Do you think Si can break the 20-minute barrier? Let us know in the comments 👇

@seanhannagans

2 жыл бұрын

Can? It's going to happen. You know he's not going to be thinking of anything else until that 20 minute itch is scratched... In under 20 minutes. Though will it be like the 5 vs 1? Are we going to have 4 videos or just 1?

@mrjonnylowes

2 жыл бұрын

The on-screen graphic shows 26.96 MPH which would have been a time of 22mins 10sec 😉 20:02 is pretty much a rounding error. Well done Si.

@nakama4256

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@AtibaQuildan

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he just needs narrowbars!

@SKMzona

2 жыл бұрын

You haven't but, when they say ""20: 0 2" it's so nice to see that absolutely feeling on your face!

19 minutes and 62 seconds... no problem!

@JMcLeodKC711

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Mark, That one should get you a GCN water bottle

@marcalvarez4890

2 жыл бұрын

Man...I like how you think!

@cyklandetidsoptimisten

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@mbal4052

2 жыл бұрын

@Bill Aldous why were ya reading the comments then 🤔 first thing I did was go full screen and saved the comments until I watched it 😉😆

@3pod2639

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the spoiler

20:02 is 29.96mph , not 26.96mph. That is so fast on a road bike though, Ollie only did 7 seconds faster on an all out super TT setup. Si was flying

@alfredgrudszus8011

Жыл бұрын

Correct. They should have recognized that at once because 20:02 is very close to 20:00, which is a third of an hour. So the speed must have been very close to 30mph.

*10 TT's later Ollie: "can I have my bike back?" Si : "nah mate 1 more week I'm so close"

@PHHE1

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky Ollie already got that f, f13? f14? fwhateveryouknow

@kishascape

2 жыл бұрын

@@PHHE1 Sir Velo

Well done Si, I reckon that the changeable weather cost you a couple of seconds. If it was perfectly dry you would have done it I think.

@temporalsoliton

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Wet road is roughly 10-15watts lost.

@matthewbaynham6286

2 жыл бұрын

No, it still doesn't count.

@mbal4052

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewbaynham6286 who said it does?

@jsmariani4180

2 жыл бұрын

I would have waited for a 40 mph tail wind.

@matt_acton-varian

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsmariani4180 Unfortunately the course was and "out and back" so a 40mph tailwind on start would have been a 40mph headwind on the finish.

26.96? Do you mean 29.96? Well done Si. To ride that blind is even more epic.

@Karovaldas

2 жыл бұрын

10 miles / (20*60 + 2) seconds converted back to hours is 29.95008. Little sloppy editing GCN

@mark12805

2 жыл бұрын

Oh the other hand, I would like to gain three miles an hour by taking 2 seconds off of my 10mile TT(if their math would have been correct).

@redalert2834

2 жыл бұрын

They can cover about 10 miles in about 20 minutes but ask them to divide their distance by their time and they're stumped! Still, Si did well to get so close to 4 furlongs per minute. Perhaps try again on a windier day.

@liamroche1473

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was a bit rough, stealing 3 mph from him!

@DoomNerd67200

2 жыл бұрын

Yah it's 29.96.

These two are strong as presenters! GCN has struck gold hope they realise how rare that can be! Good to see.

@paddyotoole2058

2 жыл бұрын

Si yes, Ollie no.

@oliverbridgewood3929

2 жыл бұрын

@@paddyotoole2058 😧

@MrJohanGuzman

2 жыл бұрын

@@paddyotoole2058 Ollie is the knowledgeable scientist (chemistry PhD) they didn't have, a very charismatic presenter, and a front of the pack amateur cyclist. He's really a gem for a channel like this.

@sdearing6375

2 жыл бұрын

@@paddyotoole2058 I like Ollie

@jeffchesterartist8439

2 жыл бұрын

@@paddyotoole2058 Ollie is actually an amazing presenter and awesome dude. Don't know how anyone could not like him.

"Just looks like he's going to the shops" - me on every ride ever 😂

@philmcaleer6289

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, is there any other way to ride?

@PHHE1

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, probably best if people think that's the reason I'm thinking so slow, means I'm hiding the pain efficiently

@marcuspartridge11

2 жыл бұрын

Ollie's right though...you think you're aero until the ride/event photos come back and you look like a giraffe!

