Phil, this is the best Big Bear bike tour guide/info piece ever. I love it. Thanks for putting this up. I'm inspired to visit now!

Love this! Big Bear used to be my stomping grounds in the 90s when I was racing downhills and some XC.

Thanks, Phil, for sharing your knowledge of the roads and restaurants in and around Big Bear--and for explaining how you did altitude training there. And now I may have to eat like a local and make a big pancake or two for breakfast in the morning.

Just started following because of the upcoming PV switchback ride . This is awesome, keep breaking KOMs and making these great videos!

Great episode Phil, thanks for the content

Yay, a useful video! Thumbs up, esp. for including food reviews.

Dude I can’t believe that Phil’s channel is still so small. He is so funny and the videos that are editing good are amazing.

Wish these episodes came out weekly 👍

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

when would I sleeeeeep?

@OUTDOORS55

5 жыл бұрын

Ex pros don’t need sleep. 🤔 Keep up the great content my friend 👍👍

Thank you, for all tips and pointer around Big Bear. I'll be camping and biking their next month.

@worstretirementever

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Best travel review ever! Phil should seriously do more videos like this reviewing all cool places to go riding plus the best places to eat. You can use cookies instead of stars for your ratings.

I grew up about an hour from Big Bear but never went, so this is a cool look at an area I'd like to go to someday

16:32 Hahaha! 7 + 997 = 1004 ≠ 1000. The altitude must be getting to you, but I can relate. Math skills at altitude are always less than optimal. Great Video! love the humor, and the tour around the Big Bear area. I can't wait to move back to Southern California, and this definitely made me miss it in all the right ways. Thanks Phil!

@bengeorges5239

5 жыл бұрын

He thought about the 3 beside the seven oaks name

Merci for the infos Monsieur Gaimon !

This was just awesome

Thousand Oaks minus Seven Oaks equals 997 Oaks?.... Ummmm 😳 Must be the altitude

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

English major...

Hey Phil enjoying the Feed commercial on bike racing you did.

You should definitely visit New Zealand, and race K2 and then try the climb up Turoa ski field

This is fantastic

Just 2 hours away from where I live in Norway we have a race up a HC climb called nibberittet. It’s usually the second weekend in June. It starts at sea level in Geiranger and goes up to 1500m over 21km. 1st place gets 5000NOK plus an additional 10000NOK if you set a new course record , which is currently just shy of 1:04:00. You should come and have a crack at it Phil. You could end up with a big strava KOM and some prize money (about US$1800).

would love to see you cycle up to the Madonna del Ghisallo church and museum in Lake Como!

Big Bear is fantastic. Tour de Big Bear HC is the best fondo (almost a race) I've ever done. Going down 38 through damnation alley isn't even fun let alone going up it.

One liners were killer.

That was a good watch, man.

I’m going to big bear this weekend for my 30th to ride this! Can’t wait

@worstretirementever

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

The Chamber better be giving you some kick back for this. Might have to visit.

There is a fun road on the back side of Lake Arrowhead, goes down the back side towards the desert to a dead-end, never any cars.

Good stuff

You know how some people have "an infectious laugh"? Phil has an infectious deadpan. Also Nikki Sixx is a male mostly.

Phil for best retirement ever come check out the Garret County Gran Fondo next June. The longest route is 126 miles and 15000 feet of elevation gain, including a KOM competition. The cookies at the rest stops were excellent. And just a hour or so south is Spruce Knob, WVs highest point and the segment is currently held by Joe Dombro. Hope to see you out here

@mitchellsteindler

5 жыл бұрын

Very fun ride! Although climbs out there arent really comparable to the big climbs elsewhere. Very beautiful though.

Wattage Cottage looks amazing. My wife keeps saying she wants to come to CA when I travel overseas there with work. I need to divert to Big Bear for a couple of weeks and bring my bike :)

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

Do it!

Im 90% i threw up and got a coffee from that cafe in Angelus Oaks. I hiked most of the way up San Gorgonio Mountain felt the altitude, got a headache and felt nauseous and then threw up at that cafe on the way back to San Diego.

