1893: We Recreate Cycling’s Most Important Ride You've Never Heard Of
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In 1893, 16-year-old Tessie Reynolds defied gender norms to ride 120 miles from Brighton to London and back, setting the fastest known time in the process. However, because she was a woman, her record wasn’t recognised. To pay homage to Tessie's amazing achievement and what it meant for women around the world, Manon has tried to recreate her epic ride, pantaloons and all!
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Which other moments from cycling history would you like to see us recreate?
Major Taylor's one mile bike race record from a standing start on a copy of Major Taylor's race bike please!
Major Taylor please.
everything, because this one is a gem and I want more of it
Oh that's easy - get a couple of Parabikes. Kit up in 1940s paratrooper full battle order. Throw yourself out of a plane with said bike slung beneath you. Try not to break every bone in your body when you land on top of said bicycle.
I would love to see any of cycling early history. Thank you GCN for doing this, it is VERY special.
For those curious, the bicycle Manon is riding is a Pashley Speed 5. A relaxed path racer-like geometry with lugged and brazed Reynolds 531 steel tubing, Sturmey Archer 5-speed IGH and drum brakes. 'North Road' semi-drop handlebars and slightly larger than common now, 28x1 1/2" wheels (40-635 ETRTO). Great for longer rides and gravel racing.
Mannon is a badass!
Chapeau!
Thanks! I kept thinking "talk about the bike, I don't care about the clothes!"
That’s actually a very cool bike.
Thanks man. This actually what i was looking for.
Fabulous.
Fantastic Manon! Thanks for shedding light on the accomplishments of this female athlete in cycling history
I believe Tessie would be a World Tour level rider, Zwift champion or both if lived today. Remarkable!
Great video this one, thank you Manon 👏🏻
Great video in so many ways, thank you GCN / Manon
Great video - good to see some genuine cycling content rather than infomercials
What a fantastic video! My club (Balham CC) has our annual Balham-Brighton-Balham ride coming up soon, wonderful to see familiar roads and hear this inspiring story….very thankful for trailblazers normalising womens sport.
Just out if curiosity, I'm new to cycle, but live near Balham. Do you have website for club? I'd be interested!
I had been impressed by the Tessie Reynolds story before but you really brought it to life and showed how much of a pioneer she was as well as an impressive athlete. Thanks Manon!
Thankyou Manon for highlighting this amazing achievement. ❤️
9:58 Just observing it is a meditation, so tranquil and soothing ...
Thank you for making a more inclusive video. My wife thoroughly enjoyed this, and she rarely watches GCN. It's so enlightening to learn about the struggles of minorities in the cycling community
how the fuck is a woman a "minority" theyre literally 50% of the population 🤣🤣🤣 do people even think before speaking anymore
That's awesome to hear. It is a tough challenge to make cycling more inclusive but we are trying!
Amazing Frickin' Video!!! So sad that Tessy got cheated but as Sir Sandford Fleming's crest read "Let the Deed Shew" and hers did! Manon, you are our modern day Tessy! Thanks for being such a champ through and through over and over! Would love to see some more feminist re-enactments! Or how about Major Taylor? I will be sharing this with all my cycling friends. Those wool bloomers really were "Rational Dress" forthe time. I'd love to see who would win a race, "racing a mile in Tessys outfit"! Good luck! More like this please!
GCN do more of this!
Great story and well told!
Love bicycle history!
How about a review of Beryl Burton's amazing achievements. Beat many men's records too. I'm certain there will be a few people who will say . . . Beryl who?
Anyone want a liquorice allsort !
Legend of cycling. Beryl Burton's achievements certainly deserve more recognition!
The history of the English people is remarkable. #saveEngland
Great job Manon and GCN.
what an achievement for that young lady! But I do note another probable difference: she had waaaay more supple tires, not those dragging Schwalbe's, but more in the tradition of supple Rene Herse tires.... just saying...I like these historic vids, keep them coming! Gerlach Sven
But would have been all on gravel roads, no tarmac in the 1890s.
I was so inspired by this very, young woman’s achievement when I read her story a couple of years ago that I named my steel touring bike Tessie. 🚴♀️😊
A fitting tribute
Impressive Manon but WOW by a Tessie Reynolds an incredible ride by a young 16 year old, not just in the 1890's but would still be so now on improved bikes, roads for anyone.
