"Can i sit on your back wheel?" "Yeah, sure" immediately gets out of the saddle and drops them

@bjsr126

2 жыл бұрын

In fairness it was an ambitious request 😂

@rodrigocastro9323

2 жыл бұрын

The go for it was for Hank I guess???? 😂😂

@gcn

2 жыл бұрын

😂 Conor takes no prisoners

@riktye8800

2 жыл бұрын

Cyclist bullying - “can I sit on your back wheel?” ( real meaning - good god your massive) 😂😂😂

@JesusSolorio23

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I’ve ridden these roads a number of times, and I still believe that the journey to and from the lighthouse from Pollenca is the most beautiful ride in the world. I’ll never get tired of it, no matter how old or unfit I get.

@dewiz9596

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done the lighthouse twice, but my favourite is the descent of Col de la Battala

Good to see that the tunnels are made big enough for Connor to stretch out in full width.

First the Ireland adventure, now Mallorca epic ride! Is GCN trying to make everyone jealous? Great videos and rides.

@gcn

2 жыл бұрын

We're just loving being out on our bikes!

@kovaxzolika

2 жыл бұрын

U can buy airplane ticket for 14-16 euros to there and back, hotelroom for a night 20-30 euros, rent a BMC with dI2 ultegra and hydraulic brakes costs 40 euros per day. Who can afford a midrange bike, then this is still "free"

@johnwestwell2942

2 жыл бұрын

Remind me, how much do you pay to ‘subscribe’? And how do you think the films are paid for?

@johnwestwell2942

2 жыл бұрын

You didn’t answer my questions. How much do you pay for your subscription and how do you think GCN is funded? I can give you the answers. 1) Nothing. 2) By advertisers. Can I suggest that, if you don’t like this model you stop watching.

@evigvandrare

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidgfisher OK Boomer.

You watch all these GCN episodes and you feel like the team could be your local team of friends because you get to know them so well, then you watch this episode and get reminded that they're world class athletes who just drop EVERYONE on these climbs.

Can confirm it really is that amazing there. Thanks in part to Hank (and the rest of the GCN events team) who was extremely encouraging at the bottom, even I made it up Sa Colobra just 18m after getting my first road bike. It was like Disneyland for cyclists and truly epic! Go if you can 😍

@cianobrien534

2 жыл бұрын

@Vegan's R Silly why shouldn’t everyone enjoy it? 😂 Ride like that not worth keeping to yourself

@cianobrien534

2 жыл бұрын

@Vegan's R Silly interesting 😂😂

I'd head up Coll De Sa Batalla instead of Femenia, incredible climb. Definitely the right call to descend Puig Major - horrendous climb that one, especially in the heat!!

Living vicariously through these recent ride videos, when I haven't been able to travel with ease for the last two years. Thanks GCN!

I'm going to Mallorca for a week long bike trip in May and this got me real excited for it!

@gcn

2 жыл бұрын

It's awesome out there!

@kishascape

2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Go now on impulse then go again in may :D

@ronulo

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone has any advice on going there in January?

@juanmiguelvich

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronulo For me from May to June are the best months. in January it's fine, but sometimes it rains for a whole week

Absolutely beautiful! However, I‘d argue that the Route in reverse is even more stunning: Col de Soller from the South is amazing, with all those hairpins. Then, you get to climb the biggest climb on Mallorca, the Puig Major (Tùnel de Monnabar). Sa Calobra is the same, which ever way you go about it, but coming up to Cap Formentor is one of the most stunning things, and a perfect way to end a ride.

Hank: it's October and it's 26°C!! Me, living in Scotland: that sounds like hell on earth. Give me a toasty 17°C max.

@tabidots

2 жыл бұрын

17ºC is winter coat weather for me! Never even had the opportunity to ride in such cold conditions.