Watching you two trying to keep it together every time you talked about "turtle heads" alone made this video worth watching. Great job, Simon! You will crush it next time!

These two are very naturally funny and it makes for great content, love that they are knowledgeable too! Cheers from Canada

How good was Ollies algorithm 7secs off!

@layton3503

2 жыл бұрын

Ollie's the Man, there is a little bit of Ollie in all of us.

@fkhan98

2 жыл бұрын

probably attribute that to the conditions too

I sometimes think I'm tucked in like a human bullet, then I see my reflection and realise I'm pretty much vertically upright 😂

Turtle head is probably the best metaphor for my own TT abilities 💩! Well done Si, terrific effort!

Would have been nice for Monmouthshire Wheelers CC to get a mention in the video, afterall we did run the event.

Si, Well done! That is very impressive. 2 seconds to the headwind. Ollie, Spoken like a scientist. "Can't put a number on it without testing it"

"and that's with a good head?" OMFG I just spit out my drink laughing so hard at Ollie's face!

Great stuff Si! Did my first 16km TT last weekend and from the photos my assumed aero position was nothing of the sort. This video is just the inspiration I need to improve!!

Si never mind this type of video as entertaining as it is, what the world want to see is you properly train for a rematch of the epic 5 v 1 series. I think you could take them next time😉

Oh, that was so close. My goodness. Well done attempt Sy. Raw emotion on GCN. You put it all out on the line. GOOD ON YOU!

Nicely done Si, you gave your soul on it and that the most rewarding to me as a viewer! Thank you very much for the inspiration !

370W for 20 min. would be something I would be absolutely stoked to pull off…

Well done, Si. Cracking effort! Hearing Ollie go through the numbers was interesting. I managed 19:51 as a junior in 1993. It was a TT bike but I do wonder about the drag coefficient. My skinsuit would have been baggy by today's standards. So it leaves me wondering what my FTP was way back then!? (Sorry to make that about me - I'm old and reflective these days as I'm too fat and slow. Reminiscing is all I got)!

@taranhase4396

2 жыл бұрын

How young where you being smaller and light can drastically put you in a very aero position compared to a full grown adult, even if the adult if fit and able 😅

@Bikejon

2 жыл бұрын

@@taranhase4396 I was 18, 181cm, 72kgs. We were attempting to emulate Greg Lemond in those days, after he popularised "tri bars" in 1989. I had clip on aero bars, 50mm carbon aero front wheel, disk wheel in the rear. A decent setup for the time.

@taranhase4396

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bikejon that's a very good effort 😁💪 I thought you did this in your young teens

@Bikejon

2 жыл бұрын

@@taranhase4396 Oh we weren't as fast as that back then. The "juvenile" (under 16) national record back then was....well actually it was set the same day I did my 19:51...20:13 (Ceri Pritchard*). The first sub 20 min ride by a junior was only the year before me (Richard Montgomery 19:59 in 1992, bettered by Chris Ball (19:48) and then Zak Carr (19:37) in the same year IIRC). I was the 4th junior rider to ever manage the feat AFAIK 😁Just little idea of what power I was putting out, as we didn't have such things. But the effort ought to have been good, as I won 2 national junior TT titles in 1993! *Ceri actually beat his own juvenile record in early 1994 with a 19:59. Weird how I can remember all these things, yet more recent things have gone from my mind completely.

That is a really impressive effort! A tiny bit of experience and you will crush the 20 minute mark.

Thanks for all your great videos. Really enjoy your productions.

the calculated speed is wrong @17:09

Absolutely he can do it! I bet the wet roads cost him roughly 1 to 2 seconds per mile. Assuming the wind conditions are fairly benign, he has a much better than average chance of doing it. Can't wait to see part deux!

Excellent work Si and Ollie. Loved the show. Inspired me to go out and try the same thing.

Next GCN merch drop needs a "Turtle head" t-shirt with optional caricatures of Ollie or Si as the turtle! 🐢

@chrisridesbicycles

2 жыл бұрын

Needs to be a turtleneck sweater.

@laszlozoltan5021

2 жыл бұрын

".....like a frightened turtle!" G. Costanza

Well done Simon! That was epic! Fantastic pace for any bike, but on a road bike..it was extremely impressive!!!👍🏻👌🏻

Cried with laughter. What a double act. Top notch.

Epic effort Si and well done to Dr B for his input too. It might have been interesting to have done the 10 mile as you were and then done it with the input from your in-house aerogeek. This way you just look like an aerogod from the start!

