What do you think of Ollie and Alex’s efforts? 🔥 Would you like to take part in an event like this one day? And how do you like Alex and Ollie's bikes? 😍 Let us know in the comments below! 💬
It's weird to see a GCN video on roads that I know and have actually ridden my bike on. Usually you guys are riding up high mountains in Italy and France, locations I could only dream of. But here you guys are riding in backyard.
This race took a route I (and many cyclists in NYC) go on almost weekly, and the times the pros posted simply blew my mind. I had no frame of reference just how fast they truly are until this event.
For perspective, your average enthusiast rider, doing an average of 20mph over the length of the course, will finish over an hour slower. An old guy like me who can manage an average of 15mph will take 5:30 compared to the 3:07 of the pros…
Right lol, my best effort so far is 52mi/83km in 3:37 (avg 14.4mph) and I was absolutely blasted and fell asleep shortly after I got home. I've only been riding 3-4 years now though and took 2 winters off. Being almost 40 probably doesn't help.
If Alex and Ollie get dropped from their respective pro and amateur groups...Ollie being dropped from breakaway group, speaks to how incredibly fast participant racers were because they are both talented bike riders. Congrats to all and thanks for sharing this competition. P.S. As an American, NYC doesn't get a lot of positive press these days, but this is clearly the better side of humanity.
I really enjoyed this video! I completed the GFNY race in NYC every year from 2012 - 2023. The only excludions were the first year it was held in 2011, and the years it was put on hold due to the pandemic. I have also completed other GFNY races in other parts of the US, plus 1 in Italy. It was great to see your coverage, and to watch you enjoy something that has been a big part of my cycling life for over a decade. There are two additional things that makes GFNY special. One is that they have other races around the US and around the world, which allows it to potentially be a year round series of motivating races. Also , there are weekly training rides in the NYC area much of the year. These factors allow it to move beyond just a 1 day event, and become a lifestyle and community. I am thankful for the dozens and dozens of friends I have made from literally around the world over the years.
Thanks for the video! I competed with as an amateur (my fourth NYC and 13th overall in the series) and had a great time and am glad I got a selfie with you both!
Ollie did an amazing job as usual, but Alex! 4-5 years out of pro racing and still hanging with the pro peloton for 1/2 the race - ridiculously amazing. Enjoyed seeing the reality and humanity of real-world performance from the GCN crew.
I'm not surprised Alex did well. Despite his happy-go-lucky demeanor he's a strong guy and very competitive. Congrats go to both. Nice to see you here in my hometown 😊
Alex explaining that his priorities were wrong because he was "... wanting to stay safe"; reminds me of a quote: you know you're getting old when all you exercise is caution. 😆 Well done lads! This was a fun to watch, nice effort for you both! And Alex, as a retired pro of 4 years to not come in last with the others, is a fantastic! Well done.
This race was super fast. I did it back in 2018 and I barely finished the 50 mile mark up Bear Mountain. Those pros are otherworldly fast. I can’t wait for the Power analysis.
Always love to see the presenting team participate in races. It always seems to highlight the best of them. Their competitiveness, their drive, but also often how they have each other’s backs either with encouragement or effort on the course. Always been a dream since I started watching in 2020 for all presenters to race together as a team for a race. Also, yes please and thank you on the deep dive!
Thanks for coming to my home, the Hudson Valley, New York, to go up the hills and thrills that I experience every day. I hope you guys came away with a different perspective of what we ride regularly sans saying you didn't even get to ride up Perkins Mountain (known as Bear Mountain), which had to be dropped from the race because of UCI rules. That's the real "tough" climb in the neck of the woods.
Absolutely love these videos, where our GCN friends challenge themselves and push their limits. Whenever it gets hard on a ride, I tell myself stop whinging and pedal, this is nowhere close to the suffering GCN overcomes in their challenges. Good job guys!
I've done this event 7 times - missed it this year though. Always enjoyed, and it makes for a great early season test of the climbing legs. You guys missed the old course with the climb up Bear Mountain (a real climb) which was the iconic section, but it's still a great course. Great job!
Great video and content. Re pro races, I guess in a stage race, the time cut off means the groupeto has to still push, but on a single day race this isn't an issue. Fair play for jumping through all the UCI hoops pre race to sort this out.