Great episode. Thx! Always really embarrassed how we as men behaved to women. And whats even more sad that some ppl have this kind of attitude towards them even today. God bless for women like Tessie Reynolds!
Bloomin' 'eck! Victorian Manon is tough! Well done!
i think Manon survives everything you throw at her :)
great job!
Would love to learn more about that Pashley-Morgan. They make beautiful bikes but unfortunately are difficult to find here in the United States.
Cool episode!
loved the Downton Abbey inspired music during the hill climb!
Manon you are the best 👍🏻
Good ride there girl, on a REAL bike. Got wet but it doesn't look too windy, added 5 lbs?? LOL.
So now how about doing the same in your race outfit to properly judge just the IGH bike?? These SA bikes are far more efficient then portrayed by those who are clueless about them. Was it with the stock 46/ 21 or 22T? That has a low of 35 or 37 GI, plenty good enough IMO. Pashley's have a too damn high BB for me to buy.
I absolutely LOVE my SA XL-RD5w, when it is working properly. I've done 59 miles in 5 hours too, bike was 73 lbs. LOL. THEN I did another 74.6 miles home, 12.3 hours clock. My GIs were mostly 45 to 116 or so.
I want SPEED. LOL. My Rohloff14 definitely has more drag, but gets better every ride.
I loved this story. The clothes, the bike, the road/ path surfaces she had to ride in. But also her name not being in the record because there wasn't a womens event she could enter. Seems the argument is not too far away from us now as we wrangle about whether or or whether not trans women can race
lawdy that bike gorgeous
Excellent video and well done for completing it looked really tough going👍🚵🏻♂️
8 hours 38 minutes for a 120 mile ride was pretty impressive for the time, imagine how fast she could have gone with modern kit!
i couldn’t do that now with modern kit lmao, huge respect
@@ethantasou3951 Based on almost all official history compared to what really happened in just about every other subject there's a pretty good chance it didn't happen the way we are taught. Don't forget the biggest driver of women's emancipation was to get them in the workforce so they could be taxed. Things are not as they seem. The population are sheep to be led by the church or the state which was often the same. SO sad but it's always been this way.
@@paddlingfan1 lol, okay dude.
@@paddlingfan1 I know what's sad...
I calculated that this is an average speed of 22,4 kph for 194km. Seems doable…
Great to see content from GCN that's not just an ad! More like this, please.
Glad you enjoyed this sort of content - we certainly want to do more!
These stories are so important, thank you for telling them. Also, the GCN Plus documentary was very good.
Glad you enjoyed it! Is there anything you'd like to see a documentary on in future?
Awesome video. It's usually quite hard to understand outdated norms and stereotypes as well as the people that surpassed them. However, your depiction really won my utmost respect for Tessie Reynolds. The physical achievement is unbelievable on its own but she really did so much more for our society than just setting a record. She is a cycling legend and I am glad you showed that with this fabulous homage.
Thanks, you said it better than I could have. Well done Manon also, Ditchling Beacon is tough even on a modern bike.
Nice video tribute to "Tessie Reynolds" and cyclists in general! Victorian Manon is fabulous!
I especially love the combination of the outfit and the modern helmet and glasses. 😎
@@boudewijnNL Safety first!
Manon just being Manon😊
What a great story and achievement. My great grandmother grew up in Brighton at that time and was the same age as Tessie. She was also a keen cyclist and I have a photo of her with the Bristol Wheelers club after her family moved to Bristol.
That's amazing Pete. Do email us a copy of it if you can!
That was a brilliant video Manon. Victorian experience, great bike. 😃👍
This is great quality content, GCN. We need more of this.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! have you watched the full documentary on GCN+?
@@gcn Unfortunately, I haven't. I haven't got a subscription.
Really appreciate these historical pieces across beautiful terrain. Thanks :)
would have loved to see more details about the tec of the original bike of her
As a father of twin girls, I am so glad that we have came so far. I do like to think that Tessie had some supportive family members that were behind her and encouraged her. She would have needed the support and encouragement.
Tessie Reynolds was a true hero. Cycling was a huge part of the woman's movement at the time, helping allow freedom and independence that women never theretofor imagined. Thank you, Manon, for bringing her inspirational story to the world.
She played an important part in history!
