The original route of Rebecca’s Private Idaho and stunner showcase of our awesome mountain vistas and remote landscape. We start at Festival Meadows in Sun Valley with a neutral rollout as flat-to-rolling pavement gives way to the biggest climb of the day: Trail Creek Summit. Dropping into the Big Lost River Basin you’ll loop through Wildhorse Canyon, where washboard gravel gets your attention before you head toward Copper Basin, a lovely valley of sagebrush and willow-rimmed creeks, hemmed in by the great White Knob and Pioneer mountain ranges, the most beautiful and challenging part of the course. All of the areas you ride through today are the historical land of the Shoshone-Bannock people. With the Copper Basin loop completed, all riders except those competing in the Para-Cycling category will reverse tracks and head back via an adventurous five-mile diversion Rebecca dubbed El Diablito. A ripping 2,000-foot descent from Trail Creek Summit returns you to civilization in Sun Valley, where your tribe awaits with warm hugs and cold drinks during Rebecca's Private Idaho Festival Day at the final Festival Meadows finish arch.
Great stuff Conor. I have the same tactics in Zwift races. Get to the front, take a photo, then gradually drift backwards and usually finish 6-8 mins behind the leaders so I feared for your plan when you said it before the race .
love how when Conor hits the front and everyone just looks and you can see them all saying to themselves... "what the hell is that!" and then swarming him to get the draft.... :)
Truly is, he said he wanted to do it and he did it. Not easy in that field of animals. Hats off. PS. kind of reminded me of a chariot race for some reason. Epic.
Thanks for watching all.. So nice reading all your kind comments and I have passed them onto El Alto, who is proper chuffed! Next up were thinking a cobbled attempt as many of you have suggested in the comments here... Arenberg perhaps?? 😇 Thanks all, Conor
Any video of Conor's is something to watch! A fine, fine person, honest and fun and humble and real. 113th out of over a thousand? That's victory, really. Well done, Conor!
@@conordunne1 Thank YOU for taking the time to drop a line here. I especially liked that you talked to El Alto, I do the same with my bike. And I think it did very well in this one. Looking forward to the next Conor - El Alto adventure!
Way to go Connor! I’ve been waiting all week to see the moment of glory as El Alto leads the pack down the beach, and the video did not disappoint. I think we can all admit we too have longed to be out front, if only for a moment. Now if only GCN will start selling El Alto on the web store?
It's like getting off a big horse, you know, a big horse..... 😂😂 I know nothing about horses but I'm pretty sure you don't tip them over! Love the vid well done Connor
I'm loving GCN. Been a fan for 5 years now. Love the content and personalities you guys have. You seriously brighten many of our lives with every video. Keep up the quality content.
Always love the El Alto escapades....so nice to see Amy in the clip! Okies, I admit I've watched this a few times but the modest Conner did not point out how at 6:38 he seemed to pull at least three other riders in his wake? An epic feat of athleticism.
just missed out on top 10% .. not bad , i suspect Connor & El Alto will do some training & be back next year ... and lol at the train of riders drafting them down the beach
You cracked me up all the way through Connor, and you struck one for the rest of us also-rans around the world who have also proudly led a race for 5 seconds at least once in our lives. In my case it was in a 10k fun run in Dunedin NZ 45 years ago, just after the start obviously, but I did then actually throw up and went on to a very mediocre finish way down the field. Great memories!
Conor has just experienced, a very common feeling for me during mass start Zwift races... getting to the front in the first 5km then blowing up and being dropped 😁
Connor I was alongside you when you attacked off the front. It was a moment of brilliance. So flippin funny. One of my favourite moments of the race. My only regret is not jumping on your wheel!
36 inch is a popular size for long distance and cross country unicycles. With a Foss tube to save weight and improve response, it's a lovely size to ride. The difference compared to a 29er is "night and day".
I guess maybe one disadvantage would be mtb tracks. The tracks are designed for typical bicycle a size and tire. In tighter spaces it has disadvantages.
Love watching other tall riders. Thank you, Conor for being a tall representative. One question though, where do you get your shoes? I wear a 50 / 51 and I can not find anything in that size.
