Would you ride your own Queen's stage? Let us know in the comments below!

@sesujrice2923

3 жыл бұрын

NOPE.

@herr_barus

3 жыл бұрын

Some years ago we created 'Amstel Gold im Muldental'. Some 270km and 5500m...

@supernoodles908

3 жыл бұрын

No, I like going fast on the flats. Hills don't agree with me

@lufo5

3 жыл бұрын

Well... Not even the pros 🤣

@Byzantine1

3 жыл бұрын

ye

Love it, even Hank calls his dad 'Hanks Dad'

@Jaclynne36

3 жыл бұрын

I was very confused by this haha. I’m relatively new to the channel as well. I was like....is this guy hank or not?!?

@freeksmulders4245

3 жыл бұрын

That had me laughing out loud 😅

@jaydesimone4297

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jaclynne36 Just wait until you hear Si call Hank "James" and you'll wonder if Hank is actually twins!

@Wuthahn_

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaydesimone4297 for the longest time I though they were two different guys that look weirdly alike

@jaydesimone4297

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wuthahn_ I actually asked if they were twins. GCN gave my comment a heart but didn't clarify...it was in the early virus days and Hank videos showed him back and forth with and without facial hair depending on shooting and release, which made it really confusing!

Connor, Hank and Hank's Dad...doesn't get any more entertaining than that group...

@steffenbenning7881

3 жыл бұрын

Please more videos with those three :) Really great video!

@itarry4

3 жыл бұрын

Add Blake from GMBN as Hank and Blake together is so fun to watch. Those 2 know how to enjoy themselves so much it's infectious. Throw in some Hanks Dad and Connor to keep them slightly in line, turn on the camera and let them go... 🤔 😉 😅

@evanking920

3 жыл бұрын

@@itarry4 Amen to that...

@MattButlerAL

3 жыл бұрын

Need's Connor's brother in law!

@TreyGruel

3 жыл бұрын

@evan king Missing brother-in-law Nigel!

Brilliant video and Hank’s Dad is a classy DS: comedy when he needed to be, but properly supportive when Conor was struggling.

@gcn

3 жыл бұрын

The pro peloton will be calling...

Hank: “I didn’t even see the route” You gotta love how Hank is just up for anything.

You didn't fail. That was tougher than the Giro Queen's stage. Far steeper gradients and no long down hills like in the Giro. You did about 15 climbs more than I could do and I think I am quite fit. Well done to Connor and Hank, ably supported by Hank's dad.

@CarlForde

3 жыл бұрын

the cold and wet certainly didn't help

@paulim8703

3 жыл бұрын

Good point about the steep, narrow uphill tracks - there's not much rest on the way down when you have to be on your mettle and on your brakes the whole way.

@REVOLUTIONS51

3 жыл бұрын

Yet the 3 big climbs and the upndown in between, accounting for more than 3000 meters of climb where at a median altitude of around 1750- 1800 meters, thus you should account for the less oxygen in the air... At sea level you have 20.9% pp of oxygen, at 300 meters you have a 20.1% equivalent pp . At 1800m you go down to 16.7% equivalent pp. Thus the 3 major climb, and more than half of the elevation gain of the tappa would have had 17% less oxygen pressure. The reality is even worst as there's a pressure loss in the air to blood transfer, and it's almost a constant independent from altitude, it's around 1.6 to 1.9 % of pp equivalent, thus lowering the useful oxygen from 20.1 to (assuming a good 1.6) 18.5% at 300 m, and from 16.7 to 15.1% increasing the difference to 18.4%. Now, in a racing world that accounts for every half percentage of gain in friction, aerodynamics, weight... I do believe that having more than 18% less useful oxygen does make a difference, especially since in a climb the air resistance is a small component up a hill,the drag reduction from thinner air is nothing compared to the body having less fuel to work with. Thus, to get comparable effort to the real deal you'd need 800m of elevation more, or something along this line.

This type of weather reminds me of a bicycle tour myself and a friend did back in the 80s in England. We stopped to ask a lady if she could fill our water bottles. I asked her why there were no garden taps like we have back in Australia so we could fill our own bottles, her reply was 'why would you need garden taps?, it rains'

Hank's dad really has a epic voice.

The intro for Hanks dad was just brilliant, made me giggle and I’ve been ill in hospital 🏥 for a week . So thanks guys 🙏

@katiel7166

3 жыл бұрын

When the shoes hit the road, I went, "Yeeeeees!"

They should put this in the tour of Britain

God, Hank has epic energy to pull anything thrown at him, and Hank's Dad is a real sport as well.

