The Uphill Hour Challenge - What Can You Do?
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2020
- Everesting is really hard work, and takes up a lot of time. The Hour Record is incredibly expensive and therefore not inclusive for the average road cyclist. However, riding a bike uphill can be miserable for everyone, and can be the ultimate test for cycling. Otherwise known as VAM, this value is an important metric that pro cyclists can use to measure their effort. A few years ago Emma Pooley set a world record for the most meters climbed in an hour, but we decided to twist the rules a little, and we'd love to see you join in and see what you can do.
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There is a reason Ollie has a PhD. He is one smart cookie and he thinks and asks questions before he rides.
Simon: "No excuse, we can all have a go at the Uphill Hour"
Dutch people: excuse me?
Just have to go over an overpass again and again and again...
When I want to ride hills I always cross the border into the Netherlands. Best climbs in the region. Can recommend.
Works great in the Limburg region. Have a go at Keutenberg ;) (Cauberg is more famous, but much easier.)
@@mx2000 Florida hill climbs!
VAMberg here we go
Challenge completed this morning: 607m, 14yr old Son did 732m! We chose a steep local climb called Stapleton Castle with an average gradient of 10% over 1km. Looking forward to lunch now!
Great effort Mark! Top work!
The thought of Manon keeping her hr between 180-190 for an hour is scary. I would probably have a cardiac arrest trying to sustain such hr for so long. Good records set by all 👍
She didn't, she averaged 170 something.
Oh yeah like that’s a breeze! Only 171, that’s a real effort.
Heart rate is very individual. A number that is in the death zone for you may be hard tempo for another.
Ah, to be young.
Usually I average 210
Right, just need to find a decent hill now. Once the data is all in, it’ll be interesting to see what the GCN-fan average is.
944m for an ex-track sprinter is pretty damned good. Well done, Manon
Simon ,exhaling and inhaling pretty fast: I’m okay
That’s basically the definition of type 2 fun
Lol.
The most shameless shenanigans since Lloydy pulled out an ebike on the Angliru!
Asinine
Love this idea! I knew by the end of the video exactly where I was going to go next weekend. Also love how clever Ollie was.
With all these videos on hill climbs challenges, assuming your next video series will be on knee rehabilitation?
or amputation, lol
Lobotomy more like!
Me to wife "I could do this on the in and out of the valley, don't waste the downhill momentum by stopping to turn round", Ollie 30 seconds later "I'm going to ride a giant half pipe".
You're married to Alex Dowsett?
@@TomK32 sounds like it😂
Si what happened to “don’t ride where you drive”? Looks like a busy hill to me!
Naish hill is generally only busy on weekday mornings cause its a cut through used by commuters... Si chose to ride it on a weekday morning ahaha
That's why he probably hasn't ridden it since 2012...
Yesterday I gave it a go and did 600m in 1hr 10 min, I know I went over. Have a way to go to catch up to you two. Kudos!!!
I have a short loop in my neighborhood that is either up or down, no flat. I ride it as the first day of each training block. Keeping track of laps and time is a great way to measure your progress. The next two days are long intervals and then short intervals. I have been doing this for over 40 years.
Thank you folks for putting this honest effort. Enjoyed watching it and one day will try it myself. The moral winner is Simon though. Kudos to All! ~ Rinoni.
Great Video well done for finding something new that we all can try, Naish hill is not nice! Thanks
Love these competition videos.
Just loving Your ideas 💡 awesome effort
*Off Camera Shouting*: "come on Manon!"
*Me*: Looks for somebody to pass the football to.
Good work all three of you. Ollie's half pipe is truly an advantage. But hey, if the rules allow, then Ollie is a smart man!
I suspect thousands of attempts will include riders voicing out loud in between gasps "Sy, When do I get to the "Weirdly Enjoyable" part?"
I'm really looking forward to doing this!!!
Enjoyed watching you three. Thanks for sharing the pain.
Si: at this point I'm ok
His heart rate: are u sure about that?