Fantastic video. I really enjoyed it. Manon looked great in that clothing. She should tak the photo together with the bike and it has to be definitelly "Super nice" in bike vault 😉
Kudos to Manon and GCN for offering an interesting alternative to carbon fibre and aero
This was a cool video I learned a lot.
I think it would be cool to have an episode of all the women that have paved the way in the bicycle world.
I think a lot of people would enjoy watching that.
Hi Sterling, we did do a full-length documentary about that on GCN+ called Trailblazers 👉 gcn.eu/trailblazers
Very impressive young woman. Thanks for bringing her story into the light.
Thank you for watching!
This is by far the coolest GCN video I've seen. Congratulations, Manon, film crew, Dr. Jungnickel. Amazing story. 💜💙💚🧡🤎
Thank you! have you watched the full 'Trailblazers' documentary on GCN +?
Manon Lloyd proving yet again why she is an absolute legend and an integral part of the GCN team. Well done both Manon and the GCN Team
When's the new GCN kit being released?
That's the new one! 😉
Hope it looks like what Manon is wearing
We ladies want some GCN branded cycling bloomers. 😁
I think it would be brilliant if GCN took a good look at Beryl Burton. Probably one of Britain's greatest ever athletes and she deserves to be shown to a modern audience.
Without a doubt, the female Eddy Merxck.
My mum and dad went to school with her, I was beaten, if not overtaken, by her every time we rode the same time trial.
@@rg807 There was an Italian Lady who was pretty much - should look her up. Alfonsina Strada
was that mannons first time going up the beacon ?? a great effort on a heavy bike and period costume of the time ,, im doing the same ride next sunday...😎
Loving the Victorian Manon!
Great documentary, inspirational.
Amazing! If there is ever a movie about Tessie Reynolds, Manon should play Tessie.
Manon, you are the absolute best! What a great video about an inspiring young cyclist.
One of the best GCN videos ever. Informative, educational and inspirational. Good job Manon.
Thanks for watching! It's an important story to tell!
Great work, loved that! Can you do a feature on the bike? 🚲
Great story. Great bike. Great clothing. Bike reminds me of my Raleigh from twelve years old, it was only three speed.
What an interesting story! Great effort Manon👏😊
Thank you Martin!
Really interesting, love looking back at what's been achieved and giving recognition to those who deserve it
Little did Tessie know that she one day would make the greatest cycling show on the planet. Finally getting the recognition she deserves! 👏
You could also do an interview with Lael Wilcox, the female long distance endurance rider from Alaska. She used her bike to go from Alaska to the west coast of America and then all the way to the east coast, I think she currently did that ride in the quickest and quicker then any male. She is sort of a modern Tessie Reynolds. Als, she claims she has ridden all roads in the state Alaska.
I may be wrong but I think there’s a couple of Lael’s videos on GCN+.
@@nickpatten5263 yes correct
All road in Alaska, for those unfamiliar would be thousands of miles on only a few roads.
Near impossible to take a wrong turn, especially since full days would pass without the option of, turning.
@@All4Grogg consider also during winter time you would not want to ride there: cold+darkness and its desolate landscape anyways. Lots of one way streets that are like a 1000 miles
@@Aragorn.Strider lived in Alaska for a few years and have driven the length of the ALCAN twice, some very, very long stretches without anything except the road. Not at all uncommon for people to carry extra fuel in cans because of the distance between stations.
Once out of the Anchorage bowl, where 85% of the states population resides and past Palmer the next turn is hours away by car in Tok. Two paved options, North to Fairbanks or East to Yukon.
The "road" west towards Nome it's more of a glorified path (Iditarod route).
Lovely Manon would have looked more authentic without a helmet.....c,mon GTN cycling on a relatively safe route is low risk.
Womens cycling is still no where near parity with mens cycling. The women’s Tour de France is a far cry in terms of days racing, distances covered, and prize money. They’re basically treated like juniors. I’d love to see 3 week womens races. Last year Pogacar won 500,000 euro compared to the total prize of 250,000 euro for the entire womens peloton.
My Dad was born in 1933 and between 1950ish and 1957, when he married my mum and moved to Canada, Dad and his father would ride a fixie tandem from Brighton to somewhere in the London area on Saturday mornings. Grandad was a referee of cycling races, held at ovals so he had to be there to perform his duties. After the racing was done for the day, Dad and Grandad would ride back, on their fixie tandem, back to Brighton. I've always lived in Canada, visiting Brighton just a few times, so I don't really know what the route would be like, nor where the ovals would be. However, in 1976, when I was 16, I did visit and we did go with Grandad to an oval to watch some racing but we took a car. I remember being enthralled with the racing.