Bloody brilliant video... Connor you're a legend and a great sport for giving it a solid go, and I mean who doesn't love dropping a watt bomb..... then paying for it.
Looks like a fun race. I have been in starts like that ( mass pandemonium ) lucky to survive without broken spokes. Even if the wheels have a lot of mass there is is a " flywheel effect " that can be be used to maintain momentum and keep in the saddle. Thanks for sharing, stay safe.....
Thanks Conor that was a very fun video to watch ! El Alto is a great bike now I have to subscribe to GCN+ cause I want to know more 😤😅 And congrats 113 out of thousands is more than a victory. You were most probably first in your size category and definitely first in the 36 inch wheel category and also in the craziest bike category. That’s 3 wins ✌🏻🏆🏅
Being a distance runner, as soon as you said you were going out hard to be in the lead at some point I knew your overall place would suffer greatly. Great video
I think, wheel diameter need counting with human body height as a mechnical engineer. Big wheel is efficient with tall people, so small wheels with short people. Congrulations for 5 seconds attack, MR Conor. Dreams are like Hawaii, life is like industry :)
I’ve been wanting a huge wheeled bike and have seen several online, but it seems most are made in South America, although I did find one or two in the states. After watching this video it’s probably going to make me do another search. I just want once for the paved trail riding I do with my wife, just casual rides but something that once those wheels got spinning it would be a enjoyable ride and like my steel hardtail a huge magnet for questions
Suspension seat post! Even one or two inches of suspension softening your large weight and the forces on the rear tire would have given you even MORE ability to float on the sand and bumps. Try it. I promise you'll feel much improved performance. Also try dropping tire air pressure.
You punched such a big hole into the air all the people in your shadow got a massive pull. Just look at those on the land side of the beach at the moment you took first - they are like 3 to 4 kph faster then the others ^^
I used to do deliveroo on a cheap, worn out mountain bike, I would regularly get more deliveries than people on road bikes. The rider is what really matters, not so much the bike.
Maybe Connor’s first mistake was not the double Snickers but invoking the Charge of the Light Brigade. He knows how that ended… right? 😬😉 Now picturing the next GCN Show with an edit of that shot of him trying to break away at the front of the race, slowed down, in black and white and with Adagio for Strings playing… 🎻
What did you make of El Alto's performance? What challenge would you like to see it take on next?
İ think el alto needs a dropper post
with those wheels, surely a cobbled race somewhere?
Paris-Roubaix
Gravel bike races in the USA please! Rebecca's Private Idaho Baked Potato race would be epic!
The original route of Rebecca’s Private Idaho and stunner showcase of our awesome mountain vistas and remote landscape. We start at Festival Meadows in Sun Valley with a neutral rollout as flat-to-rolling pavement gives way to the biggest climb of the day: Trail Creek Summit. Dropping into the Big Lost River Basin you’ll loop through Wildhorse Canyon, where washboard gravel gets your attention before you head toward Copper Basin, a lovely valley of sagebrush and willow-rimmed creeks, hemmed in by the great White Knob and Pioneer mountain ranges, the most beautiful and challenging part of the course. All of the areas you ride through today are the historical land of the Shoshone-Bannock people. With the Copper Basin loop completed, all riders except those competing in the Para-Cycling category will reverse tracks and head back via an adventurous five-mile diversion Rebecca dubbed El Diablito. A ripping 2,000-foot descent from Trail Creek Summit returns you to civilization in Sun Valley, where your tribe awaits with warm hugs and cold drinks during Rebecca's Private Idaho Festival Day at the final Festival Meadows finish arch.
Great stuff Conor. I have the same tactics in Zwift races. Get to the front, take a photo, then gradually drift backwards and usually finish 6-8 mins behind the leaders so I feared for your plan when you said it before the race .
It was a great shot though wasn't it Jeremy?! Worth it for that split second at the front!
It's a tried and tested method 😂 thanks for watching Jeremy!!
@@gcn yeah, epic!
Haha lol
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love how when Conor hits the front and everyone just looks and you can see them all saying to themselves... "what the hell is that!" and then swarming him to get the draft.... :)
That 5 second clip is one of the most inspiring things gcn has ever made
I love the way Conor talks to his El Alto, they're obviously very close, and El Alto is a great beach bike, it's probably high-tide proof too!
