Raleigh and Schwinn are the two bike companies I will forever root for. Some folks look down on them for their mass production business model but the truth is they made bikes accessible to millions of people and that is a great thing.

@francoispayen

Жыл бұрын

I was a kid in the '80s, and just about everyone was riding a Raleigh bike back then. To see that they're still around and thriving brings back fond memories!

@wcubbin

Жыл бұрын

My first road bike I got aged 8 was a Raleigh and my first MTB was also a Raleigh when I was about 12. Where I grew up our LBS was a family run Raleigh stockist and I learned so much from Mary who ran the shop, and her mechanic (except his name). I'll always remember his advice about not over-lubing the chain, as well as the phrase "don't use no wa*k pliers" for cutting cable outer. Raleigh were my route into cycling and although I have fancy carbon bikes now, I have a couple of Raleigh jerseys and an enamel sign in my workshop to celebrate the brand.

@tigerv88

Жыл бұрын

The mid 90s was all about the Raleigh Activator complete with suspension forks. Had a local Raleigh shop in the days when there seemed to be more cycling presence on the high street.

@bennetthasty7886

Жыл бұрын

Bike’s best friend is beer 🍻!! Epic video

Every video I see with Conor makes me realize that I take life WAY too seriously and need to relax a bit. Maybe we should all unleash our inner 5-year-old self a little more often!

@ukestjohn

Жыл бұрын

An adult is only a child that has learned to behave in public.

@Kimberly_Sparkles

Жыл бұрын

I remember on of his first videos a commenter compared him to Ferdinand the Bull. He's off and smelling flowers again. That still a good capture of how he seems to take life.

@beyond8981

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more - feel the same!

@Andrew-kf4qp

Жыл бұрын

And get a natural high from cycling.

@mq3868

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's clearly got a great attitude about life and stopping to smell the flowers or buy them in this case.

Cargo bike make so much sense in cities. I‘ve seen DHL and UPS tricyles in the wild that can carry even more stuff and don‘t need to be pulled on a stand at the stops.

Hilariously entertaining once again. Chapeau to Raleigh for such a kind gesture to the brewery. I doubt Connor will be asked to do another delivery challenge video after that ending though!

Fantastic video!!!it is not all about racing and new gear and so on. Bikes could be a serious possibility for cities. An applause for you guys and for Raleigh too. Really enjoyed it! Let's hope some businesses start thinking in the environment and apply this type of initiatives. It totally makes sense for deliveries inside the town.

@bobfoster687

Жыл бұрын

Probably common in third world countries!!!

@petewitney5982

Жыл бұрын

yes but the beer company didn't seem that keen on using the bikes for deliveries themselves just for 'community work' ?

@volkoren9897

Жыл бұрын

Not just could be, they are. In the Netherlands cargo bikes are really common for families (easy to transport small children) and for delivery. It is often faster, nicer and parking is easier.

Love how Connor is zooming by the prime truck @13:08 Future passing the Past:)

Do NOT let Dan do this. The beer would never make it to its destination 😊

@wilyamiyoo

Жыл бұрын

Manon's extra crate will not reach the customer for sure lol

@ojtibi9906

Жыл бұрын

He'll probably switch it out with mineral waters. 😂

I am the only one to think that if Dan was here he would drink the beer and not deliver it.

@Star14trek

Жыл бұрын

Thats why Dans not in the vid! .... Or Si .... He is just not as vocal as Dan about the beer😁

@salimsanchez89

Жыл бұрын

My same thoughts, exactly.haha

@obidavekenobe

Жыл бұрын

There would be for sure a lot less beer delivered.

16:51 this is by far the best action shot! It looks like Conor accidentally joined a stage of the the tour de france with his cargo bike instead of a road bike. :D

I loved this video! I think Manon and Conor are a really good pair for things like this

I love this sort of content. The world needs more bikes and fewer internal combustion vehicles. This is basically universal.

Well done to Raleigh. Great gesture for forging a more sustainable future in our cities 😊

Brilliant pity we don't see more of this type of delivery

Conor [after loitering at the pizzeria for half and hour]: "I"m absolutely flying!"😅

I really wanted to see Dan drinking a beer at end waiting for Connor and Manon

I have some friends that live in Berlin who’ve been doing deliveries on cargo bikes for a number of years! I’ve seen them deliver small things like paintings to big things like chest of drawers! Although, it’s all flat with barely any elevation 😂

great video, great to see more cargo and utility cycling content :)

So want one of those Raleigh cargo bikes for delivering about glasgow. So cool.