Alex and Ollie is the best pairing on GCN - they work so well together. Which is probably just as well, as after the eating challenge, I don’t think Conor will ever agree to ride with Ollie again.😅
I did gfny last year it was awesome seeing you guys race it! You mentioned the winner of the zwift academy winning it in a previous year. The female runner up from zwift academy Chiara Doni won it last year.
GFNY 2016 Was my first bike race and first century ride (to be fair, I did 98mi in the lead-up). I really liked and appreciated the weekly official GFNY training races...also the literal 15 minute casual ride from my front door to the start line.
This looks like a blast! Seeing pros and amateurs go head-to-head is fascinating. Ollie did an amazing job as usual. i like how it matches up with similar events I've experienced.
wow what a great day ahy, excellent💪 effort guys, tough it may well have been but i bet the experience was something else, great mix of riders to compete with, I thought you looked a bit to big for your bike Alix but you didn't say anything so i guess it was ok for you, your not wrong when you retire as you do tend to be not as tenacious as once was, well done, & yes beautiful bikes...gosh.
I've just done Ford RideLondon, as an interesting contrast with GFNY, particularly when it comes to climbing. RideLondon was a paltry 1280 metres over 166 km. When I last did GFNY, back when it too was the same length, the climbing meters were 2677. Non-New Yorkers are often surprised at just how hilly New Jersey and New York are. Even your standard thrash over the GW Bridge from Manhattan, up River Road (including the first climbs of the old GFNY, the Great Wall and Alpine) and back is over 640m for barely 48km. The other wonderful aspect of cycling from NY is just how quickly you are out of the city and into the countryside, in total contrast to London. Main similarity? The potholes and generally crappy road surfaces.
You’ll love it. Make a point of doing some rides over the bridge, make a right and head up Route 9W. I just moved from NYC a couple years ago and I really miss that ride. Enjoy it!!!
Placing Top 50 out of 5100 is fantastic. Be proud🎉 I certainly would want to ride on these events. I did the National Bike MS Round Up ride in Dallas. Having fun makes long drives worth it.
Ollie's unpinned number has sent my OCD into overdrive. Also, those socks are UCI illegal! Good job he was in the 5000 bunch or UCI would give him a smacked bottom! And a 500CHF fine! 🤑
My stomping grounds! I love the Palisades. What did you think of the juxtaposition of the mega metropolis of NYC vs the nature in Northern NJ/ NY state?
Incredible as usual. Ollie is better than he thinks and Alex still has it in him despite the retirement 4 or 5 years ago. He's proven it many times during ths fun episodes against the other GCN presenters or in his general public races he's participated in. I think, he and Si are the fastest presenters but the only difference is Si, I think, retired a decade before him. Again, another great episode as usual
@@gcn Uh, oh! I didn't mean to spark a competition but if it's gonna be for fun, then YES! Haha! I'm guessing this wasn't Alex, otherwise you'd have been gracious to my compliment. Haha! Hello to all the presenters!
@Ollie, please make a video on how many watts that number board cost you. No jokes, was wondering about it during a recent race we had to do with a similar board.
Dudes. This inspires me to possibly sign up for GFNY Sebring. Granted, not the elevation gain like in NY (Sebring is down in pretty much pan-flat south Florida), but I would love to experience something like this.
In the context of talent development, I guess you want to see a slight overlap between the top-performing amateurs and the least competitive professionals, to ensure a smoother transition from amateur to professional cycling. You don't want a significant performance gap.
Thing is though whilst Ollie might be an amateur he is a top level amateur and Alex is way off what a pro nowadays is. Not being insulting, just facts!
Great video. No need for power analysis for me, or any more bike washing videos, but this sort of content is great - it could easily have been a longer video. I miss GCN+ racing content of course, but is there any reason that we shouldn't have the longer videos that GCN+ also used to contain?
Being an NYC cyclist, Alex got to experience something even I've never done: ride through the streets in the dead of night, with absolutely no traffic for miles. Just the sounds of the city going by; his route up to the GW is also my route up to the GW (rode it today, actually. 74 miles total, into Jersey the opposite direction to Staten Island, hopped a ferry back to civilization and then rode all the way back home) and I've never seen it deserted like that.