@danproposkanovovski

2 жыл бұрын

@@tabidots 10°C is short bibs (but still long sleeves thermal jersey)

GCN need to send these guys on more epic rides like these, this was definitely refreshing to watch

@bmorlok1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Hank and Connor would agree

Beautiful Mallorca! Beautiful landscapes on a bike ride.

As always, GCN produces top drawer videos for us mere mortals to watch and drool over. Cracks me up how these riders can talk and ride at the same time! My lungs would fall out my arse if I attempted that! Now I am playing hooky from work and looking up ways to get from Phoenix, USA to Mallorca.....

Went to Mallorca in august 2019. This takes me back :D Thanks GCN!

Nice to see Hank and Connor riding on the "right" side of the road for once. Plus it is quite funny to see two riders that have less than 10% body fat talk about eating croissants....oh and the therapeutic beers.

Thank you for this! Been riding in Mallorca several times on vacation, always great fun :)

Thanks to the GCN team for showing us around these epic climbs. I will certainly be back next year.

Just home last week from a trip to the Beautiful island and taking in all these amazing roads and climbs! What a place!!

Been looking forward to these videos coming back great one. Mallorca is also great for the family too the beaches are perfect for kids

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful ride Hank and Conor, definitely my bucket list, maybe after a year or two.

Went mid 1980’s for couple yrs with the cycling club. Both great trips great memories that have never gone away but great to see you guys go over the same roads. We used to chase the sprint signs in the day and the different happy hours in the evening!

With this video you have won the next 10 cycling inspirations

Can’t wait to go back to the island. So many great memories brought back by this video. EDIT, went and found my Sa Collobra climb which took 42 minutes

Ha! Mad how much I recognise from virtual rides on RGT.

I miss the yearly pilgrimage to Porta pollenca ! .... Last 2 yrs no trips!

The best cycling experience I have had. We did Formentor Lighthouse, Sa Calobra, Soller and I didn't stop smiling all day! Beautiful roads, spectacular views, iconic climbs and fantastic food. The beer wasn't bad either.

I did that route in reverse 3 years ago. I love that place, and can barely wait until April...

I’d love to see more practical bicycle travel videos. If I visit country X, what routes and climbs are good, how bicycle friendly are the towns, will trains/buses/ferries between cities let me take my bike on board, cultural dos and don’ts as a cyclist, ideal seasons and seasons to avoid if you want to ride in that country.

Looks amazing lads! Definitely inspired to get myself out there. Thanks for sharing this.

Exactly the content needed for a Monday morning

I would enjoy longer Videos from the rides. There is so much more to show.

Mountains , that too at the sea coast!! Truly , a cyclist paradise.

Two year's since I was riding the same climbs. Got to go back next October for sure.😍🚴‍♂️💪

So many stunning climbs. Sweet roads, respectful car drivers. Coll de la Batalla is my fav.

I can’t imagine anything better than going for a beautiful ride and randomly running into the GCN crew. Hopefully some day!

@okantichrist

2 жыл бұрын

It’ll just have to be a wet dream until then 😂😂😂

if Mallorca sounds intriguing - this video does NOT do it justice - it is even BETTER than shown - Mallorca is certainly a cycling Mecca - seems every time Hank said - " just LOOK at that view over there! " and pointed left or right - the camera seemed to QUICKLY focus on the bike wheels ? - not sure why they started at Cap de Formentor when you usually cycle to that location from Port de Pollenca and then come out as it too is a one-way road like Sa Colobra which is an epic climb - the roads are exceptional - traffic is usually light in the off-season but far less so in the summer - I heard they are usually PACKED then and definitely to be avoided - the scenery is simply STUNNING everywhere you look and then you get incredible panoramic vistas of the Bays and Sea breaking out every so often - mild temperatures with low rain - highly recommended but GCN should have done it more justice - NOT TO MISS

@Kimberly_Sparkles

2 жыл бұрын

I think they have a couple of videos from the Mallorca event coming.

