Buckstones Breakfast Run
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- #cycling #pennines #yorkshire #oakleyjawbreaker
A Clipping In update and an early-Sunday jaunt to the Buckstones.
Note : video upload is back to 4k after a recent run of 1080p.
Does anyone watch in 4k?
Many true words spoken, Gordon. I think I speak for all your following in saying that we just enjoy the videos when they come and the frequency is not the most important. It is you, your wise words and most of all, the beautiful world around you that you cycle in that matters.
Thanks Neil. I like this format of 'accompanied ride video' and I don't want to stray too far into 'dear diary' vlogging or reviews/opinion pieces from the back bedroom, which seem to be popular with a lot of channels. It's probably quicker and easier but I don't think it ages well. The only drawback with this format is when I'm not doing ultra-scenic rides there's not much to film.
How very true. I was riding back from York to Leeds today ( Sunday) in a block headwind and resenting every pedal stroke. Then I suddenly thought - I’m fit enough to be outside riding. It’s sunny, warm - what the hell have I got to complain about. It’s about perspective. Thanks for the wise words 😀👍
Thanks Jonathan. The last time I was over there, in August '23, I was caught in an almighty downpour near the Marston Moor monument and found myself in a dark mood for a few miles until I experienced a similar epiphany to yours. 'What a great experience' I thought, pedalling through Collingham to Scarcroft grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
Great to have you back Gordon. All your videos are greatly appreciated
I second that
Thanks, Todd. You'll have seen on Strava that my riding's a bit erratic at the moment, but I'm ticking over and I'll try to fit in a few summer videos ... just to prove we actually have a summer :))
Inspirational words 🙂, i've been missing your video's, glad to see you out again...and you missed the rain?, got the soaking of my life just east of Leeds today 🌧😄.
You're right, it is easy to get swept up in the strava/social media world, I have a tendency to compare myself to other cyclists and feel that I should be much faster/fitter/slimmer than I am ....when really I am doing much more than the average person sat on a sofa watching telly. Looking forward to future videos 🚴
Thanks Claire. It was hammering down with a few thunderclaps when I was editing the video c. 1pm. Monsoon worthy rain!
I'm sure social media of all types is designed to provoke strong emotions and unsettle us.
We can get caught comparing ourselves to a stream of 'Greatest Hits' and it's very hard to win or simply feel good under those circumstances.
You're spot-on about the difference between what you can do on a bike and the average person - there's no comparison.
I shoot less footage with the hand-held camera and that greatly reduces editing time (1:40 for this one), so I'll hopefully still catch a few summer rides for the channel.
Well said, we all take are health for granted as well. I suffer from M. E. so anything I do is a bonus. Just keep enjoying your cycling Gordon I for one really enjoy your hard work because it inspires me to get out and try something however small. 🚴🚴🚴
Thank Gerard. I've always tried to keep this channel centred on the landscapes and the joy of cycling through them, rather than veering into equipment, performance etc. That it can serve in an inspirational capacity is wonderful and always gives me a lift. The pre-Christmas Sub Two Series seemed to hit the mark with a lot of viewers & I'll probably return to that concept over the next few months when time is tight.
Wise words Gordon…keep the vids coming when you can, your efforts are much appreciated 👍
Thanks Ralphster - with a bit of luck I'll still be posting a few summer rides to the dales when I have the time, but there won't be a regular upload schedule.
Great to see you out again with the camera, Gordon and thanks for the reminder to keep a bit of perspective and fight the urge to grumble. To be healthy enough and have the means to grab a bike and go when we have time is something to be ever thankful for! 🙂
I realised the opening few minutes were in danger of becoming a torrent of hard-luck grumbling but the climb past Booth Wood into the hills nudged me out of it. Cheers Martin.
The Buckstones Rocks view looks Unreal,amazing.I tune in for the chit chat and comedy banter,it’s easy viewing.Look forward to your next ride🚴🏼
Cheers. I know the Buckstones like the back of my hand but with sunlight coming through those dappled clouds it still surprises me. Also, when the wind's right it's a popular site for paragliders, which always makes for nice viewing.