@@danwang8825 yeah, and I have absolutely no interest in waking up that early to ride a bike. I ride down 9W in the middle of the afternoon, when everyone is on their way back from Nyack, and I'm the only cyclist in town when I get there. It's actually nice, cross into Tarrytown and take the South County Trail back to the city
@@danwang8825 although, I wouldn't necessarily mind riding through the city at, say, midnight or 1 am when I'm awake anyway, but you wouldn't catch me waking up that early to go for a ride
would love to see the world tour version pro team version of this. Start not with the development team of alpacin Deceuninck, but with Mathieu VDP, Wout VA etc going in for the win with team support VS amateurs on the same day. Maybe Flanders, all on sunday instead on saterday for the tourist ride and sunday 'for reels'? or Roubaix for that mather 😀
What was your pre-race diet the day before the race? NYC Pizza 🍕 Pie or New York Cheesecake? Cheesecote climb…brutal, have raced this 3 times in the past and know the pain well. Amazing coverage of GFNY by GCN, you guys smashed it.
Interested to see that GFNY is no longer 100 miles. I’ve done it several times (although not for a few years) and it’s always been 100. Also, as challenging as the big climb up Bear Mountain is (at mile 50 mark), Bear is nowhere near 2000m, more like 2000 feet!
Amateurs are prepared to pay big money on bikes similar to pro bikes now. The Gap is Closing on Pro Riders even with there big budgets and team tactics. I believe this is a good thing, it opens the door to new talent.
It's so cool that in our sport we can get so close to the pros and being able to ride the same kit as them is pretty special! Imagine if we got to drive F1 cars in real life... ah, cycling is the best!
We had to listen Dr. Bridgewood pontificate us for countless hours about how Aero is the best thing in humankind history since sliced bread... just to watch him ride a whole race with an unpinned race number flapping in the wind! I believe in England they would appropriately refer to this as "Bollocks!"
@@gcn Yes. Did it last year. We had perfect weather for it. Really fun ride, though I wasn’t able to do it this year. Definitely aiming to repeat it next year. Fun fact: I rode it two days after an emergency root canal…
What do you think of Ollie and Alex’s efforts? 🔥 Would you like to take part in an event like this one day? And how do you like Alex and Ollie's bikes? 😍
Let us know in the comments below! 💬
Amazing on both fronts.
@@ramsden35 👍
Had my ticket to take part but had to abandon my training. Was gutted. Great event.
Best video ever in NYC! GOOD work GCN! Makes me nostalgic for GCN+. 😢
Says GFNY but really GFNJ.
Mr Aero with the worst pinned number in history 😂
😂
wearing aero undergarment in vain 🤣
@@Ron-ei5eh excuse me, it's aerobra
Thought it's only me who noticed. ;D
Lol!
How fast would Olie have gone without that kite on his back! 😁
When you wear an aerobra, but add 1000 CDA with an unpined number on your back!😅
We've got to slow him down somehow 🤣
It's weird to see a GCN video on roads that I know and have actually ridden my bike on. Usually you guys are riding up high mountains in Italy and France, locations I could only dream of. But here you guys are riding in backyard.
You've got a great backyard 🙌 We hope you enjoyed the video!
I felt that way with Manon in Steamboat! Did she enjoy that, by the way?
New England forests look so much different. I had the same thoughts!
Really liked this format and the pro vs amateur perspective at end was interesting. Sterling effort by both.
Great isn't it!
This race took a route I (and many cyclists in NYC) go on almost weekly, and the times the pros posted simply blew my mind. I had no frame of reference just how fast they truly are until this event.
For perspective, your average enthusiast rider, doing an average of 20mph over the length of the course, will finish over an hour slower. An old guy like me who can manage an average of 15mph will take 5:30 compared to the 3:07 of the pros…
Drafting is very important. If you join several strong riders it get's fast really quick
Some crazy speed right! 🤯 Do you like cycling in NYC?
@@gcn cycling in NYC is actually pretty great. Tons of bike infrastructure, and one gets around quicker than the drivers!