@tiagofougo61

2 жыл бұрын

Can you be my tour guide?

great vid stunning scenery...."Can I sit on your wheel mate?"

Watching this video whilst on the island and I rode Sa Calobra for the first time the other day, never seen a climb like it, majestic but brutal.

Riding, laughing, eating. GTN well be onto you for pilfering exceptional content!

Just did this same route in reverse, that descent to soller was incredible and the climb up Puig Major the most challenging climb I’ve taken, but the rewards are spectacular.

The ride over to Artà and Betlem monastery is another stunner guys. You get to look across the bay of Alcudia 👌

So jealous, that looks amazing 😍

Those two beers at the conclusion of your ride look marvelous! Never been to Mallorca, likely never will, but a good spread and a few beers after a great ride provide me with a few select memories. Nice piece.

Flying to Gran Canaria next week for a week of cycling, Mallorca is definitely on my list as well.

Rode in 2018 to Soller down full speed in the hailstorm of doom, to reach the cafe at traffic circle when you come into the town.Then totally soaked to Palma ! A Day i will never forget ! Damn !💯🚲😋

There are so many different things to see on the bike and the real visual beauty, so I recommend it.👍🙋‍♀️

Very good video. Beautiful scenery. Nice reward for the two after there recent adventures. Take care, Al

Perfect timing im flying to Mallorca tomorow with my bike

Excellent, inspiring and envious video, Thank You. Ive been to Majorca with the bike not as many times as I would like, due to having a family now, but the joy of it all comes flooding back with your video. Roll on lottery win and I would deffo buy a place out there!

That looks so amazing. I should book a trip to kick off the 2022 saison.

Lovely bike and jersey colour-way nods @Conor Dunne. Top man 💪

Lucky lucky boys! Love it.

GCN should do a ride like this in Québec! That'd be awesome. Great video!

Did a few days cycling out of Soller in September and really great roads and amazing descent down Puig Major after the climb. You can catch the ferry from Port Soller to Sa Colobra which avoids having to do the Puig climb if staying in Soller. Great route around Daia as well and back over Col De Soller on way back.

@fastestmilkman3840

2 жыл бұрын

Daia is beautiful!

Love Connor taking the wide option on the uphill hairpins. GCN presenters....they're just like us!

Just did that in September and loved (suffered) every second of it!! 😅

I just got back from Mallorca last week. First time cycling there. Did Coll De Sa Batala, Coll De Femenia, Sa Calobra and Cap De Formentor. Absolutely awesome. Your video makes those climbs look relatively easy. Sa Calobra was the toughest climb I've ever done. Hard graft indeed. Great video as always 👍

Ive been exactly at all these places mentioned in this video two weeks ago. GCN made a nice souvenir video for me! xD

These two are great together though it took most of the day to get the fist bumps sorted! There are some excellent flat rides in Mallorca too but the mountains do call and I guess the Sa Colobra is a 'must do' epic ....! Thanks

Wonderful video! Love it !

Last time I went up soller was 30 years ago and it was a bit of a nightmare with traffic, I remember getting stuck behind big buses, must be amazing now there’s a tunnel so much less traffic. Would love to go back one day!

Thanks for coming to Mallorca ! Definitely a cycling paradise. I showed up at zafiro hotel just for a chance to meet you, may be next time. Cheers 🍻

Love the video and really nice ride!!Hank looks like a little kid when he rides next to Connor hahaha, he is just sooo tall, I'm amazed he finds frames that fit him!!

Already booked in for May 22 and absolutely pumped for this now! Better shed some kegs though 👀

I'll put this on my bucket list!

Yup. Sa Calobra was on my Bucket List. .. in 2018, almost literally, since I climbed it with Atrial Fibrillation. No KOM for me. I had come from Alcudia via la Feminia, and returned via la Batalla. It was the day of a violent rain storm that took a number of lives in the south east. I beat the rain by a few minutes.

Great way to finish the ride!