The Oaks Restaurant in Angelus Oaks is SUPER bike friendly. They'll get you a pitcher of ice water if you're thirsty... And good cornbread.

Funny thing. I used to live in BB. I managed a bike shop in town. When I was looking for good training, I went to Yosemite. I could ride to 10,000 feet. You can't do that in BB.

It was cool to see the 🍪 mini Cooper at the tour de Big Bear. Also 2018 champion are you.

Absolutely brilliant! Endless cookies for you Phil!

Surprisingly entertaining. :)

"there's a sneaky little watering hole that only the locals know about" *proceeds to disclose the exact location of the watering hole*

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome

@Taliesin6

5 жыл бұрын

cemetaries often have water access points too.

The only place.... Haleakala, Maui. 35 mile road goes from 0 feet to 10,024 feet and there are houses up to around 6500

how do u like that crazy saddle u use?? better than Specialize Saddle's?

Nikki Six is a guy, now he will challenge you to his Gran Fondo but it may not involve bikes.

As someone who’s extended family has a house in arrowhead I’m occasionally allowed to use, this video is awesome.

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I once saw a guy and his bike completely melt and disappear into the asphalt in Damnation Alley. Or maybe I was hallucinating from the heat. If you need a sugar shot on the way to Onyx Summit, the store in Angelus Oaks often has Mexican Cokes.

Hey Phil, where would you recommend staying (neighborhoods, roads, etc) so you can sleep at altitude? I'm trying to find something on AirBnB that's at altitude. Thanks ... love your channel!

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

Haha my house! Bigbearwattagecottage.com. It’s a small city though you can’t really go wrong. Big bear lake is the fancy side. Closer you can be to that the better but fawnskin is nice and my place is in big bear City

@RoxAcupuncture

5 жыл бұрын

Phil Gaimon ha ha, that’s too funny. I’ll look into it for the spring. Hoping to find somewhere warm at altitude in February or March. May have to look south of the equator.

Nice food at Himalayan Restaurant at the top of Pine Knot.

Yo I want to live in Cali so bad rn

Green Valley Lake is a fun climb, decent is fun

That girl at 9:47 has the same caad 12 as me! Love that purple color.

If you think bread with mac 'n cheese is lots of carbs, you should come to Scotland. Pretty standard to get a portion of fries with your mac 'n cheese here.

8:14 Nikki Sixx the bassist for Motley Crew? Not a she.

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

Haha my editor told me I was going to get hell for that one but we left it in 😂. Not my genre oops!

@JMcLeodKC711

5 жыл бұрын

You spelled Crue wrong

@wrxzboost

5 жыл бұрын

looks like one...i'm gonna go with Phil on this one lol

@jonathancano6387

5 жыл бұрын

you forgot the heavy metal umlauts

@scottjohnson3617

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you left it in, love the humor in your videos.

...minus one because they blew that one up... lol!

What snow?

"I just said Nikki Sixx bc somebody told me that she's there." Lol

lake is drying up lol

I went back and paid them and they were like "whatever" LOL!

Ah yes please. I like some comedic relief with my bike videos.

Ah looks like a sweet place :)

It is funny, the observatory and landscape looks almost excatly like the one in the indie game "Firewatch" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewatch)

Not that it matters, but Google gives the elevation of Redlands as 1358 feet.

Keller Peak sounds like Mont Ventoux \//\

Ah the Best retirement ever!

997 + 7 ≠ 1000

Clip in and ........pedal, eat, drink, repeat

Nikki Sixx. SHE'S out there. Problem is, he's so deadpan I can't tell if he's messing with us.

@worstretirementever

5 жыл бұрын

You give me too much credit. I’m not up on that genre of music 🤣

"...Rim of the World road...the view looks fake" *[intense smog]* No that...looks very real

lol, after you up to 5000 feet it gets better :) That's assuming you don't puke around 4000 feet. Driving up to big mountain to ski is hard enough, let alone climb up.

Keep doing the Lord's work... Crashing Chris Horner.

Hahaha Nikki Six!

The production value is not your best... Would be ok if I was from Cali and could get there without spending 3000$

#factcheck. 1000 - 7 =993 :}

Nicky six, a she hahahah