Don't know about 'stravanoia', but I came off strava because I got to know the key segments on my regular rides, and was just not able to relax and have just a 'nice ride' anymore because I couldn't help but push on those known segments and it was starting to take the fun out of my regular rides.
I think what you describe feeds into this sense of 'data overload' which influences or overpowers the rides.
Once upon a time we had basic cycle computers with average speed and we knew our best times for certain hills via stopwatch or heart-rate monitor, but now every ride is broken down into segments and our rides become a chain of mini time-trials. As you say, it makes it hard to potter.
Always enjoy your videos Gordon .. many thanks
Thanks, Sandra. I'll still be posting videos over the summer but not with any regularity.
I was starting to wonder what had happened to you - thanks for explaining. I was out this morning too - a lovely day for it - Harewood,Kirkby Overblow,Wetherby,Thorner,Leeds. Tons of cyclists out - unsurprisingly.
Nice area, I haven't been over there for a while. I've been promising a 'Tour of York' for the best part of a year so I'll try to head to the east with the chestcam before the school holidays start.
When it does arrive I’ll be watching. Love em 😊
Thanks Dave. I'm hoping to catch at least a few summer rides on video. Once a fortnight looks realistic while time's tight.
nice video Gordon good to see you back on the vlogs appreciate the effort and time that it takes to put them together and all very true 👍
Thanks, Ian. Switching to a hand-held camera cuts the editing & production time in half so I'll still be capturing a few Pennine rides over the summer months.
Good to see you out again😊
Thanks Lisa - I'm still hoping to keep a few videos rolling over the summer months but they'll probably come through in irregular groupings.
You’d have to go far to beat that view from the summit of Buckstones Gordon 🤩….Wise words spoken there my friend 👌🏻, stay safe and look forward to the next instalment as and when it comes around.
I never tire of seeing that curving view towards the rocks with Emley Moor in the distance. What a place. Thanks, Mick.
Nice to see the video. Thanks. Must have almost passed me going the other way but it was raining when I got to Scammonden Bridge.
Thanks, Dave. I was crossing Scammonden Bridge around 10 am - back home before 10:30. Give me a shout if you spot me round there.
Nice to see you back Gordon, and Wise Words indeed, Hope soon you’ll be able to allocate more time to the things you love in life.
Thanks Dave. Time's going to be tight for a few months but I'll hopefully still get a few videos out over the summer - when it turns up.
Good to hear that you hadn't ran away to the circus Gordon, or worse! Had wondered if you were ok or not.
For me, I only ever compete with myself these days and my standards. I couldn't give two monkeys what others think of my ride stats. As an extremely competitive youngster it's just the remnants from those days.
I am happy with 8-10 hours of ride time a week on a good week! That is what I aim for.
Anyway, take care, and hope to see you back out on another ride when you shoehorn it in.
Cheers Duncan.
The social media/public-posting of ride data is an interesting topic which I keep bumping into online. Reading comments on GCN videos advising people how to break 30km/h on 'normal rides', you can see how important it is to so many.
For the most part they're not racers but they're still swimming in performance data. They spend lots on 'fast kit' and they're reluctant to use a heavy/slow training bike because it 'slows them down'.
I've come to terms with being slow but that's because a few years ago I'd said goodbye to cycling after the hip break, so it's all a bonus.
Great to see the sense of humour is still riding high😂
I'd be lost without it. Cheers, Ian.
Time tunnel and a worm hole, so I can join you with all these rides I used to do. Very jealous - have to watch through you tube to see and imagine these awesome variety of green spaces dry stone walls and wide valleys.
Thanks Robin. It's a wonderful place and I always feel very grateful to be enjoying a second phase of cycling after so many years out. There should be plenty more of these cycling videos on the horizon.
Good to have you back..... Nice ride
Cheers Jason. It was a nice morning and for once I beat the rain. It was hammering down when I was editing the video.
@@clippingin1593 I got caught in it myself yesterday whilst out on the bike......didn't think it was possible to get as wet as I did!
Those sensors on traffic lights are amazing. How they know we have just unclipped .. Instantly change.
Haha - spot-on. I had the camera in my right hand so I probably clipped out a little earlier than usual but the traffic lights spotted it!