Right lol, my best effort so far is 52mi/83km in 3:37 (avg 14.4mph) and I was absolutely blasted and fell asleep shortly after I got home. I've only been riding 3-4 years now though and took 2 winters off. Being almost 40 probably doesn't help.
If Alex and Ollie get dropped from their respective pro and amateur groups...Ollie being dropped from breakaway group, speaks to how incredibly fast participant racers were because they are both talented bike riders.
Congrats to all and thanks for sharing this competition.
P.S. As an American, NYC doesn't get a lot of positive press these days, but this is clearly the better side of humanity.
Theres probably ex pros in the amateur race
@@davidgfisher NYC was a cavalier reference. A stone's throw.
I really enjoyed this video! I completed the GFNY race in NYC every year from 2012 - 2023. The only excludions were the first year it was held in 2011, and the years it was put on hold due to the pandemic. I have also completed other GFNY races in other parts of the US, plus 1 in Italy. It was great to see your coverage, and to watch you enjoy something that has been a big part of my cycling life for over a decade.
There are two additional things that makes GFNY special. One is that they have other races around the US and around the world, which allows it to potentially be a year round series of motivating races. Also , there are weekly training rides in the NYC area much of the year. These factors allow it to move beyond just a 1 day event, and become a lifestyle and community. I am thankful for the dozens and dozens of friends I have made from literally around the world over the years.
Thanks for the video! I competed with as an amateur (my fourth NYC and 13th overall in the series) and had a great time and am glad I got a selfie with you both!
Thanks for saying hello 🙌 We loved the event 💨
Ollie did an amazing job as usual, but Alex! 4-5 years out of pro racing and still hanging with the pro peloton for 1/2 the race - ridiculously amazing. Enjoyed seeing the reality and humanity of real-world performance from the GCN crew.
you can hardly call this a pro peloton, with only 2 pro teams there.
@@sorenludwig3978 you’re right Soren what was I thinking. You’ve completely changed my mind on the matter. 😄
He's one of our fastest 💪 He loves a race 💨
I'm not surprised Alex did well. Despite his happy-go-lucky demeanor he's a strong guy and very competitive. Congrats go to both. Nice to see you here in my hometown 😊
Alex explaining that his priorities were wrong because he was "... wanting to stay safe"; reminds me of a quote: you know you're getting old when all you exercise is caution. 😆 Well done lads! This was a fun to watch, nice effort for you both! And Alex, as a retired pro of 4 years to not come in last with the others, is a fantastic! Well done.
Both of them smashed it 💥 We want to go back now 👀
This race was super fast. I did it back in 2018 and I barely finished the 50 mile mark up Bear Mountain. Those pros are otherworldly fast. I can’t wait for the Power analysis.
Always love to see the presenting team participate in races. It always seems to highlight the best of them. Their competitiveness, their drive, but also often how they have each other’s backs either with encouragement or effort on the course. Always been a dream since I started watching in 2020 for all presenters to race together as a team for a race. Also, yes please and thank you on the deep dive!
Thanks for coming to my home, the Hudson Valley, New York, to go up the hills and thrills that I experience every day. I hope you guys came away with a different perspective of what we ride regularly sans saying you didn't even get to ride up Perkins Mountain (known as Bear Mountain), which had to be dropped from the race because of UCI rules. That's the real "tough" climb in the neck of the woods.
Absolutely love these videos, where our GCN friends challenge themselves and push their limits. Whenever it gets hard on a ride, I tell myself stop whinging and pedal, this is nowhere close to the suffering GCN overcomes in their challenges. Good job guys!
Thanks Alex , Dr O , and crew. Well done all ! Very cool , enjoy the town .
Rock solid content. Well done lads.
Soooooo cool seeing the roads I rode in NYC and NJ for many years!!! River Road along the NJ side of the Hudson River is always amazing.
You've got some great riding near you! 👌 Should we come back soon for more?
Deep dive tech vid on power analysis?!?!?! Yes please 😀
We'll see what we can do 👀
9W up to Bear Mountain is a classic route - it's what all the NYC-based cyclists do.
Shame they had to remove the Bear Mountain climb. Didn’t meet UCI safety requirements
We'll just have to come back! 😎
So fascinating. It does really make you appreciate how good you have to be to ride as a pro.
