This week, Dan & Si cover the pro cycling arms race, which is real and gaining pace! This isn’t a race anymore just for the best and most talented riders, but for the best coaches, aerodynamicists, minds & equipment. Dan & Si also dive into how this arms race might not actually be good news for the rest of us though…
They also cover Mark Cavendish’s aikido skills, how you can get arrested for cycling and using your phone in Japan, bike brands working to limit their carbon footprint, a competition to win a CORE heat sensor and much more!
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01:49 – The pro cycling arms race nobody is talking about
08:46 – How is this a bad thing?
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12:38 – Cycling Shorts
12:47 – Jail for cyclists caught using their phones in Japan
15:04 – Brands come together to help cut supply chain emissions
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16:10 – Decathlon’s 5-person cargo bike
16:34 – Kickstarter tyre pressure gauge
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17:47 – Calling all Zwifters out there! Tell us: which are the most brutal training sessions?
18:45 – Chris Hoy’s book is now available
19:07 – Hack/Bodge of the Week
25:48 – Caption Competition
28:30 – Comment of the Week
36:43 – This Week On GCN
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45 Comments
Were you aware of this pro cycling "arms race"? 😳 What do you think about it? Get involved down below! 👇
#captioncompetition: "Mark can be this!"🙊 got it?
Great idea for banning carbon frame.. it would probably encourage engineering for even better built non carbon bikes
What about riding with a go pro in one hand?
#captioncompetition “I’m actually more of a kicker”
Caption: I could use a Light Saber
#CaptionCompetition Cav about to get taught a whole new valuable lesson in getting on the drops.
#captioncompetition Here’s what you get for being disbelieved about my project 35! 👊🏻
Why am I so amused watching you describe Dan's arm movements for the benefit of your podcast listeners in the section based on looking at a photo? It's the small things that make life enjoyable.
#captioncompetition Cav uses the invisible rope move to avoid the leg sweep
Si, the unironed sweatshirt is normal but what's with not standing close enough to a razor 😂
#ZwiftWorkout Wout van Aert: VO2 Max Training. I tried to finish it on two different occasions, but failed horribly both times. I seem to remember Sy giving it a shot too, but if memory serves he did it my way 😅
C'mon lads, that bicycle mirror is brutal looking.
Caption: Mark Cavendish’s audition for Strictly Come Dancing didn’t quite go as planned
Amateur racing now feels like the guy next year's driving a Ferrari while you've got a Morris Minor, certainly not the level playing field it was in the 70s When I was racing.
The last three videos have been absolutely superb. It's hard to find open and relatable content.
Thank you.
So why are si and Dan not been signed up by a pro team???
#CaptionCompetition 三十六
Caption content: "How about I Caven-dish you up a knuckle sandwich"
Of course good tech helps, but I rode my first road season as a U17 rider against other guys with all the best tech and coaches available to them while I was on a bike a tenth the price and even won my first CX race on that same road bike (not saying you should ride cross on a road bike 😅)
The Gorbie is such a brutal workout on Zwift
#captioncompetition: Cav channels his hidden dragon, Primoz his crouching rider
so he is dancing with a white and black dress now ? ikido its not a functional Martial art, its for showing always
A power meter costs less than one out of town trip to a race now, it’s not at all a barrier to pro cycling. Out of town travel is probably the biggest barrier to becoming a pro that you overlooked.
I’d say the uber pretzel route is the hardest workout, I’d never zwift for that long to do it.
Shen-an-do-ah…facepalm at Si's total confidence whilst being wrong. ha! 😉
GCN should be GWMC – Global White Men Cycling; not very global at all guys.
Caption competition: After his tactic of refusing to follow a straight line in the sprints hasn’t been working lately, Cav demonstrates a new method Jasper Phillipsen can use to win green at next years Tour
I coach a team with 50 kids from 9 to 18 – the most valuable thing for them is time: folks willing to take them out on training rides, skills coaching, etc. The bike is secondary. The best kids are able to efficiently use what gears they have and stay focused for the length of their race – skills only developed from hours on the bike regardless of what that is.
That was good for my shattered ego after having to abort „the wringer“ on monday. Thanks.
Ten steps backwards for Toronto cyclists and bike lanes thanks to Doug Ford. Perhaps he should ride a bike…just saying.😮
I’ve been saying the exact same thing about non-alcoholic beers in pubs, they are so expensive and makes you feel there is no in incentive in buying them!
Caption competition – "…and just like that, Prince William said 'Arise Sir Mark!"
10 years in on Hack/Bodge and Dan learns "Hey! I should read the captions"
I’ve always wondered why the winner of the CAPtion competition doesn’t get an actual GCN cap. Just saying! And… why shouldn’t the person pointing this out get a free GCN cap too? 😉 #captioncompetition
Captioncompetition – Mark Cavendish thinking “retirement must be less painful than this”
Thanks Eric and Ernie. Fun show.
#captioncompetition My lightsaber won't come out?! I'll rather stick to cycling.
#captioncompetition "Oi, who's nicked my broom!"
#CaptionComp: The Aikido master said, "The bokken, (two-handed wooden sword), must have a splinter". So it was given to Cav., but the splinter made the sprinter drop it.
Si! Please don’t grow a beard. Please, please, please.
Agree on the kids racing, Dan will have seen it himself at Wessex Cyclocross League, and it happens at RRs too. Richest parents buy high end kit for their kids, I've seen U10s with carbon everything, deep section wheels and aero helmets! Great if you can afford it, but it's a bit off-putting and completely unnecessary. My kids are on second hand bikes but we look after them well, alloy everything, and they do ok, but most importantly, they love it. British Cycling do have some rules, but they are enough for youngsters. But then again, they aren't interested in grass roots, MTB, road or cross, except for the money it makes them.
Sweat bands don’t work for those of us who sweat through their palms
I've been using sweat bands and a head band for years. I also wear thin cycling gloves to mitigate sweat getting all over my bars. HACK!
Cycling does need to not go too elitist… there is no reason it shouldnt be largely accessible to the masses and from all backgrounds. Lets not go to GOLF hey!