So this video is basically about Hank's dad and some dudes riding their bikes very slowly 🤔

@gcn

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jevgeniardassov

3 жыл бұрын

Lets see your go on route via strava. We’ll see who is slow… 😜

@stefanwagener

3 жыл бұрын

Hank's dad would have been definitely faster on the eBike ... with some spare batteries :)

@GarethRules

3 жыл бұрын

@@jevgeniardassov it wasn't a challenge or an insult...

@pocznjm

3 жыл бұрын

@@jevgeniardassov I reckon he tried to imply some sarcastic English humour here.

Usually when you guys post a video of an epic ride. I'm like. Damn, I want to do that. With this one, not so much...

@sirmixalot3332

3 жыл бұрын

Not in that rain

Hank: "Why is it raining, its May?" Everyone else: "its the UK mate, rain is what we do!"

You literally rode past my house, awesome to see my local roads on the channel! You'll have to come back, there are some nastier climbs you missed!!

@maxx0r050

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not really getting a "let's do this again"-vibe from the boys tho

@stevecuthbertson4381

3 жыл бұрын

They missed the climb from hunter's inn up to Trentishoe. That's a wall.

Hank’s dad is awesome as always. Hank is a tank as always. Killer idea of a ride Conor

Great effort! I'd like to see a series where Hank and Conor train specifically for this ride for a couple months, and then give it another shot.

i saw the shoes and exclaimed yeaaaah, loving how hank's dad is become part of the gcn family, love him

I was watching this on my TV, but when I saw Hank's Dad I had to pull out my phone just to enjoy the comments appreciating him. Always good to see him 🍻 p.s. I always love that even when talking to Hank, Connor calls him "Hank's Dad"

When the tank commander speaks you have to listen.😁😁 What an epic ride. Brilliant really. Thanks for a great video, Al

Hank calling his own dad "Hank's dad" is hilarious. :D

James is so much better when he calms down a bit, he was brilliant. Poor Conor suffered but the absolute start was Hank's Dad

Love the way Hanks dad was struggling to keep a straight face

Cheers to Hank's Dad..

This is so good. It really does highlight how murderous the Giro is, even for excellent riders.

Great effort! I must say. It's great of you guys to show us you didn't complete challenges. It's nice to know other cyclists (well better cyclists) have their days off. I'm glad it's not always sunshine and butterflies on this channel, but pain and suffering as well! Though, of course I would rather see you complete the challenges :)

@Dana-gj5hr

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. It’s not like we fail, it’s more like we haven’t succeeded yet. Good to see way better cyclists than myself push hard enough to find their edge and still love the process, not just the finish line.

When I was summering-schooling abroad at Aberdeen Law School in 2015 I got hit with weather like that (but without all the climbing). I sure found it hard to keep moving when I was cold, wet, and miserable, so hand salute to Conor and James for pushing as hard as they did.

big love for hanks dad, i love him

What a brutal ride in miserable weather. Connor and Hank are brilliant and Hank’s dad is always there for support. Great video

Well done guys a great effort in terrible conditions and well done to Hanks dad for for his support, must have been a long day for him watching you suffer on the steep hills in the poring rain!

huge thumbs up ! WELL DONE GUYS - a brutal day for sure - the entire GCN team do a great job and are such an asset to UK cycling - no doubt you have inspired MANY so KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Love this type of content. You watch enough GCN and you start to feel like you know the presenters and it’s cool to see you guys leave nothing on the table.

Connor breaks wind better than anybody! Oh wait, that didn't come out right. So cool to see "Hank's Dad" in a video again.

Hank's dad= STAR of the show

Of all the amazing videos GCN has put out over the years, this is possibly my favourite. Conor and Hank thanks for the brutal honesty and the inspirational effort. The next time I am on, what I consider a tough ride, I shall remember this. Oh and Hanks Dad, classic as ever!

Can we all appreciate Connor's mental effort and how much of an absolute beast Hank actually is? Tackling every gruesome challenge with a positive attitude and then just steam through it..

Wow, that route was brutal! Climb after climb after climb in the cold and the wet. A true sufferfest. Truly an epic ride - not a great ride or nice ride - but an epic ride. Thanks for the video. This is GCN at its very best.

How crazy (or in love with cycling, or maybe both...) am I if this video makes me want to join you guys to suffer all the way through this epic ride ? Other subject: you guys should try to make a video "Hank's Dad VS Brother in law Nigel" or something like that :D Cheers from France !