Gotta chuckle at “Aero-Ollie” riding along with the loose number plate scooping air 😉
Hahaha it's a crime against aero isn't it 🤣
done yourselves proud lads ✊🏻
I've done this event 7 times - missed it this year though. Always enjoyed, and it makes for a great early season test of the climbing legs. You guys missed the old course with the climb up Bear Mountain (a real climb) which was the iconic section, but it's still a great course. Great job!
sorry you missed out this year. The guys loved it!
Love this! So awesome to see some GCN content on our side of the pond! Great video! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Crazy, I remember when Uli and Lydia were talking about this so many years ago. They did an amazing job creating these events.
Great video and content. Re pro races, I guess in a stage race, the time cut off means the groupeto has to still push, but on a single day race this isn't an issue. Fair play for jumping through all the UCI hoops pre race to sort this out.
Great watch. More than solid efforts, too!
I can't wait to see the numbers break down. I for one really like to see the break down of watts and VO2 over the period of exertion. Great job guys!
Alex and Ollie is the best pairing on GCN - they work so well together.
Which is probably just as well, as after the eating challenge, I don’t think Conor will ever agree to ride with Ollie again.😅
I did gfny last year it was awesome seeing you guys race it! You mentioned the winner of the zwift academy winning it in a previous year. The female runner up from zwift academy Chiara Doni won it last year.
GFNY 2016 Was my first bike race and first century ride (to be fair, I did 98mi in the lead-up). I really liked and appreciated the weekly official GFNY training races...also the literal 15 minute casual ride from my front door to the start line.
Well done lads. Sounds like you guys had a blast. Congratulations on finishing and staying safe
Thanks 👍
I loved the vid...Dan modeling the t-shirt cracked me up.
This looks like a blast! Seeing pros and amateurs go head-to-head is fascinating. Ollie did an amazing job as usual. i like how it matches up with similar events I've experienced.
🙋 I'd like to see a deep dive into the power figures
brilliant, guys! glad you got to experience that, and thanks for sharing! this is excellent content.
Loved the video. Good job guys!
wow what a great day ahy,
excellent💪 effort guys,
tough it may well have been but i bet the experience was something else, great mix of riders to compete with,
I thought you looked a bit to big for your bike Alix but you didn't say anything so i guess it was ok for you,
your not wrong when you retire as you do tend to be not as tenacious as once was,
well done, & yes beautiful bikes...gosh.
I've just done Ford RideLondon, as an interesting contrast with GFNY, particularly when it comes to climbing. RideLondon was a paltry 1280 metres over 166 km. When I last did GFNY, back when it too was the same length, the climbing meters were 2677. Non-New Yorkers are often surprised at just how hilly New Jersey and New York are. Even your standard thrash over the GW Bridge from Manhattan, up River Road (including the first climbs of the old GFNY, the Great Wall and Alpine) and back is over 640m for barely 48km. The other wonderful aspect of cycling from NY is just how quickly you are out of the city and into the countryside, in total contrast to London. Main similarity? The potholes and generally crappy road surfaces.
Moving to NYC next month, can't wait to try this route!
You’ll love it. Make a point of doing some rides over the bridge, make a right and head up Route 9W.
I just moved from NYC a couple years ago and I really miss that ride. Enjoy it!!!
Eyy right in my home town, glad you guys enjoyed the city!
Fantastic as always and fun to see NYC!
Placing Top 50 out of 5100 is fantastic. Be proud🎉
I certainly would want to ride on these events. I did the National Bike MS Round Up ride in Dallas. Having fun makes long drives worth it.
Power analysis? I’m in!
My left leg IT band always gives me grief. Sore and stiff. Some rides I’ve no issues, others it’s painful, annoying, good efforts lads.
Great effort the pair of you !! that race was really fast !
The pro's are rapid 💨
Ollie's unpinned number has sent my OCD into overdrive. Also, those socks are UCI illegal! Good job he was in the 5000 bunch or UCI would give him a smacked bottom! And a 500CHF fine! 🤑
Ollie - uci has no jurisdiction here
@@Ashbridg3s 😂
I'm guessing one of his corners broke off.
