Heyo! That’s the way you Butt’r Up. Thanks for being an awesome partner and for all you do for No Kid Hungry. PS anyone that nominates a non-profit for our final Bike Month Grant in Phil’s link in the description is automatically entered to win weekly giveaways in May! #happybits
3 Rules about Biking in Florida: 1. You can never, ever stop pedaling. "Coasting" is the 5 seconds of relief you get coming off an overpass. 2. No matter which way you go, there will always be a headwind. 3. No matter what time of year it is, you will sweat more than it seems should be humanly possible.
A riding buddy of mine who grew up in Florida, says he didn't see his first mountain until he was 16. He outclimbs me in my native San Gabriel Mountains in SoCal.
@@mrrodriguezHLP I think Floridians tend to be okay climbers for the same reason there are so many good Dutch climbers in the WorldTour: Your entire ride is constant tempo and at least half of the ride is headwind resistance training. You develop a very rhythmic pedaling style from just doing a bunch of steady state riding.
Three buddies and I rode Cocoa Beach to Miami last month - and faced the same south wind. It's like you said; flat land is like a mountain. And when you add wind, it's even more like a mountain! We left Cocoa Beach at 5 am and arrived downtown Miami at 10 pm. (The day before we rode Kingsland, GA to Cocoa. Then third day rode Miami to Key West.)
Since you've fallen in love with long, flat, featureless rides, registration for the World Time Trial Championships for 6, 12, and 24 hours in Borrego Springs, CA opens on June 1, 2021. The event is Oct 8-10 when it'll be a little cooler.
215 miles was my longest. But with hills, overnight (start was 3pm), in a group, and some "decent" café stops. Think we took about 15 hours in the saddle.
Good one. The "spittle" coming off the lips in the first hour was gold. Then the slow-mo, gold as well. I was also glad to see that a headwind does indeed affect skinny climbers just like it does us big guys. Though your 12 mph would have probably been about 8 for me. LOL!
Phil, the “Florida hills” as you know, are the prevailing 20 mph winds that you feel on your out and back rides. “Man I feel great today”, get to the turn around point and die on the way back. Biggest climbs were the overpasses. It is a wake up call as to out of shape I am having moved from Florida and having to climb even small hills.
Excellent video. That first 5min is where I do all my riding and yes they do go by you at 60mph all the time. It's really fun when the traffic picks up.
I feel for you! My longest ride was 159 miles. With a 20yr old 3x9 Cube Attempt, sub 10kg, 1.400 meters up, 11hrs moving (plus _some_ breaks). Everybody should try it! But please on a route with plenty of shops and gas stations for supply 😁 I'll repeat it asap, with my new bike, 10kg less fat and some miles on my training plan. Maybe 10 hrs, who knows.
Cool video and glad I stumbled across your channel. It was so cool to see your ride right past my neighborhood on Narcoossee (3:15 ish). Really entertaining and your description of riding in FL was spot on!
Nice video. Consider the Katy Trail rail-trail in Missouri. It starts relatively near Chamois Butt’r world headquarters and goes to just outside St. Louis. Pancake flat crushed limestone free of cars. FKT is ripe for picking...
So much fun!!! Thanks for letting all us tag along😊 You two are funny!!😁😊haha 😁😁 Beautiful ride, thank you!!🙂 What ever happened to gatorade gum , I miss that stuff!!😊 Cheers!!🌟🌟🌟🌟
Central Florida has great trails, great hills, great old small towns and is nothing like what was portrayed in the video. Quite a brutal ride against that wind.
@@jamesquinn5650 as a fellow Floridian, I should have been more clear. I meant Phil’s. I almost stopped watching when he was complaining about building a Publix and then stuff springs up around it, like Chili’s.
@@barretdunbar9114 no, of course not. Raisins are a great addition to some cookies- like an oatmeal raisin cookie. But, Pineapple has no place on a pizza and in fact when pineapple is present on a pizza the pizza ceases to be pizza.
