everyday I see a video and recognise the hills and village in it xD You took that climb a lot better than I do, I'll be sure to take you tips :D
Spent nearly 2 and a half hours on a hybrid Saturday. It was tricky to get any speed but my Garmin told me that I had some record climbing even though I didn’t encounter any major climbs. It made a difficult ride worthwhile.
@@BulletproofCycling I suffer from COPD but I don’t want to use this as an excuse. I used to be a heavy smoker but now I’m just heavy 😂 It’s going to always have an impact on my fitness but I just have to deal with it
Should you try to keep cadence as comfortable as possible? Many people seem to suggest “spin to win”. To keep your power reserves available and to average/pace it out over the entire climb.
Cadence is based on your biomechanics, muscle fibre type and of course your fitness. So always keep cadence in the comfort feel range. BUT try and gradually work to nudge it up over your training periods. A cadence of 85-90rpm will help with speed through the dead spots. I will add this question to my next podcast 👍👍👍
At the end of the day, Watts are Watts, so climbing up a hill at x Watts is really no harder than the same Watts on the flats. The difference is that up a hill you don't get the opportunity to freewheel/coast. So psychologically maybe thinking this way can make hills feel easier
But your weight distribution is different and you'll have a lot less air resistance for the same watts. I would never stand up off the saddle and grind on the flat.
i cycle to work every day and there's a little slope that I called my little "slope of hell'. by the time I'm at the top, I'll be almost out of breath. I always remind myself to take full breath in and out. lol :p
What's the best type of turbo sessions to do for climbing. I have been doing sustained intervals above threshold at low cadences. Off to the Alps soon I need every watt per KG I can get.
They will help plus short vo2 efforts where you reduce the recovery so you work and rest at 2:1 ratio! Remember that when you are climbing in the Alps you will adjust your gearing and ride to the level you can sustain. So climbing is just riding! Ride at your level! You’ll have great challenges but great fun 👍
@@BulletproofCycling My first long ride was in Ph Tagaytay (main road) my God that route was short BUT the uphills were hell! its like a Cryptocurrency hourly line chart!
Sorry for mentioning it, Scott, but I believe your helmet is worn incorrectly (it is too high, so it doesn't protect your forehead). BTW, your content is great, I am addicted :)