Well done, sir! We'll be waiting to hear about when you DO beat the challenge. You can do it! Shout out to Ollie for the science and data behind it all.

In the beginning...watching Si and Ollie chat....I'm thinking, damn, you guys have gotten in such great shape. Congratulations on that, not to mention your still delivering some great content in your videos...👍👍

10 miles in 20.02 is 29.950 mph average surely!

@neildaniel8232

2 жыл бұрын

29.97 mph actually. The rain is what stopped him getting it.

@joshnagy2049

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think they messed up the calculations

@pauldolphin7961

2 жыл бұрын

@@neildaniel8232 29.9501 actually #pedantrymatters

@veloman59

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauldolphin7961 👍👍🚴

@Daniel-ng8fi

2 жыл бұрын

@@pauldolphin7961 True pedantry would be 18000/601 mph ;P

You can see it hit Si like a punch in the gut, props for the effort!

Well done Si great job on the ride and showing us the preparation needed by every time trial rider.

Si is a machine, he's well into retirement and he's still able to pull this off. 2 seconds off but the weather got ya. Next time don't listen to Ollie and check the news for weather report. 👍👍 can't wait to see a retry

Funny, well presented and one hell of a ride!

Great video, so very close to sub 20 minutes! Lovely to see the fabulous Deb Sheriden of Warwickshire Road Club saying 'thank you' to the starter as she set off!

Brilliant, really enjoyed this video you will definitely get it next time ❤️🚴💯

Love Ollie getting some back after all the stirring over getting dropped, lucky he's a good sport.

Brilliant effort, I love the fact you want to go back and claim the 30mph. Just one observation, the person doing the editing may be great at his job, but their maths leaves a lot to be desired.... 20m02s is 29.95mph, not 26.96mph.....

@MisterAndyS

2 жыл бұрын

This. Who did the maths? It's so obviously wrong! 20 minutes = 30 MPH, but somehow two more seconds is over three MPH slower?! 21 minutes is walking speed?

@pigupigu

2 жыл бұрын

Should've just gone with metric. Imperial is aids.

@jeffmarkle4576

2 жыл бұрын

@@pigupigu because you suck at math?

@brakesmadly

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffmarkle4576 It's mathS ;-)

@jayw900

2 жыл бұрын

@@brakesmadly Math* and it's both singular and plural like deer.

Beautiful pinarello rim brake incredible effort well done.

Well done, sirs. Great to see the one with the natural engine get help from the one with the natural brain. I'm happy to concede this as a sub 20 min TT, due to the wet road.

Well done Si! That was an impressive effort. In dry conditions you would have smashed it easily👍

Wet road is a big drag! Do it again on dry road with same power it’ll probably be less than 19:50. Congratulations Si! 💪🏼

Beautifully shot and produced/edited video, GCN crew. Could have added five or ten more minutes of this video and I would have loved it.

This is great! Have a short club prologue TT for a short tour next weekend and due to my lack of power need all the watt savings I can get. I'm older and have terrible flexibility and long arms(span 4inches longer than height!) and legs so is even harder for me to get lower than most people. I got an event photo of this event a few years back from the side and my position was sooo bad! Head was up and I had a huge parachute of my open torso catching a great deal of air.

Another great video.. and THANKS VERY MUCH for mentioning Denmark, at last...

Cheers! Great video! I wish I could go that speed once (not very likely to ever happen)...

Good form Si. Continue to ride to the level of your smile. 🚴‍♂️😃

Everyone talking about Si but as a numbers kind of guy I really like Ollie explaining all the math behind Si's attempt.

A big salute to you Si. That's amazing.

That is mighty impressive on a road bike! Amazing!!

what a beast, man. great effort 👏

Fantastic effort!

Well done Speedy Si 👏, thats an amazing effort/time. Legend 🙌

Great video. You guys are great 👍

I had just started cycling when David Akam set his nineteen minutes an 55 seconds competition ride on the G213. Cycling weekly did a report on the race and I remember they mentioned that the weather conditions were dead calm just before a thunder storm arrived. The only other rider doing those sort of rides then was Sean Yates or 20 Minute Yates as he was know to the time trialling scene then. 20 02 is still an impressive ride, well done.

This feels like the GCN equivalent of Sabine Schmitz’s “I can do that time in a van”

@Interstellar83516

2 жыл бұрын

Nice reference!

