Do you want to see us do more races like this in other cities? 🚴 Let us know in the comments below! 👇

@hugobci

Жыл бұрын

You guys need to visit São Paulo to climb some streets

@SamuelLudden

Жыл бұрын

This would make a great series

@petersteadman841

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely banging! Ride on 👍

@DazzlingCake

Жыл бұрын

Public roads are not for racing, especially in highly populated areas. I don't like the idea of promoting this behaviour. I have no problem with sightseeing and such, but racing is a no from me.

@denizulas7182

Жыл бұрын

Yes please! you can't go wrong with making a series of this , bit of history mixed with tourism and great cycling content. Oh and also showing the cycling culture of different cities.

Hank's enthusiasm is so bloody infectious

Hank and Alec races are great entertainment. More please.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

If you liked that you should check out our 'Off the street's film on GCN+! 👉 gcn.eu/OffTheStreets

I'm being given massive anxiety from those tramlines...

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

😬😬

Music choice on point for this video! Not a particular fan of European techno, but when in Berlin...

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

🤟🎧

I would love for this to become a series though all the different big european cities!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Nice idea! Where would you like to Hank head next? 🗺

@xnoideawhatimdoinx

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn vienna (bias since i live here) but also maybe Prague or Zagreb. Not alot of coverage of cycling in the eastern parts of europe.

@MrAyley7

Жыл бұрын

But them riding fixed! with brakes for video purposes 😂

@laszlohenes

Жыл бұрын

You need to do this in Budapest, Hungary as well.

In my opinion the highlight of Berlin cycling culture are the Critical Mass protest rides. These set off from Kreuzberg on the last Friday of every month with the aim of campaigning for better cycling infrastructure in the city. There are usually at least 1000 participants, especially in the summer months. So far, these campaigns have been a tremendous success: cycling infrastructure has improved immensely in the past couple of years (although there is still much room for improvement). Related to this, there is also a Berlin campaign to make the entire area enclosed by the S-Bahn ring a car free zone. If this passes, it would make Berlin City centre the biggest car-free zone in the world.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

This is so cool to hear! Great to see cyclists creating change in a city! What impact do you think these types of rides have had on the cycling infrastructure?👀

@jbnsn13

Жыл бұрын

Yeees Critical Mass is the best! And the amazing thing is that is doesn´t just take place in Berlin but in lots of other German cities as well :)

@dundeedideley1773

11 ай бұрын

Lol S-Bahn ring car free is a pipe dream. It would be the most ambitious project of its kind on the planet, not even the Netherlands go that far.

Was a little disappointed in the lack of techno in the last Berlin video, so very happy to see it well represented here.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

🎧🎵🥁

@mac23806

Жыл бұрын

I know right

Love cycling in Berlin! But the city has a long way to go to make it safer. I commute on a daily basis on my bike and have had many close calls with cars and sometimes buses. Love the bike lanes though

@SonnyDarvishzadeh

Жыл бұрын

So does the whole Germany. This country is pretty far behind The Netherlands.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Do you think the fact that it is not perfect makes you enjoy it more? Keeps you on the edge? 👀

I admire Hank's tram track bunnyhop at 5:45.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Hahahah he's got the skills 🙌

@MisterAndyS

Жыл бұрын

Far superior to crashing on the tracks.

Going down that bridge (11:50) at that speed is just insane because what comes after is not what you see in the video :D

i wont call this a race , more likely controlled fast riding through Berlin , only things i wont do , passing pedestrians that close and cornering into blind spots . for the peeps complaining that Alec wont use the bikelane on Str .17 Juni , it s super bumpy and dangerous while going + 20 km/h .btw Bikemessenger here -since winter 89/90

Berlin is not like any other City in Germany. I have visited this city many times on holidays and I am still finding new things I have not seen or noticed before .

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever explored by bike? 👀

I love it how the route is shown but then immediately goes pedaling in the other direction :D

00:27 video editor should get a raise

Having lived in Hamburg and Vienna for many years I visited Berlin every now and then. Love this episode by GCN, it made me miss Germany. Thanks, GCN!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Glad we could help! Did you know we have a German channel? 👉www.youtube.com/@gcnaufdeutsch

As somebody who is from Berlin... I see that and it's kind of cute that you made it a (show-)race 🙂. But yeah, probably you realized yourself that it's super unfair, especially if you have different routes, as some roads have construction going on, other bikers, lots of traffic and so on... Also, you are right, compared to e.g. London the center of Berlin has gotten a LOT better over time for cyclists. The outskirts on the other hand are still bad. Also while you have those painted on lanes everywhere... If there are parking cars on the right - traffic on the left... And some idiots who do park on the cycling road... It's sometimes pretty dangerous to navigate the city even with all that stuff in place.