3:17 - Regarding women saving their energy, bear in mind that food was more scarce then. This may be a factor why people thought that back then. Now we have limitless food so energy levels can be as high as anyone needs.
12:48 - There would have to be some record being kept, otherwise no one now, would know about it. There were other official female records that were kept in the same time period so why not this?
Are you sure it's because she was just a woman, or something else? Or is this our modern sexist male bashing that is so prevalent in out society now?
Thanks for a look into the past Manon. Great look. I know you had to wear that current helmet, but it would be curious as to how you look in the period headwear. Keep up the great work Manon and the rest of the GCN crew. Love these types of videos.
This is fantastic! Thanks for making such an informative and fun video! Really appreciate the suffering! Love to see more of this!
women still wear that kind of clothing in some area of london because their husband told them to if you know what I mean...
WAY Cool Manon, I love the change up and getting some history along with it. God Bless you all
Thanks!
Top notch content! The most beautiful thing about having a passion for an activity is to be able to share it with everyone. A huge shoutout to all the pioneers out there who live their dreams regardless of the obstacles.
With how Manon ended this video. Does that mean she didn't either ride that bike back to London or GCN Magabase? That should be Manon's next video.
Brilliant video! I'm riding the London to Brighton next weekend, Ditchling Beacon looks worse than I expected!
Good luck - hope the ride goes well!
Way to go, Manon, this was both fun and inspirational. The old bike was hard enough but the clothes added a whole other layer of difficulty.
What a phenomenal story. Imagine this was just four generations ago.
Interesting video. But would have been improved with some words on both Tessie's bike, presumably a single-speed, and how it compared to the Pashley, assuming viewers recognize the Pashley. If Tessie's round-trip was a record, why not include what the previous time was and refer to source material of the period regarding why such a performance by a woman wasn't honored? Quotes from the "old boy's" network about this?
Manon's shoes and helmet aren't period accurate. Just shows how badass Tessie was - 120 mile gravel riding
Brilliant idea. I always enjoy specialists talking about what they’re passionate about thanks doc.
wished she had completed the look with leather boots, nevermind that helmet
I wonder if Tessie Reynolds had Brooks saddle.
Well done Manon, Ditchling Beacon can be a beast on a modern bike! I lived a few miles down the road and used it every now and again for a fitness test! Downhill all the way to the big B by the sea!! Chapeau
Well done Manon, good effort, great story, well done. 💪👍
"Oh my glutes!" - is the most beautiful description of pain and suffering.
😂
Love, love, love the historical content! (And those bloomers!)
Im so happy we fot passed the caveman-ism of the past. Some still are cavemen but we've come a long way! Ladies, you go!
Great video, I shall watch it again with my daughter who is 10 to inspire her on her bike as I apparently don’t! 🤣
Wow, I though Manon was in Amish country at first glance.
Great video, great subject! Love the historical segments, keep up the stellar work!
Awesome video. I learned so much.
Oh man. This is such a beautiful documentary! Thanks GCN. and such great work by Manon riding on non-aero and water-soaked clothes.
Very interesting program. Thanks Manon, and all those involved.
Manon isn’t wearing period correct New Balance sneakers. Imagine the torture of actually wearing period leather shoes.
At Paris-Brest-Paris in 2011 i saw two guys with bikes from the 19th Century and in appropriate clothing . The only modern thing were battery lights. I checked one guy and he had successfully done the ride….
Awesome! Just awesome!
So when is the full 60 minutes documentary available on GCN+?
Great video I have ridden Ditchling many times it’s hard but the view at the top is well worth it (when the suns out)
great dress, but your shoes...
More of these please maybe tell the story of the 1891 paris Bordeaux.
Learning of the abuse and discrimination women faced back in the 1800's makes me really sad. It also makes me wonder why I get so worried about riding my bike on my own nowadays. Thank you Tessie and to all women who paved the way for us women to be able to have the independence and equality that we have today ❤️
Thanks for sharing this🙏
Such an interesting wee film Manon and great to hear from Dr Kat 👏🏼