@eca7773

2 жыл бұрын

Sad that she isn't with us anymore. 😪

Just for you Si! That's really impressive pacing, riding blind. Well done.

Classic statement after EVERY time trial I've ever done - "let's do it again next week, shall we?" - to beat own time. G'on Si! You can do it!

Well do Si on such a great effort. The damp road conditions probably lost you a few secs, but be proud of what you achieved

@4nz-nl

2 жыл бұрын

Slightly damp road actually makes you faster as long as you don't hit the puddles. Lowers rolling resistance noticeably.

So close! Epic effort 😎 I need some pointers on how to keep my head that low. I broke my C7 vertebrae (similar to Si I believe) a couple of years ago and now really struggle to hold my head that low and still see anything at all!

Bloody good effort

saw this vid months back, it actually inspired me to try TT style riding on my road bike as theres a 5k flat stretch road between traffic light(just nice start-finish) here thats somewhat low traffic on weekend morning. Still new to road bike cycling(have long distance running background) and so far my best time is 7mins on 5k, 42kmh ave, solo effort . Si is doing almost 48kmh for 20 friggin mins 😱

Awesome!! Good job mates!

looking forward to the next attempt!!

Really good effort Oli

You're a beast Si. Good job.

Another great Video.

At 17:00 minutes into the video we see the precise moment when the TT bug bites. 29 years of avoidance obliterated in just 20:02 of riding :-) I suspected it was coming when Si said how much fun it looked at Chew Valley Lake a few weeks ago. See you next year, Si ;-) BTW, fantastic effort!

I wanna see Ollie give it a try on the F12. They are my favorite presenters. Gotta give Manon done love she is my absolute favorite presenter.

Not gonna lie. I was more excited and sweaty-palmed for Si riding this on a more traditional bike than for Ollie’s TT bike version. Took me back to my teen TTs

Still so proud of you Si! Still amazing. I blame the weather and nerves.

"That's with a good head"? Very funny reaction from the lads.

Amazing effort

I guess it was the sticker 😁 We love Ollie 💙

Totally 💯 well done 👍 I get the two seconds shortage 😩😩.. I have done that numerous times in QOM 🙌👍😊🤩… abs YES 👍… it’s a bummer having to go again .. I have faith Si that you will concur it 🚴🚴🚴🚴✅🙌

07:13 "U wanna feel like a turtle 🐢 head emerging"💥 - Best aero metaphor, Boom!

Awesome ride. 30mph Well Done.

I felt that reveal. You should be jolly proud.... But 2 seconds? OCD clench.

Imagine doing 10 miles under 20 minutes on a road bike just to become someone’s domestique

If I want pure speed, I would go for the motorbike...the reason why I love cycling is that I just want to ride my bike!

they're so gatdamn funny "I don't wanna think about turtle heads right now Ollie" 7:16

Chin up, Si. That was a very impressive effort indeed. Every credit to you.

Alternative title: Shitting on Ollie's achievements

@supernoodles908

2 жыл бұрын

Worth it

@francescorota2982

2 жыл бұрын

So true

Good head and turtle head. For a second I wondered if I was on the right channel! Well done lads great vid. Oh that doesn't sound right 😂

Cracking effort Si.

Maybe I am a nerd, but I love this stuff. But Ollie and Si bring it to life.

Just imagine going 60 kmh and hearing others being amazed of how fast you pasted them, hahaha

I thought SI was a modern form of the Metric unit system. However, I didn't realise SI is also the unit for 2 Seconds. 😂

Well done Si! Although, on the video at 15:48 at first I thought the man must have started swearing instead of answering the question. It made me burst into laugh which was unfortunate, because I had mouthful of porridge at the time. Great video

I'd say Si, you did it. It's barely over 20 and it isn't 21. It's done in 20 minutes which is a great feat. Good job

Bloody marvellous effort ... but we know that Si can't resist another crack at it.

GR8 effort Si with practically no practice. I'm sure you'll do it nxt time👍

Bloody great achievement Si:)

Fantastic effort Si 👍👍🙂

That sticker on toptube cost 3 seconds, you need to drop it to get under 20min

Can we all take a moment and pay our respects to Dr. Bridgewood for his academic accomplishments ie PhD in Chemistry, and his cycling accomplishment of riding 47.593 km in one hour.