What kind of pants is Alec wearing? Very cool!

@H15W1T5END

Жыл бұрын

Was wondering the same thing

@beardfu979

Жыл бұрын

Managed to find them, BRAIN DEAD X RAPHA TRAIL PANT, not cheap haha!

@H15W1T5END

Жыл бұрын

Good work, but 😮🤑

2:44 Alec setting off in completely the wrong direction to get to Check Point Charlie from the Brandenburg Gate 😂

I wish you had made this a year ago before I visited! Amazing city, great video. Thanks!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

A shame! Glad you liked it though!

Very entertaining and yes I would like to see more racing between you two.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

If you'd like some more of Alec. You should check out our 'Art of cornering' doc on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/7Pp

A good idea for next city is Prague and it's surrounding area. It's also quite close to Berlin. 😁

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Sounds good! We'd love to check it out

@jeskli11

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn Make sure to bring a gravel bike, those cobbles in the Old Town are horrible for a roadie!

"It is what it is, I wouldn't bother coming here viewers...."😂🤣😅 brilliant entertaining fun..

I loved it! I've been to Berlin only once for two days on my primary-school trip with our partner school already a few years back. Though I still recognized so many of the places (not only the landmarks) you've cycled by, it makes me want to go there by my own and preferably see Berlin from the saddle.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Do it do it do it! It's a great city with some great cycling, did you catch Hank and Alec joining Berlin's fastest group ride? 👉kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIWVqKSneZW9Zco.html

Now that‘s what I call sightseeing 👌

As always a quality film. I'd like to see the chaos that ensues from a Hank, Alec and Blake adventure.....

Awesome race guys! Next stop Amsterdam landmarks!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

That would be great! Who do you think would win it? 👀

@satchmotionrc8202

Жыл бұрын

It would definitely be too hard to pick who would win. That's not the important part. It's getting out there and riding as many places as you can. For the exposure and the experience.

Alec unquestionably won the fashion challenge... by far! Way to go, lads!!

living here i squirmed in excitement everytime i recognised a street i travel down almost daily

👏This is 🔥as usual!!! How about an unusual challenge--track bike vs folding bike?

Very cool to see Berlin again (even only on a video). I'm usually there at some concert being played. Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Mercedes Benz Arena, Waldbühne, etc. 1-2 days off is all I can afford - not much time for touring.

And yes please do cargo bike race videos! (I ride them for work and have my - actually the same one the courier that hank bumped into had!)

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Great looking bike! What sort of race should we do? Cargo bike ally cat? Who can carry the most? 🛒

@mechanicus84

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn thank you! Yeah it's an awesome bike! - alley cat sounds great! And so does who can carry the most! Although I'd say it needs to be most volume rather than most weight (and I tend to find that anything under 70kg is quite easy and doesn't affect the handling too much, but over that starts to make a difference)

Fun video! And quite crazy to see Hank passing by my office. Commuting in Berlin is not as fun though, even with the bike lanes they put up in the last years. Dense traffic and often quite aggressive car drivers sometimes make it really dangerous to cycle here. Even though Berlin (and many other cities) did a lot to improve conditions for cyclists, everything is still very car centered in Germany and cycling here, you often experience this the hard way.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

We loved our time in your city! have you noticed a changed in cycling in Berlin? What do you think Berlin needs to make it better? 👀

@MyZlp

Жыл бұрын

there's only two people in the office for the whole city working on the bike lane concepts i heard

@tanjanitschke2974

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn What use is a bike lane that suddenly spits you out on a busy 4-lane road? And 100m further down the exact same road, you find yourself on a wide bike lane that is even secured against car traffic. Pleasant - but only 300m long and ending... guess! Right: in the middle of a busy 4-lane road - or maybe on a bumpy foot path with huge tree roots. We have loads of them! Berlin actually adopted a traffic plan for cyclists in 2021, which is a large step forward but still needs to be implemented. They did introduce some new bike lanes on some major roads in the last years, which is quite nice and makes my own commute more comfortable. But there is still a lot to do. More bike lanes, mandatory turning assistants for trucks, more space to park bikes safely, and much more. Too many cyclists injured or killed by cars still.

absolutely incomprehensible which route you used because for the large part of the route are not the direct stretching at all. 😅 but cool and totally surprising that nobody hugged you up on street track where it actually happens haha. But in general nice idea which I also have to done once in home town

This pair are cool and really bring the A game to challenges

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

High energy! Imagine trying to film these two 👀

Great show GCN -- Well done, Hank and Alec! Cheers

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

Great video, what were those trousers? Love ‘em! Massive cargo challenge next.