Amazing ride! Absolutely beautiful!

@gcn

2 жыл бұрын

It was!

Amazing ride! We smashed out some of those climbs this week!! Although very disappointed that the QOM didn't get a mention as well....there are some strong female cylists out there too!

Been there, done that... Excellent!

What a sweet place to ride alone

Ahh man beautiful what a ride!!! You guys gotta come out to NYC not as beautiful but definitely interesting!!

First time to see you guys riding on the right side of the road :)

That WAS a pretty, uuummm, romantic ending scene... LMAO!!! Great video and epic is the word for the locale!!!

Great watch!

James certainly gets around. This time last weekend I was sitting in the lineup with him surfing Woolacombe in North Devon. Thoroughly nice guy happy to say hello to some guy looking at him strangely with a vague sense of recognition (me)

@PeakTorque

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Puts for a cleaner wave

@thedignator

2 жыл бұрын

Funny to read some fellow surfers / cyclist here! I love to cycle when there's a flat spell 🙂

This is E.P.I.C. 💯

Over here in U.S. we used to have a tour of West Virginia in the 1990s. It had a lot of climbs (W.V. is called the mountain state). Wish someone would revive it. The West Virginia Classic, as it was called was popular with pro riders, even though it only had a couple of stages.

@thomaswalker7247

2 жыл бұрын

Was this the Kmart classic? 1995 it came through my hometown (Clarksburg, WV). Got to see pro teams up close. Really got me interested in road riding though mtn. biking is far more popular here. I now do more road riding.

@jhall701

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomaswalker7247 Yes! First stage was up here in Wheeling. I can't find much information on it, but remember first stage map. I was a newspaper photographer at the time.

@thomaswalker7247

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhall701 Nice. Agree we need some road races or fondos. We are starting to get some gravel rides which is good.

Great to see you while filming on puig major!

Was out there the same week, awesome place 👏🏻

I went there when I was in the Marines. I wish I had my bike the entire time I was there.

lovely

Port de Valldemossa is also amazing. Been there two times. I need to get back to Mallorca fast

i would love to come here but the wife recently became disabled through illness and with 3 young kids makes it impossible unfortunately maybe one day keep up the good work chaps great content :)

Perhaps it’s time for a GCN trip to the states and a ride up Mt Lemmon this winter. One of the more well-known climbs on this side of the world. Winter is a good time for it too, you get to see some pros out here training around then.

@richm.3477

2 жыл бұрын

Or have them do the Assault on Mount Mitchell.

I have serious ambitions to ride in Mallorca. I recently did a little bit of cycling in the Isle Of Man, and that has some stunning roads to ride too. Druidale, Snaefell and Bungalow were all highlights for me.

Awesome 🌞🌞🌞

4:56 "keep going, you got this!!!" *dismounts*

Awesome video, as always! You have to try Serra da Estrela, the highest point in mainland Portugal. Vale Glaciar, all the way up from Manteigas to Torre, is a bliss!!

Great show🇿🇦

Could you possibly have the best job in the world? Riding with your mate ( I hope 😂) in an amazing location, followed by a delicious looking dinner.

I've been to Mallorca twice in April and it snowed both times. So it is not always great weather. Hoping to make it third time lucky next spring

I am glad Conor made it home. Every time he drifted over the line, I kept thinking, "this isn't Ireland."

Mallorca is fab. Was there on holiday at end August. Sadly too hot to cycle (for me!). The bikes on view are amazing. The bike shop in Peurto Pollenca is amazing. Wall to wall pinarellos. Interestingly more expensive to hire a road bike than a car at 50-60 euro a day.

I ride Mount Dessert Island every year in Maine and evey cyclists favorite climb is Cadillac Mountain......3mi 1000ft elevation gain with amazing views....must go!

Very nice place to bike

That looks awesome! Great vid. You must try Pico island climbs someday (in the Azores)

Freddie is going to love the 312

Great video!