Definitely going to try this! I have the perfect road just a few blocks from my house!
Ollie reminded me of dastardly off wacky races then!
Also, ever since Matt left there's been a hole in his place on the GCN show. But I feel like that hole has practically disappeared now... Manon, Ollie and Si make a fantastic presenting team (and of course Dan too! Where was his attempt though?!).
Connor has been a great addition too!
Dan has retired from cycling .
what he got left , is his Monday show.😁
I think Manon has potential but she needs to relax. Tries a little too hard. Ollie has come into his own since loosening up
North hill in Colchester , .0.3 km Kom is 32 seconds , 25 metre elevation , my best time is 58 seconds !
Went up that hill 5 times in one day and had enough 😂 !
Going up the hill 40 times would = 1000 metres !
Respect to the GSN presenters
...being a commuter/tourer type, will try on my local...ummm, "incline" on my Dawes Horizon with a pannier and handle bar bag as this lark looks like a right challenge! Might even move me into buying an endurance bike..thus pushing me toward a more MAMIL type experience!👍🤣🚴🇬🇧 Love the channel!👍
A surprise ending with an Oliie victory. Now my day is complete. Well done all of you.
Knowing how Baldrick's cunning plans always turned out, I was really concerned about Ollie's... ;-)
true, but it also wasn't his plan.
Ollie for the win! As with any new competition or game like this, the rules end up being formalized over time as the smarter people find loopholes so that it’s an even playing field and people end up having to do the same thing. For me, that would mean riding up and down the same hill. Well played though Ollie!
Congrats to all on such fine performances and, well, I was hoping Ollie would win. And maybe now a trophy for the mantle and a mention as the GCN Rider of the Week? And I look forward to hearing more from him about it, the occasional references to his uphill hour record among GCN Presenters.
Jeez I’ve never been this early to a GCN video, good morning treat though 😁
All recent GCN videos taught me one thing: weather in UK sucks! :p
We had beautiful weather april May and June ! Now it's July and should be the best month of the year and it keeps raining
Laughed so much at Ollie's cheekiness 😄
These hill challenges are "hill areas" and that Clapton place-name is apt for getting clapped-out! Phew! 😁
I followed up on this challenge last week!
I rode Sydenham St. (1.4km @ 8%, 115m) Dundas, ON. Canada, 8 times for a VAM of 850. Interestingly I rode my fastest lap on the 6th attempt in 4:38mins.
That was fun, I congratulated myself with a fresh butter tart/chocolate milk from the farm store at the top and a ribeye steak for dinner. Cheers GCN
Looks like fun! And by "fun" I mean very painful and I would hate every moment of it.
I have to try that.
I did this challenge yesterday but only just watching the video now haha. I enjoyed it and up for going back and doing it again to get a better score.
I also was stuck to a 36x23 as I don't ever use the small chainring in Berlin. But it wasn't too bad.
Ollie's idea is ace, I live in the bottom of a giant half-pipe. What's better is there are roundabouts at the top of each climb (Rawdon JCT roundabout, And then Eccleshill by the Co-op). Only problem is there are a few lights, but I did make some strava segments for the repeated efforts.
Love the half pipe trick brilliant
last week doing hill reps. 13 x Muswell Hill in approx 60 mins, and thats 780m.....but i am 52...
Very good! I enjoyed that one folks. Makes me think that this would be an excellent challenge as a prep work out for Cyclocross season... Uh, if there is one this year?
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Very interesting challenge I'm going to give it a go
Will give it a go next weekend. I’m 47, most likely not as good a rider as most here and am on chemotherapy but there’s no way I’m going to let this challenge pass by and not try it.
Great vid Si!
Had my first go, trying to regain some fitness approaching summer. Managed 25km and 660m, I'm pretty happy with that considering my low power output.
A SOLID VICTORY FOR MULLETS!