Are we certain that the smacked bottom wouldn't just be rewarding him and encouraging the behaviour in the future?
@@richm.3477 hahhahaha
Ollie, Maybe you should try the Cape Town Cycle Tour. The pro's start about 5 miniutes ahead of the first amateur group.
I think you mean Semi-Pro,they're not up to the standard of European Pro's.
I think you mean Semi-Pro's,they they're not the same standard as European pro's.
Oooo that sounds good! 👀
Love seeing these guys stateside and featuring US events!! Bring them to California racing!!
Ollie's bike's colorway reminds me strongly of my first road bike. The white, black, and blue is mint *chef's kiss*
Pretty special right! You can catch more details here 👉 ua-cam.com/video/za9JhbRWxk4/v-deo.html
Love this one, particularly the chat at the end 👍🏽
More than the racing? 🤔
@@gcn the racing was interesting, but yeah, the race review was some nice insight and reflection
Well done boys! Great vid as always 👏
My stomping grounds! I love the Palisades. What did you think of the juxtaposition of the mega metropolis of NYC vs the nature in Northern NJ/ NY state?
Such a cool place to ride a bike! We want to go back 😢
Incredible as usual. Ollie is better than he thinks and Alex still has it in him despite the retirement 4 or 5 years ago. He's proven it many times during ths fun episodes against the other GCN presenters or in his general public races he's participated in. I think, he and Si are the fastest presenters but the only difference is Si, I think, retired a decade before him.
Again, another great episode as usual
thanks for the comment! It sounds like we need a presenter race!
@@gcn Uh, oh! I didn't mean to spark a competition but if it's gonna be for fun, then YES! Haha!
I'm guessing this wasn't Alex, otherwise you'd have been gracious to my compliment. Haha! Hello to all the presenters!
Top efforts from you both. Glad you had a good time in NY
It's hard to have a bad time when the vibes are this good 👌
This was an awesome video. Congratulations to you both 🎉 And definitely do that deep dive tech video!
We took a look at the bikes in this video 👉ua-cam.com/video/za9JhbRWxk4/v-deo.html
@Ollie, please make a video on how many watts that number board cost you. No jokes, was wondering about it during a recent race we had to do with a similar board.
Dudes. This inspires me to possibly sign up for GFNY Sebring. Granted, not the elevation gain like in NY (Sebring is down in pretty much pan-flat south Florida), but I would love to experience something like this.
Do it do it do it!
Great video. You guys did a really good job. I participated in the same race in 2023 to test the new route for this year's pro race. Ride On.
Did you enjoy the race last year! Such a cool event right!? 👌
Well done guys!
We Love you to Ollie and Alex! Cheers until the next one! Would love to see GCN come try the Dirty Dozen in Pennsylvania! Plenty of hills to climb 😁
Oooo tempting... very tempting!
I learned at lot here, thank you for this production. amazing.
you're welcome!
Glad you all enjoyed my city!
Ollie was lucky to not get disqualified for those atrocious socks 😂
We are going to ban him from the office!
Well done guys super quick
Brilliant video. Thank you.
In the context of talent development, I guess you want to see a slight overlap between the top-performing amateurs and the least competitive professionals, to ensure a smoother transition from amateur to professional cycling. You don't want a significant performance gap.
The Colnago bikes were 🔥 🔥🔥…bike specs and comparison post race please!!!🙏🏼
Want to see more? Here you go 👉ua-cam.com/video/za9JhbRWxk4/v-deo.html
Brilliant video and those bikes 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
thanks! make sure you share it with your mates who would love it too!
Well done to both of you,your both champs
Great effort boys
how rare to see GCN presenters in the sunlight. I'm used to see you in gilets soaked and cold.
We get to have out fun in the sun sometimes too 🤣 Conor has been soaking up the run this weekend... more on that soon 👀
Well done boys !!
I was in that race. It was a killer race but so much fun!! Wish I could’ve met you guys. Maybe next year. 🚴🏾💨💨💨
Great ride boys well done.
Love the c68 ollie but that gold chainring is an interesting choice🤨
all about aero and efficiency, according to Ollie!
That C68 is awesome - would be my choice.