Conor blasting to the front on el alto should be part of the GCN show opening from now on. It’s iconic 😂
Truly is, he said he wanted to do it and he did it. Not easy in that field of animals.
Hats off.
PS. kind of reminded me of a chariot race for some reason. Epic.
Imagine catching a draft on Connor and El Alto's wheel, you wouldn't have to do anything!
You'd be constantly breaking. Maybe even stop and change the break pads if you draft too long...
Some say the hole in the atmosphere can pull you into the wheels
I've also heard it was really difficult to get enough of oxygen in this low pressure pocket.
@@Goodman-4525 yeah this bike should come installed with one of those signs you get in railway platforms, warning you not to get too close
Little geezer behind him having the ride of his life!!
Thanks for watching all.. So nice reading all your kind comments and I have passed them onto El Alto, who is proper chuffed! Next up were thinking a cobbled attempt as many of you have suggested in the comments here... Arenberg perhaps?? 😇 Thanks all, Conor
Can't wait to see it :D
You should attempt the "Tour des Stations" like Oli did last year! Mountains are gonna be nothing but a bump in the road riding El Alto! XD
Conor how tall are you?
I'm 6'7" and it is great to see somebody taller than me. I have loved cycling since I was a kid. Thank you for the inspiration to keep improving.
Great bike, looks amazing. Is there a build video of it?. Cant seem to find it if there is.
Conor’s water bottle on that bike looks like a teenie tiny sippy cup! 😂
It was actually a 5 gallon jug!
His saddle too.
Could fit 30 bottles into that frame!
Epic 5 second. 5 seconds of glory for all tall people out there. Cool shot from the camera man too ;)
Haha thanks so much Sergio!!! And yeah I was pretty impressed with our cameraman for that shot!!
Any video of Conor's is something to watch! A fine, fine person, honest and fun and humble and real.
113th out of over a thousand? That's victory, really. Well done, Conor!
113th is not bad. where the other 112 also ex-pro cyclists?
Thanks Alina!
Thanks so much Alina, that's super kind of you! This was such a fun one to film... Can't wait for the next spin on el Alto. Enjoy the riding, Conor
@@conordunne1 Thank YOU for taking the time to drop a line here. I especially liked that you talked to El Alto, I do the same with my bike. And I think it did very well in this one. Looking forward to the next Conor - El Alto adventure!
"for that moment..... we were winning" LOL. Conor you're always a winner with me! Thanks big man.
Way to go Connor! I’ve been waiting all week to see the moment of glory as El Alto leads the pack down the beach, and the video did not disappoint. I think we can all admit we too have longed to be out front, if only for a moment. Now if only GCN will start selling El Alto on the web store?
It'll depend on the success of Endurallgroad sales! 😂
I gotta say, this was one of Conor's best videos as his personality really shined. This was fun to watch!
We had a lot of fun with this one!
It's like getting off a big horse, you know, a big horse..... 😂😂 I know nothing about horses but I'm pretty sure you don't tip them over! Love the vid well done Connor
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I'm loving GCN. Been a fan for 5 years now. Love the content and personalities you guys have. You seriously brighten many of our lives with every video. Keep up the quality content.
Thanks! Always great to hear!!
Always love the El Alto escapades....so nice to see Amy in the clip! Okies, I admit I've watched this a few times but the modest Conner did not point out how at 6:38 he seemed to pull at least three other riders in his wake? An epic feat of athleticism.
That's the wheel I would be trying to get on, massive draft potential lol.
loving Connor's conversations with El Alto 😅
😂
just missed out on top 10% .. not bad , i suspect Connor & El Alto will do some training & be back next year ... and lol at the train of riders drafting them down the beach
You cracked me up all the way through Connor, and you struck one for the rest of us also-rans around the world who have also proudly led a race for 5 seconds at least once in our lives. In my case it was in a 10k fun run in Dunedin NZ 45 years ago, just after the start obviously, but I did then actually throw up and went on to a very mediocre finish way down the field. Great memories!