Love getting up to Buckstones, it's not far from hone for me, so the last time I went I took the long cut, through Brighouse up to Mytholmroyd, then Cragg Vale, over the tops with more climbs and treat myself to ice cream eventually at Buckstones car park. Totally agree about the multitude of stats now available, they start to take away the pleasure of the ride.
It's great cycling country, Jason. We're lucky to have these hills on our doorsteps. I'm moaning a bit in this video because I'm under the cosh time-wise but there are all kinds of adventures to be had in 40-50 miles up there.
Your route is a belter, there's one video on here from April '23 where I went over Queensbury - Keighley - Laneshaw Bridge - Herders - Cock Hill and then followed what I'm guessing is your Cragg - Hollingworth Lake - New Hey - Denshaw route. Inspiring countryside.
@clippingin1593 I went left at the top of Cragg Vale the right over Baitings, coming out near the M62 farmhouse, dropped left down the hill then a right for a bit of another climb up to Scammonden Bridge.
@@jasonharris839 I see. I was mentally connecting the top of Cragg to Denshaw but this sounds the nice little lane joining Booth Wood & Ringstone Reservoirs. Grand cycling country.
@clippingin1593 "nice" was not how I was describing the climbs whilst doing them, however there were many considerate drivers that patiently waited for me to ascend which does also make for a good ride.
I think that your bike would find it way up Bucktones without you on it lol
40 or 50 mile rides are about right, as you say otherwise its massively time consuming and you have to spend half your life on your bike
When you did your 'festive 500' (wow! unbelievable) I was completely snowed under with work and it rained every weekend, so its important not to worry about what others are doing, as you say. My distance aggregates will be massively down this year.
Good luck!
I just follow the grooves in the road......It's an autopilot ride, but I like known quantities when I'm pushed for time - plus it's a fantastic panorama. A lot of the time I'm keeping my riding up with an hour per day - definitely better than nothing - and it should leave me in reasonable nick for when the schedule opens up again. Cheers, Paul.
, Cycling is Incredibly Time Consuming , 100% True. I knew it when I did it. ATB Mate
Cheers, Brian. 'Cycling + Video Making' has been quite a balancing act this year and at times I've had to drop one or the other, or both.
So true, people do not update Strava with slower rides. Or they make sure the head note explains any speed deficits over the norm.
Exactly that, Adam. I've heard of people deliberately catching trains and riding home with tailwinds just to spice up the average speed!
It's a human trait to locate by making comparisons, but when it starts to undermine us - as I've read about in so many running & cycling blogs - then we need some kind of reset.
I do think there is some self comparison causing this, but that does carry over to commenting on other people’s rides/achievements. My ride to work is flat and some decent descents, and invariably down wind. I’ve received comments (from now deleted followers, hence why I only have two haha) like “you’ll be slower on the way home” and “wind assisted I see”. As if I’d automatically assumed I now think my average speed is 20mph haha.
@@ramsden35 It strikes me as an elbows-out way of commenting on a ride. Some people assume that all posts on the internet are directly addressing or even challenging them, so they're easily triggered into those kinds of 'defensive put downs'.
I get the occasional odd comment on CI but a few years ago when I had a music channel I'd attract all kinds of remarks intended to 'put me in my place' or snuff out what they thought was boasting.
I think your commute rides are tremendous - I used to do 12 miles each way and that's not easy with a day's work in the middle.
I just ride my bike I’m not bothered about watts or zones I’m well past my sell by date anyway 🐐🤣. Don’t bother about the quantity of videos you do I think the ones you do are very good quality 👍
Thanks. I've almost adapted to life in the slow lane but I'm hoping to capture at least a few videos of summer rides (if that season actually arrives) - probably Pennine based for time-reasons.
Great bike ride ,come on Gordon think of the viewers lol
Haha, cheers Matt - I hope to capture some evidence of the elusive West Yorks summer.
I'm sure I speak for all your viewers, that we don't care about any infrequency, we're just happy with whatever you give us. And as usual, this vid is full of info and your personal thoughts. Despite my representations to Pinnerello on your behalf, I've not heard back from them, which is just as well because you wouldn't have the time to turn up at their events and trips abroad. Ah well.