You know it's a serious day when Hank isn't riding 55mm deep wheels 😂

@jethromasere3222

3 жыл бұрын

When you have to dig deep to have to go shallow

Hope they include this route for tour of Britain hank's dad the main man totally awesome 👌

thanks connor, hank, and hank's dad. it's an epic ride. i can now feel what the athletes in giro are feeling as well. i am literally paper buoying on my seat as you were climbing up the hills.

Very nice anecdotes from Connor. When you are 64 you will be telling your grandchildren about that time when you rode the Giro. Hanks Dad reminds me of Winston Churchill, never give up, never surrender.

Missing a peloton and the ability to slipstream AT ALL, for any respite.. is pretty telling for these 2 and their attempt at a 'UKGiro', but an indication of how incredibly hard these climbs are......with added wet, cold weather. Film of riders in a WT peloton do not linger much on riders, tho we know they are suffering, especially sprinters, who manage to climb the same dang mountains as GC guys (who love to climb) and finish within time constraints. Even those guys ride faster than Colin and Hank in this demo.. Brutal endurance sport, professional cyclists are AMAZINGLY STRONG men and women......CHAPEAU ! A bit of struggle for Colin, who flashed back on all the tough moments of his past career, happy to be done with it... Thanks for your effort, Colin, Hank and Hank's Dad!!

WOW what a difficult course to set up for yourselves, just an amazing effort to see how hard you guys worked the hills. Big Whoot whoot to you two and Hanks Dad was just the right guy fir the job. Well Done! And no I would not like to ride that route.

I think Hank really needs some praise on event challenges, he’s an absolute beast!! Hank’s dad a legend as always! The more of him the better! Connor is a machine for pushing through that, no idea where that grit comes from in these boys, absolute madness! ❤️✌️

17:16 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥 I had 8 messages from locals saying HANK IS BACK... and Connor doesn't look happy haha

I know this area really well and when they were riding up the Esplanade to Mortehoe I just… no. I can barely walk up that without feeling like there’s blood in my mouth, I’ve not dared try it on my bike yet! And lawd, Porlock? No. Also yay, more Hank’s Dad!

I totally understand having a subscription channel were you can post epic videos, but I sure have missed quality videos on the regular GCN channel. Hopefully there can be more videos like these sprinkled in along with the mirad of "How to clip in" and "The best ways to change gears" videos.

Made my day; Tough, adventurous, amiable and humble, these men personify the spirit of GCN. Hoo-Rah!

Thank you for this video I was feeling very sad about my day in the saddle yesterday May 28th 2021 Here in Toronto it was a high 0f 4C with rain and periods of snow I work as a bike courier and spent 6.5 hours out in this watching Conner and Hank suffer also in similar weather was very inspiring and uplifting. I covered a lot less ground only 56.95kms; granted that was with a lot of stops and starts Thank you gentlemen

@gerardocardona259

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

Epic rides videos are best/epic videos of GCN. Cycling is sport of pain. Respect to Your heart Conor and Hank

Hank's dad: absolute legend!! Love it!

guys-word to the wise-when next in Porlock and looking at that hill-take the toll road! Money well spent. you get to the same elevation on a beautiful road with a realty enjoyable gradient . Hats off to you both-I’ve ridden those roads and 2 trips or 3 trips up that escarpment from cost to Exmoor are enough to kill me off. 24 is insanity

What a cheer by Hank's Dad!!!

Everything just gets better with Hank’s dad. 😍

After driving a lot of those roads when on holiday down there I simply couldn't imagine trying to ride that in one day (and I like hills!). Great effort by Conor & Hank.

I made my own ”via dolorosa” today with +7000m of elevation in a 100km in bright sunshine. It was alright. But another 120 km and in pouring rain hmmm😅🤔Good effort guys and what a great video again. Thanks to Hank’s dad too for being such a great sport👍👏

Always happy to see Hank’s dad. Good job guys! I can imagine ridding that long in the cold rainy weather.

Loved this! And it was lovely seeing Hank's dad again.

Just started following cycling from here in the States...watching the Giro on GCN+ ...tough ride and well done mates, but what I didn’t hear from Conor was this one representative day is only a small part of the race. I am in awe. Amazing athletes

Why have people disliked this video?!?! 🤯 The effort alone deserves to be credited. 👍🏾👍🏾

For play Conor, for a lad that was struggling so early in the spin to keep going with those climbs well done 👏

Still funny when Hank calls his dad Hank's dad...he should be everybody's dad!

guys, stop feeling sorry for not completing the challenge. take this as a learning experience, analyse what you could have done better and give this another go in a month of 2 when the weather is nice and there are more daylight hours. Challenging ourselves to better ourselves is what makes us athletes.