"proudly led a race for 5 seconds" Congrats…. but to avoid nausea, think Photoshop 😀
Conor has just experienced, a very common feeling for me during mass start Zwift races... getting to the front in the first 5km then blowing up and being dropped 😁
would installing a drop seat help with the dismounting problem? is installing a drop seat even a possibility on El Alto?
Connor I was alongside you when you attacked off the front. It was a moment of brilliance. So flippin funny. One of my favourite moments of the race. My only regret is not jumping on your wheel!
Haha, what a moment, we can assure you Connor enjoyed it too until he realised he doesn’t have the legs he once did 😆
Haha nice one James!!! It was so much fun ha! Hope I didn't hold you up when I came back through the bunch like a lead balloon.... 🤣
@@conordunne219 😂
Amazing, Conor. I enjoyed every bit. Perhaps trying a tandem bike next? In a race or maybe a tandem war between GTN, GCN and GMBN? That would be fun.
I love the humor of Connor to humanize bis Bike and speakes to "him" as a good old friend! 👍
Connor should have used this bike for the GCN City challenge with Manon, would have been more fun than the super bike.
For you maybe, but certainly not for him if he had to struggle to stop at all these red lights.
8:02 "Getting back on it was like doing the high jump." Connor, chap, that's what it feels like for us non-giant riders _all the time._
Conor has really come into his own as a presenter!
A natural in front of the camera. His goodness as a person comes through the lens. The camera doesn't lie.
Well done Conor. Love you man, your awesome. Proper make me chuckle you do!
greatest 5 seconds ! good job , spectacular sprint !
Pure comedy every time El Alto makes an appearance.
A true superbike!
Heroic and inspiring, Connor. For all the tall people out there.
I love watching Conor ride this bike. The guy is a comedian at heart.
this thing is amazing! so is Connor.
Conor is my favorite GCN presenter!
That debrief was too funny!
No shame in 113 of 1000+! Great work! 🎉
I really enjoyed that Conor had the Tadej Pogacar tuft of hair sticking out of his helmet. Time to return to the pro peloton!
Featuring El Alto, but Conor is the true star. Great video and I hope we will see many more tall adventures 😊
Fancy a double snickers now
Hey Connor. May I suggest that you and El Alto do Flanders Gravel in July. Cobbles, climbs and good beer at the end!
Cannot believe it😱 that bike looks big for you Conner! Or for once you look small in that bike!😆 Epic race💢💥✌
Looks like a win for a DirtySixer. keep up the good work.
Connor going ham on the giant bike is simultaneously the most gracefully and funniest thing I’ve seen
The bike looks really good … if standing alone. Great vid!
36 inch is a popular size for long distance and cross country unicycles. With a Foss tube to save weight and improve response, it's a lovely size to ride. The difference compared to a 29er is "night and day".
that 5sek shot you pulled at the front came out amazing. totally worth it!
I'm going to keep my 26 mountain bike. Very cool video got me thinking and that's hard to do! 🚲 Thank you.
That shot of Connor&El Alto pulling to the front of the bunch is GCN’s #1 epic moment for me.
Also, everyone pulling into the draft just killed me XD
Fantastic sound selection in this vid, particularly during Connor's recap 😆
I guess maybe one disadvantage would be mtb tracks. The tracks are designed for typical bicycle a size and tire. In tighter spaces it has disadvantages.
Nicely done Connor and El Alto1
I’m in love with el alto. That thing is just the right amount of ridiculous.
I think Rich Strike watched that sprint for inspiration.
That bike is so comical looking next to regular sized ones.
113th out of 1,000 well trained riders??? That's nothing to be ashamed of at all. Well done
You got to love bold people! I glad you had fun racing there.
I road my Red Line 29er for 15 years on a mountain trails - I don’t need an other bike)
Love watching other tall riders. Thank you, Conor for being a tall representative. One question though, where do you get your shoes? I wear a 50 / 51 and I can not find anything in that size.
I've had success with Giro and North Wave for big sizes.
seconding giro - had an ex partner who swore by em and wore 50s.
How about changing to thinner tires and doing some road race?
Bloody brilliant video... Connor you're a legend and a great sport for giving it a solid go, and I mean who doesn't love dropping a watt bomb..... then paying for it.