Thanks - there's probably a botox, veneers and weight-loss clause with those ambassador roles and my modelling days are long gone. I'll have to dig out my carbon Cannondale TT machine for a bit of new-bike-glamour, although I might struggle to ride in that position nowadays!
I like the format of 'guided rides + chat' and I try to avoid indoor videos, apart from the odd info-packed special, so when the longer rides dry up I'm left in a bit of a pickle with respect to subject matter, but I'm still hopeful of catching some of the elusive summer cycling for posterity.
Well if you go back to my comments on earlier videos, probably last year, I mentioned that the Ride along with Gordon idea would be a winner, providing that you catered for the slower rider, rather than the whippet. I'd book a place.
@@ajollygoodchap I remember it well, and I think the Pen-y-ghent circuit was mentioned. It's a super 50 miles starting from Skipton, Gargrave, or Settle.
Don't rule it for later this year - I'm sure we could engineer some kind of rendezvous in July or August - no bookings necessary.
Gordon I Agree 1000%. It d same with lots things in life. Too much data i.
t. Judging etc Simplicity N. N Less Choices Were Better N ?? Bred Happier People?? Well Done Brian
I'm sure that social media is designed to provoke strong emotions and that can often unsettle or upset people. Everything from wanting the products or services on display to feeling profoundly inferior to the 'examples' we're presented with. Ever-present data only adds to the comparison process.
If we're the 'managers' then social media can be positive and inspiring, but once we become 'managed' then it can quickly change.
Thanks Gordon. Have Good Week. The Truth is The Truth P. Pilate said. ,What is Truth , He was Seeking Too
Wow 4/ 5 Hours Man that's long. N I'm viewing this nearly 27August. Wrs all that Gone since I saw this 17 june last oh like winter again now
The weather forecast looks better for the start of September. Let's hope they're correct.
When I use the chest camera then I generate a lot of raw footage, which I have to review and edit, and the video production time goes through the roof.
With the hand-held camera I only shoot a fraction of the footage and I use almost all of it, so it's an easier job stitching the videos together. I prefer using the chest-camera and including fast descents and steep climbs, but I don't always have 4-5 hours of spare time for the video.
It's a balancing act.
Love the videos, love the channel but I understand exactly what you are saying, I’m struggling to get content out with 5/6 hours of editing plus the extra hours added on to your ride for b roll and stuff for UA-cam to give you £2.50 a month, just struggling to find the time
I've seen a gradual process where video production rapidly expands to fill any available time, which makes it difficult when spare time is thin on the ground. Whether it's the channel holder's own creative ambition or expected 'production values' from an audience, it all absorbs time.
You're in a different position with 10,000+ subscribers but there comes a point, regardless of revenue, where you've got to look after yourself and fit things around your limitations and restrictions.
I'll be doing shorter, back-to-basics hand-held stuff for a few months to slash that 4-5 Hrs down to sub-2 Hrs.
You get the occasional person expecting BBC production values from spare bedrooms but the majority of regulars who enjoy the content and warm to your personality will understand the limitations and ebb and flow of spare time.
Reading through the comments on this video was very encouraging.
@@clippingin1593 agree you have a great personality and love listening to your story’s 😊
What lenses have you got inside your oakleys and where did you get them from please ?
Hello Julian. These are clear single-vision distance lenses for the Jawbreaker frame - I bought them online from 'Extreme Eyewear' in York using a recent prescription. Initially I bought 'Black Iridium Polarising' - there are a couple of videos about it from last July & September - and I was so impressed that I bought the clear shield.
I used the clear lenses for a full West Yorks Winter and they've been superb with hardly any of the steaming or raindrop related vision problems of my previous Bolle system.
Definitely worth investigating.
@@clippingin1593 thank you I'll look them up cheers.
Hi was wondering what had happened so Utube n video take lots time other make it sound not !?
I'm sure there are ways of producing videos in less time - this one took around 40% of the previous ones and I still think it's passable under the circumstances, so with a bit of luck I'll still capture a few summer rides.
Thanks Clipping in All the Best CU Again was d 100 miles too much U did!?
I Gave up Perfection. isee it n others too. I'm no fool. leads to more unhappy people n world
Wise words. It's like chasing a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.