Is this a series? This needs to be a series! Send the farmer's boy around the world!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

He's been living it up in Girona too! 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpmcxtCrerzep9I.html It's a great place to ride your bike?

Amazing clip, thank you guys! would have loved to take you on a tour!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that enjoyed it 🙌 Maybe next time 😉 where would you of taken us?

Can’t Wait to see the next race big 👍 up!!!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Where should we send them? 🗺

@willywb2

Жыл бұрын

Amsterdam!!

Hank getting 'street' for a moment at 12:10 is brilliant

Killer editing to make the suspense build

that is an excellent episode...we can visit cities throu you eyes...bravo... hope to keep doing that an to other countries....hope to c u at Athens or Ioannina for a tour

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! For something similar, you could check out our 'Send it' film on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/sendit

9:25 I aspire to this level of chill bike handling 😜

Very cool! Berlin is definitely a great city. I think I'll rent a bike next time I go ;)

Good video. What fun.

Why did you cut out the part where Hank blows away Alec Pedlar in the underpass in a quick fire race? 😅

Drafting the train?!? Holy cow! (although I do understand the temptation given the circumstances)

good effort guys, it is fun as long as it's safe becuase some days are safer than others....why i don't know....

Great video…Hank and Alec really cool😎

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

GCN's coolest pair? 👀

Awesome vid both of you, and definitely need more of these! Also where did Alec get that jersey? (Kinda want one)

@beardfu979

Жыл бұрын

So after some googling it seems to be a BRAIN DEAD X RAPHA TRAIL jacket

Ive only watched this less than a minute and so excited for this episode GCN

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Fashion win to Alec! Brighter is usually better. 😎

The tracks on the road give me PTSD

"iconic" (

I had a great time watching this episode :)

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Did you catch out other Berlin content? 👉kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIWVqKSneZW9Zco.html

@krishnansrinivasan830

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn I did. Thanks for sharing ☺️🙏🕊️

A beer everytime the word "iconic" is used.

@davezzzz172

Жыл бұрын

Ah, you beat me to the punchline!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Hahhaha you must be feeling it now 😵‍💫

Believe me, Berlin is extreme dangerous for bikers. A race like this you can do three times, but at the 4th time a car will take u at the engine hood

@-Gothicgirl-

Жыл бұрын

​​@@MalcolmJameson_1 no this is not a proper urban ride! This chaotic dangerous riding and ignore every traffic laws in germany. New York, London and Berlin cycling cities? Then you should look at Amsterdam! That's a cycling City!

@-Gothicgirl-

Жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmJameson_1 im not a cyclist? You are meaning Cycling Is only fight against traffic laws? Amsterdam Is a Good Cycling City! Berlin is Way Way Way Way not near to it. Yeah NY a Cycling City a City that is build Around Cars Like Complete USA! I think you are not a Cyclist! Berlin is a Crap City in cycling like Many German Cities. And you have no Idea of any Traffic Law here in Germany that are to follow. Even Red Light seams to be ignoring from You.

@-Gothicgirl-

Жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmJameson_1 You aRe a Idiot! yclin is not racngfor for the fastest ime. Racing is on a Racetrack and not on the Street! You are a idiot and no Cyclist

@Michaelsmith21588

Жыл бұрын

@@-Gothicgirl- Amsterdam def Number 1, but Eindhoven impressed me today

Yeah, do Hamburg next, from the coolest to the most beautiful european city :)

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of places we've yet to check out!

Very nice, it's like the Berlin Mario Kart track!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha that's a game we'd like to play! 🙌

Fashion I think I’d go with Hank but Alec did stand out. Top vid team very inspired to go to Berlin. Can I make a plea for Estonia or Norway to get on the list?

most of messenger work is done on cargo bikes now.. some things will never be digital!

For all the opening talk about the fixie culture, how hard would it have been to get the lads on single speed machines?

@MiketheBassMan

Жыл бұрын

Impossible, sponsor doesn’t make any.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we can send them back 👀

@MiketheBassMan

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn yessss, love these boys

More Alec Briggs please. Sorry Alec that's a 2-0 win for Hank including the fashion challenge, but only because your jacket was too loose.

When are you coming to Dublin?

You were so close to my home! 😂 Had you announced it we could have met an I could spend a coffee for you. 😃

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Ah maybe next time! Have you got a favourite coffee spot? ☕

@u.e.u.e.