Lucky you. I was given a finnish bicycle with a planetary gear last weekend my friend, the bicycle master, it was pink and it's maximum speed was 25 km per hour, so I started at the maximum speed equal to your speed after going non-stop for a day!
Here's another long one Phil. Join 2000 other riders and ride the STP, Seattle to Portland. Although 6000+ riders go for the two day version, 2000 challenge themselves and do the full 204 miles in one day!
I live here in Florida and you did not do Sugar Loaf Mountain in Claremont? LoL. I would have loved to see your time on it. (Just a hill). Florida is flat, there are pockets of rolling hills. Horse country around Gainesville for example. Good ride, I like your videos.
Never been a pro, just a lifelong avid amateur. Longest one day ride ever was from the mouth of the Jedediah Smith River, at seal level, 149 miles to Ashland, Or., with 85 pounds of gear in 9.5 hours. There are about 3500 vertical feet of climb along the way. It was sublime.
Well done Phil. We've taken our grandkids to Orlando twice and I couldn't find anywhere to hire a bike but given the Gators thats probably a good thing.
I used to coach for Team in Training and met riders from Florida in Lake Tahoe at America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride. They told me they did hill repeats in parking structures because there are no hills big enough anywhere . . . .
I need me a ride like that for a change. Flat but not as straight. Finished the Cookie challenge the other day and ordered the gaiter. Looking forward to it,Phil!
I just retired at 70 and did my longest ride ever - 127 miles avg 19mph. Hillless Orlando to New Smyrna and back. Couldn't do it without some young strong friends to draft.
Geez, I did that ride with panniers in the late 70s. I needed to catch a plane from Orlando and took a bus back from Miami. The ride from Orlando took 20 hours as I remember, maybe more.. What a mistake.
Me too,but i live in northern Germany where there are no mountains at all! So i always have to fight the wind-the closer to the coast the more powerful......😩💦
Nice! I miss FL but not the cycling. At least NWFL has a "few" hills. You might actually get a 1000 ft in a 50-mile ride if you try. Silca mini-pump = 400 pumps for ~90 psi. I've counted LOL.
Just for the record, Tiger King country is in Oklahoma. Carole Baskin country is in Tampa (Big Cat Rescue, she has not been affiliated with that organization for years though). So I don’t think you were anywhere close to either. Hilarious video, thank you for sharing!
Just recently took a very similar route via a rental car in April. Stopped for pics at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (appears at 14:14 in the background).
Phil, that 7-11 slice isn't supposed to be green. The only thing worse than the Pizza is the big bite. Hope you make it back to LA before a hurricane or gator strikes.
Phil-I have a course for you that I call the ColLee Pizza Tour. It is a 200 mile loop around Collier and Lee counties, leaving and ending out of Naples on the west coast of Florida. We use gas station pizza as our fuel and would love to have you join us in November!
I did 160 miles from Ely Nevada to Delta Utah on a fully loaded touring bike with a slow leak in the rear tire AFTER riding all of highway 50 in 4 days....in July. There were no water stops. Just desert. You sir, are a ninny.
@Phil Gaimon if you want some interesting 'hills' of FL come on out to Dade County (San Antonio FL). Can't believe I missed that you were in town for a FL ride.
Congratulations film. You have discovered hell flat and headwind. I swear your facial hair grew significantly through the course of your ride. By the end you practically had a beard
FYI bike fatalities on the roads are highest in the Sunshine State. 75% of drivers are aggressive and reckless. It gets worse each year. You are basically a moving target for these crazies. On the side of highways, wear neon, fluorescent or other bright colors when riding. I prefer sidewalks and off road riding where available.
Note sure if you’ll see this but I’m at UF and we now have a cycling and triathlon team! We have twice now done a ride from UF to UCF 144 miles and often put on smaller event rides. Would be cool if ya came out to one of our events sometime both teams have Facebook pages you can contact. Ur vid just popped up in my recommended and then I heard UF thought I’d mention it!