Thing is though whilst Ollie might be an amateur he is a top level amateur and Alex is way off what a pro nowadays is. Not being insulting, just facts!
Best bikes for this show, no Pinarello nonsense. Good!
Wow you both did amazingly well guys 😊 great vid 🚴🏻👍💪Pete
Marvelous content
Good stuff!
Great video. No need for power analysis for me, or any more bike washing videos, but this sort of content is great - it could easily have been a longer video. I miss GCN+ racing content of course, but is there any reason that we shouldn't have the longer videos that GCN+ also used to contain?
10:55 that masseur has this look of ennui on his face. "Oh dear, another weekend warrior with over-tight quads"
Hahaha not his first rodeo 🤣
Being an NYC cyclist, Alex got to experience something even I've never done: ride through the streets in the dead of night, with absolutely no traffic for miles. Just the sounds of the city going by; his route up to the GW is also my route up to the GW (rode it today, actually. 74 miles total, into Jersey the opposite direction to Staten Island, hopped a ferry back to civilization and then rode all the way back home) and I've never seen it deserted like that.
Racers in NYC do it regularly, as the races in Central Park and Prospect Park start pretty much at first light.
@@danwang8825 yeah, and I have absolutely no interest in waking up that early to ride a bike. I ride down 9W in the middle of the afternoon, when everyone is on their way back from Nyack, and I'm the only cyclist in town when I get there. It's actually nice, cross into Tarrytown and take the South County Trail back to the city
@@danwang8825 although, I wouldn't necessarily mind riding through the city at, say, midnight or 1 am when I'm awake anyway, but you wouldn't catch me waking up that early to go for a ride
Awesome job guys!! I might have done something like that along time but not now.
Why not now? It's never too late 😉
Yes to power analysis
would love to see the world tour version pro team version of this. Start not with the development team of alpacin Deceuninck, but with Mathieu VDP, Wout VA etc going in for the win with team support VS amateurs on the same day.
Maybe Flanders, all on sunday instead on saterday for the tourist ride and sunday 'for reels'? or Roubaix for that mather 😀
Great video 😊
Y'all are STUDS.
What was your pre-race diet the day before the race? NYC Pizza 🍕 Pie or New York Cheesecake?
Cheesecote climb…brutal, have raced this 3 times in the past and know the pain well.
Amazing coverage of GFNY by GCN, you guys smashed it.
super good music in this video!
Interested to see that GFNY is no longer 100 miles. I’ve done it several times (although not for a few years) and it’s always been 100. Also, as challenging as the big climb up Bear Mountain is (at mile 50 mark), Bear is nowhere near 2000m, more like 2000 feet!
Actually, it's not even 2000 ft, only 1293'/393m!
Amateurs are prepared to pay big money on bikes similar to pro bikes now.
The Gap is Closing on Pro Riders even with there big budgets and team tactics.
I believe this is a good thing, it opens the door to new talent.
Literally the whole time tdf bikes have been available for purchase, it's maybe the most important rule about bike equipment.
It's not the bikes that make the pros good my dear Fredrico.
It's so cool that in our sport we can get so close to the pros and being able to ride the same kit as them is pretty special! Imagine if we got to drive F1 cars in real life... ah, cycling is the best!
We had to listen Dr. Bridgewood pontificate us for countless hours about how Aero is the best thing in humankind history since sliced bread... just to watch him ride a whole race with an unpinned race number flapping in the wind! I believe in England they would appropriately refer to this as "Bollocks!"
We never said he was a racer 😉
Fun to watch
Even more fun to ride!
@@gcn I've done the ride on my own. Slowly (very slowly) of course. It was fun. Thanks for bringing it to us!
Bridgewood is just a legend
I think you should do the Five Borough Bike Tour next year. That’s a really fun ride.
That sounds cool! Have you done it before?
@@gcn Yes. Did it last year. We had perfect weather for it. Really fun ride, though I wasn’t able to do it this year. Definitely aiming to repeat it next year. Fun fact: I rode it two days after an emergency root canal…
Nice job guys! I would be interested in that analysis.
We'll see what we can do 👀
. . . and you got to meet Nelson Vails. Connecting the past to the present. Well done.
Raul Alcala was also in it, as part of Team GFNY