Жыл бұрын

@gcn No, it had been something simple around the corner, but I had liked to show you the now beautiful Engelbecken* and surroundings as part of the oddities of Berlin's/Germany's division from 1961 to 1989. * de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisenst%C3%A4dtischer_Kanal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisenstadt_Canal

Good soundtrack 👍

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a bit of Euro - techno 🎶

nice vid

Yves Lampaert - ''I'm just a farmer's son from Belgium'' esque

It is funny to see as a German how you love cycling in Berlin, because the Berlin people say it is too dangerous and there are not enough cycling paths 😂 Visit Münster, here is the home of cycling

I also was in Berlin the same day, sadly haven't seen both of you

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

These two are too quick maybe! 💨

It's a shame that you only took the main roads, you missed a lot of nice side streets and shortcuts

If this vid is just an excuse to show off city and its sights... I'm all for it, and more please. :D

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

We hope to get round to visiting more places!

Well of course the tangerine candy floss lost , all the face hair slowed him down , anyway I would like to see the tank take Alex up some hills like in the lakes or Yorkshire to see how he gets on 🚴🏼 🏔️

Same in London. Fixie messengers are now on cargo bikes. Streets are full of deliveroo riders on unrestricted E-bikes not pedalling but somehow wizzing along at 20mph+ 🤔

@rudolphpyatt4833

Жыл бұрын

Ditto New York.

@aljaliah6868

Жыл бұрын

They should be trained by their employers and I hold TfL and the police responsible for this mess !!!!

When there is a cycling lane riding on the road is prohibited.

"This city is made for bike riding". LoL good luck surviving cycling in this city.

I would love to know how long you are in berlin. If you already left or not or where I can see you lot

Absolute horror to have to ride in this juggernaut racing bike. Greetings from Brandenburg an der Havel.

As a berlin-citizen, i cannot help but wonder about the routes, Hank and Alec have been taken, according to the order of clips in the video.^^ Alec starting to the west, instead of east and Hank first driving past the Hauptbahnhof and then eastward on the unter den linden Boulevard instead of north? Dafuq? XD

Loved Alec's jacket what brand is it?

@beardfu979

Жыл бұрын

So after some googling it seems to be a BRAIN DEAD X RAPHA TRAIL jacket

Alec is wearing way more cooler clothes

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

He's looking on point 🔥

KEWL!

where is gcn auf deutsch?

@-Gothicgirl-

Жыл бұрын

They dont do this idiotic dangerous race against All traffic laws

Are there bonus points for whichever one of them manages to say "iconic" the most times?

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Hank, how comes your front and rear wheels are different?

@mopedvieh

Жыл бұрын

Because otherwise, he would ride a unicycle 🤷‍♂️

There is one city in Germany with an English Garden... bigger, than the NY Central Park... need to say more? But be carefull racing through the English garden... most dangerous are groups of women with strollers forgetting their surroundings, while chatting - and people walking tiny dogs on an invisible-thin automatic line spanning the whole road 😉 So if you race there... try to somewhat behave - or you'll have to be faster, than the cops... which are usually on horses 😂

cardriving in this city is nerve wrecking.

COMES TO VANCOUVER GUYS

Alexander Platz; Bourne Supremacy

Berlin, I ran the marathon there in the 1980s when the city was still devided. GCN should race around Lisbon, now that would be a test, or Rome. Well done guys....

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

There's so many places we've yet to go!

Come to Copenhagen!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Yes! That would certainly be somewhere we'd love to check out

I will tell you one reason, same reason riding on the road in Nottingham is so rubbish. The tram tracks, absolutely deadly to cyclings in cold or wet weather, as soon as your wheels hits that wet polished steel it’s game over.

Wow so many bikes scattered around Berlin. I guess they don't have the same problems we do in the uk of continual bike theft. Great video

@tanjanitschke2974

Жыл бұрын

We certainly do have a massive bike theft problem in Berlin.

@oliveralldridge4385

Жыл бұрын

@tanjanitschke2974 that's a real shame

coolest city, yeah like 20 years ago... but still cool :-)

There still is a fixie scene in berlin. Just not that big anymore due to police crackdowns on cyclists with no brakes 😭

Where are the track bikes

@quartzteeth8429

Жыл бұрын

On the velodrome, where they belong

Can someone tell what helmet Alec is wearing?

@gamecat1923

Жыл бұрын

Abus AirBreaker

@PascallionStallion

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

It's very difficult to understand what Alex is saying

please sir can i have some more?

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Of course! Here you go 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIWVqKSneZW9Zco.html 🥣