Looks like a fun race. I have been in starts like that ( mass pandemonium ) lucky to survive without broken spokes. Even if the wheels have a lot of mass there is is a " flywheel effect " that can be be used to maintain momentum and keep in the saddle. Thanks for sharing, stay safe.....
A fine production indeed! So nice I watched it twice.
Pep talk to cycle was much appreciated
If only they had El Alto bikes when storming the beach in Saving Private Ryan - I think they would captured the beach much sooner.
"Looch at how eet transzheisns so smovely fromz zee ahtsphault to zee sandz! Retreatzen, schnell!"
Really enjoyed it. Thanks Conor! Well done. 👍🏾👏🏽👏🏽
More of Connor racing that beast please.
It's fun, I also made a 36er for my own use, and won a couple of races.
Thanks Conor that was a very fun video to watch ! El Alto is a great bike now I have to subscribe to GCN+ cause I want to know more 😤😅 And congrats 113 out of thousands is more than a victory. You were most probably first in your size category and definitely first in the 36 inch wheel category and also in the craziest bike category. That’s 3 wins ✌🏻🏆🏅
"Quite unaerodynamic" 🤣🤣
You should have done this race with the flat pedals.
FINALLY A BIKE CONOR FITS l think a dropper post would really help here !!
We proudly present GCN‘s new nutrition partner: double snickers
Being a distance runner, as soon as you said you were going out hard to be in the lead at some point I knew your overall place would suffer greatly. Great video
Cool bike I would love to have one if anyone every produces something like that. For dismounts and getting back on add a dropper post.
Well done. Truly entertaining.
Maybe pigs can fly? O you big, silly lad. Pigs have been to space already. 🤣
And also, we want more of this.
I feel like Connor got his excuses from Ollie🤣
Burn 🔥 🔥 🔥
😂
EL ALTO is BACK! 😎👍
On this bike Conor should try longer cranks also, about 190mm (and slightly bigger chainring).
Im gonna build my self a huge bike thank GCN.
Real life Metronome Dancing 😂😂😂
I think, wheel diameter need counting with human body height as a mechnical engineer. Big wheel is efficient with tall people, so small wheels with short people.
Congrulations for 5 seconds attack, MR Conor. Dreams are like Hawaii, life is like industry :)
So very happy my racing days are behind me!
I’ve been wanting a huge wheeled bike and have seen several online, but it seems most are made in South America, although I did find one or two in the states.
After watching this video it’s probably going to make me do another search. I just want once for the paved trail riding I do with my wife, just casual rides but something that once those wheels got spinning it would be a enjoyable ride and like my steel hardtail a huge magnet for questions
that was absolutely amazing !!!!
Thanks Warren!
El Alto for the win! Oh yeah :-)
Watching the bunch tucked in behind El Alto reminded me of those motorpaced land speed record attempts
You should put a dropper seatpost on it for the next race like this!
That is sooooo cool!
I love that bike haha
Great bike Alto 😍
Maybe a dropper post would help with those dismounts.
Classic for his time with GCN thus far...Conor really excited but not properly trained...great video, though!
Suspension seat post!
Even one or two inches of suspension softening your large weight and the forces on the rear tire would have given you even MORE ability to float on the sand and bumps.
Try it. I promise you'll feel much improved performance.
Also try dropping tire air pressure.
I would love to see Connor train for this for next year
Way cool. Well done 👍
Thanks!
Imagine you're in a race looking for someone to draft and then you see the El Alto. Best day ever lol
As a tall guy, loved this! 🙂
You punched such a big hole into the air all the people in your shadow got a massive pull. Just look at those on the land side of the beach at the moment you took first - they are like 3 to 4 kph faster then the others ^^
I used to do deliveroo on a cheap, worn out mountain bike, I would regularly get more deliveries than people on road bikes.
The rider is what really matters, not so much the bike.
Maybe Connor’s first mistake was not the double Snickers but invoking the Charge of the Light Brigade. He knows how that ended… right? 😬😉
Now picturing the next GCN Show with an edit of that shot of him trying to break away at the front of the race, slowed down, in black and white and with Adagio for Strings playing… 🎻
Hahaha that would be very funny! 😂