Great video and inspiration guys so I headed out to night to give the uphill hour a crack on my local climb, Curbar Gap in the Peak District, managed a respectable 934 meters and a new PB 👍. Bloomin knackered now though 🤪😂😂
Outside of Ollie's trick of the halfpipe, there would still have to be an advantage to having one long not necessarily steep and not technical on the descent climb. You don't lose your momentum with all of the u-turns....it would take some scouting and proper guess work on when you should turn around to ensure that you make it back to the bottom before the hour is up. If you could closely approximate your climbing velocity and descending velocity, you should be able to pick turn around point with a reasonable level of accuracy. If you get back down before the time is up then head back up to get a few more metres in.
i liked the bit at 8:52 where si is drafting the car like a shifty vincenzo nibali, albeit without the souplesse. that's the kind of gamesmanship i recognise and respect 😂
Crikey, if I did Frocester Hill on my PR’s I’d only manage 750 meters. Hats off to you boys and girls. But then I’m also dragging 14.5 stone and my sorry arse up the hills!!
Scottish mountains over 3000ft (915m) are called Munros and over 2000ft (610m) as Corbets.
Club Challenge - are you a Corbet, Munro or a Nevis
Naish is simply the worst Hill ever - I hate it...! Great video! Good to see Simon smashing it up there so strongly!
I've got a climb near me with ~800m at 12% and ~300m at 9%, der Rammersbergssteig. Just did it as part of my tour today. Gonna try convince some of my cyclist group to do the challenge with me next weekend hehe
Great Video!
I think I'll be trying this too!
Nice mullet Ollie 🤙🏼 bring it back
2300ft to be exact. On a 0.2 mi hill (nothing big around here). Although, I should have chosen my gravel bike instead of my road bike due to how rough the climb was and it's disc brakes.
As usual, a great video but UA-cam managed to squeeze 4 commercials into it. The adverts are becoming more frequent and despite me giving them a "thumbs down", still get repeated. They are starting to spoil the enjoyment of all your hard work.
Gave it a tester with an Ollie style coast up to turn. Not full on, but still putting in some effort. Slightly disadvantaged on the downhill parts, as my bike decided to self convert to one by, but at least it was stuck in the small ring for the climb. I thought the turnarounds would be the dodgy part, but it was the person reversing out of their drive onto the road that nearly got me....although someone else did overtake me on the down hill only to slam on their brakes when they could not go round a parked car. At least I could anticipate that one, but the reverse out a drive was literally from left field. Anyway to get to the point, 543m from someone in their second half century.
I’ll realistically never attempt an Everesting, but this is something nearly anyone can do. And I’ve got a perfect road to try it on too!
There is a nice 8 mile hill that at the bottom is roundabout. That would help you maintain momentum at turn of the ride.
First attempt: 2601 ft @ 181lbs/49 yrs old. Up a shorter, steeper local climb. We have a good half pipe which I hope to do this coming weekend!
wow those new GCN jerseys are dope !
great vid!
Si's heavy breathing was scarier than the task🥵
No kidding... I was asking myself what his heart rate must’ve been... geezus...
Turn it up loud enough and the neighbours will start to raise eyebrows...
GCN : no one does it better 💋💋💋
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I have 2 local hills picked out....one up-and-down (88m and 2.5km loop), and one with a U-bottom like Ollie's advantage (142m with 4km loop). All I need now...training, muscles and lungs B)
I just noticed Sy's new gcn kit just arrived 😂
Why didn’t we see more of Ollie’s challenge? He’s so funny I would have liked to see more
That because that is more porny hear Si breath and that give more thumbs up ;))
I HATE GOING UPHILL, especially on long stretches that are just the right incline to make it hard to find an appropriate gear to be in. It always seems you’re either in too high or too low a gear. Nothing ever feels comfortable. It doesn’t help either when you’re in blistering 90-100°F heat with the sun beating down on you.
Straight block 21-12 & a 22t granny ring from a 90s mountain bike triple crankset will do.
This sounds like lots of fun
Great idea. Seems pretty similar to a Cooper test, though.