I could of completed this route , No Problem. That is sitting beside Hanks Dad in the Mercedes. Well done lads just be proud of what you did achieve.

God that looked miserable - the only sunshine was Hanks Dad!

Hank's dad is the best! so supportive and calm. so amazing!!

Hats off Hank and Conor. What an amazing effort. Hank's Dad with another fine performance.

Anything with Hanks Dad in it is awesome!!!!!

That was epic to watch! You guys did amazing! 👏🏻🙌👏🏻🙌 And Bravo Hank’s dad for his debut as DS! Fantastic job looking after them! 👍👍👍

Excellent video! I never get tired of Hank’s dad!

When Conor said "god know what I was thinking". I thought to myself "were you thinking Conor?"

Amazing effort guys. Those hills are brutal. Some are tough even walking up! When I saw the route on Strava I knew something momentous was afoot. I wasn’t disappointed. Chapeau to all 🏆

Last year September I persuaded my partner the best holiday we could take would be a bike packing trip to North Devon. I probably should have checked the climbs first, especially since she was riding a single-speed loaded with packs. But the gods of cycling were with us, no rain and I only received brutal verbal abuse on a couple of killer climbs. Ultimately the scenery, freedom and cream teas won out and I got to keep my skin. Best holiday!

I'm 6'6 and weigh 300 pounds, do weight lifting etc but need to lose a few pounds (sorta lol). I've found the perfect tyres for me. Non Pneumatic Tyres, just solid rubber, no air at all. So nothing to burst. No valve to break. Every time I tried to ride my bike the inner tube would burst and tubeless was only slighty better. Non Pneumatic Tyres have allowed me to ride a bike again. :) I wish you guys would cover these tyres if only as you are the biggest channel on pushbikes and it is important for heavy riders to know how to get back into cycling, considering we need more people on cycles and there is an obesity epidemic going on.

Hank always the tradtionalist with no leg warmers or no gloves! kudos!

Whenever I hear 'Hank's dad' I press thumbs up immediately. A bit like Si and his 3D printed hacks!

Great ride, lads. Respect for tackling that much brutality. ...That intro of Hank's Dad was classic!

Better weather and you would have got there.. plus having done a few races and tested it against my practice times it's worth 3-5kmph average more on closed roads with not traffic, lights, give ways etc plus you can commit to the decent knowing a truck isn't cutting the corner coming the other way. Well done guys

That was the most amazing and inspirational videos I've seen from GCN. Thank you!

I really loved this Episode. I have done my first 200km at last monday. with only 300 m of elevation. I did it in 09:02 hours. I like the Videos here wow! so much inspiration Greetings from germany! And of course i am looking GCN auf Deutsch as well!

Hank's dad to Conor "You've got to break the wind". Too funny for words!! Greetings from sunny Tasmania!

Amazing effort by everyone! I'd like to see a 6 rider group (GCN presenters) doing this trip because I think it would be much better, and ofc let's not forget that we need Hanks Dad and HANK THE TANK

These videos with Hank's dad are the BEST!

@gcn

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Brutal! Brings back memories of cycle-touring in North Devon on a 20kg mountain bike.

Mary, Mungo and Midge earning a day's pay. Good lads ! - There's no business like showbusiness.

A mahoosive well done to you both. The route needs to be conquered by you all again. Hank's Dad is brilliant as a DS.

This is my backyard, its lumpy isn't it : ) Love that you came to Devon, Valley of the rocks is really cool. Hanks Dada #brilliant

Well done lads! Hanks dad is awesome!

Best GCN video I have seen for a while, well done lads!

I rode 126 miles today on dry roads with just 3,800' of climbing and that was a challenge. You guys are amazing.

5:22 that cheeky little laugh.

Hank is a monster..Conner has a big heart..and Hank's dad..I think the pro peloton gonna call..

That looked brutal.Chapeau lads.

That was definitely harder than the Queen's stage, a tougher route and the grupetto would have more people in it to share the work and catch the aero benefit of a group ride. Well done Hank and Conor!

The boys did amazing work, such hard climbs I take my hat off to them, all the GCN presenters are awesome, love this show, love hanks dad

Yay Hanks Dad!! The best personality in GCN 🙏👌

This should be a recurring series - spirit breaking rides with commentary

Lots of Cruel Hills - Slow Up and Slow Down - makes for a very hard and slow day

GCN just keeps getting better!