I tried Oliver’s Mount yesterday on my giant propel which is 8-10% at times on 36 front and 25 rear and I was 18.5 Stone just six months ago, ok I’m slow but I got up it. I hate hills but they’re getting easier. One day I may have a go at this but I’m not quite there yet
Plus just did a 100 solo at the weekend at 20.5mph average so a bit worn out
Felt guilty watching this while eating a piece of toast. Chapeau!
Almost all of us.... @1:05 ... well, a quick thought here for our Dutch cyclists (outside of Limburg). I guess 50 m in an hour would be a monumental achievement.
Gotta love Alex Dowsett, seems like the coolest guy ever!
ha ha ha excellent, interesting too, may try it out
I'm fortunate to live close to several monster climbs, so I would still do one big climb and try to time the descent right. I'm a really cautious, slow descender though. My best climbs going up for a solid hour put me around 915. Not all that amazing, but it is what it is. If I had to figure in descending, I'd probably need to leave about 12 minutes to get back down so I'm guessing I'd be around 840 or so.
The best test and therapy lies in pulling a trailer with gallons of water and your 10month son back from the grocery store with a 52 by 32 for the lowest uphill.
When i take the trailer off its somewhat like a muscle car.
That was good that was, almost like a GCN vid before Matt Stevens left!
Hey Si...Looks like Naish Hill is a real pearler!!!
In all the years of watching GCN I can honestly say I don't think I've ever heard Si that out of breath
I haven’t been riding much, but looks like it’s about time to put the emonda to its ultimate test.
Where do you find "the rule book" for this challenge?
"3, 2, 1... Oh my god!": that's me every time I attempt a new challenge in my life 5:04
I like uphills. In at least one way it's tougher than flat road riding: at really steep climb the low speed will result in almost no wind cooling effect. If you don't have headwind of course but it's maybe not desirable either...
If Ollie's allowed to use momentum then I want to see the results of a BMXer doing it on a proper halfpipe.
🤮 One hour on a half pipe will get very messy 😵
Somebody call Blake from GMBN!
I think that is a fantastic idea @gmbn
Will gas out halfway
I'm thinking a pump track, and rarely turning the pedals.
You guys have still got it!!! I gave this a little go, managed 617m 🥵
Naish Hill is horrible on the best of times. The cross wind over the motor way can be proper gnarly especially descending as it can blow you into oncoming traffic on the left turn after the bridge. Fair play Si you nutter.
Yes Ollie! Science!
Great effort ...tried to ride uphill to my girlfriend this summer, but the last part is so steep, I never made it even im my lowest gear...gonna try to loose loose some weight now and then....
I still think the vertical kilometer like in sky running is a superior idea - the task should not depend on hammering the descents. Speaking of which: Emma and her recent record: Her downhill times on Haggenegg are absolutely horrifying. I've climbed the Haggenegg maybe 100 times, as it is nearby and one of my training climbs. It is twisty and narrow and has many corners where you see nothing and if a tractor comes from the other side, you should be able to break or else... She just tested her luck, I'd say... Congrats for the uphill effort though, impressive.
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Congratulations fellow cyclists 💪💪🏆👍
Was thinking of doing this but on my hybrid bike
Could have a go at it on my comfort bike. I have a suitable nearby hill.
@@kippen64 that would be a solid challenge
Ollie really is the best thing to happen to GCN!
Decided to try it again today...i'm 55 so not the numbers the presenters put up BUT 565m, HR between 155 and 165. Last year on a half-pipe route i got 665m...half pipe helps!
I live in Florida, I'm wondering how many times I'd have to ride the main street bridge.......probably not.....
Before I had a watt meter i had a small loop with a steep climb. And it's pretty well protected from the wind and no place where you would need to slow down. So it was a good "FTP test" to see how many rounds you could get in a hour.
Even had the KOM but some a**** have taken it now XD
But I think the hill challenge is best if you have a valley without to much technical stuff and traffic 🤣