Maybe deliver coffee or pizza? Love watching Manon and Connor in these challenges. Thank you.

@williamkeys5701

Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy this. kzread.info

What a great fun challenge (had to sympathise with poor 'ol Manon at struggling to just get the bike off the centre stand when fully loaded, but she did great). Such generosity - just hope the delivery runs now continue on these bikes.

Great video and what a gesture from the fantastic Raleigh who over the years have got so many people into cycling.....who remembers the Grifter and Chopper in the 80's..!! Also fun to see Manon cycling in jeans and no clip in shoes 🤣👍👍 Could they deliver Pizza 🍕 next..? 🤔🤔

great episode. I have a tricycle which I use for my shopping. So much easier to collect and take home and its comfortable. Another good feature of cargo bikes/tricycles is that drivers generally give you plenty space if you have to use the roads.

Manon's first long john cargo bike ride, immortalized on camera and carrying someone else's valuable cargo! Great video, all. #modeshift4climate #utilitycycling #whatwillyouride #whatwontyoudrive

Hahaha, is that Manon yelling "OI! YOU!" at the end ? 😆

I think Dan would be brilliant at delivering beer, it’s the mineral waters he’d have a problem with.

I adore that you guys - including the slab climb - are finally embracing ebikes!!! Loved this video! We have come from me hardly watching GCN to finally feel good about watching it because you guys “get it” - i have a carbon road bike for one purpose - and my 3 ebikes for much different reasons. On your commuter challenge thing? love it. but not sure i heard you guys mention that if you start riding bikes for nearly everything? I changed to progressive snapshot and saved a ton [this is not an ad, just what i did] on insurance because i only drive a car when i HAVE to. Shine on you wonderful folks at GCN.

Great to see more cargo bike content!

Great video, lots of fun and a serious practical idea to consider for a number of cities. Courier bikers have been around forever, but this takes it to a whole new level.

Another WICKED great video by GCN. Manon and Conor; you two are truly "Urban Bike Warriors.!" I ride in traffic a lot, but your routes look really crowded...especially in front of trucks! Keep riding guys!! DD

@reggievonramstein

Жыл бұрын

Lorry drivers in the UK are way more patient than in southern France.

We just bought a Raleigh Stride 2 as a car replacement for our nursery/work commutes and absolutely love it!

Love the environmental angle. Thank you!

Good of the bike manufacturers to donate the bikes, brilliant gesture 👍

hilarious to see that even brewers in Bristol are rocking the Boneyard swag at 2:24

Connor has clearly been working on his upper body, strength, flinging that keg around with one hand! Connor and Manon are the perfect pair for this sort of a video.

Love the size difference between Connor and Manon.

Well done on another excellent video, and well done for not turning it into some of the top gear challenges. Good to see a positive outcome from the venture. As for future deliveries how about lunch from our business main site to our two other sites all in South West London.

Cracking video…… great way to deliver the smaller stuff infairness 👍🏻 surprised ye not delivering it all to Loydy house 🤔🤪😂😂

loved this. well done conor and manon!

Raleigh did amazing - i'm sure the company will use them well. this looked a load 🤣of fun! x

Next delivery should be a washing machine!

Big respect to Raleigh - awesome gesture.

Can’t believe Mannon not ridden a cargo bike before and you chuck her out into Bristol traffic. 😂😅 She did a great job though. From a 4.5 year cargo bike rider you can take the lane more than both of them did. Seeing more and more riders round Bristol taking the lane and keeping themselves safe.

Perfect! Bike, then beer

Awesome video and epic ending. It would be cool to revisit to see what happened with the bikes and Conor's plants!

Great video, cheers guys

Brilliant video guys.😃👍

Fantastic community vibe!

Bristol looks like a very nice city to visit. This video really shows the great possibilities for delivery for companies like Amazon. What a great video.

Another fun bike video, the two of you are a great team and worked hard to get the beer to where it belongs. Now you have a plan B career if this bike thing does not work out.

Very efficient way to deliver in a congested area. The clear limitation of course is that you are limited to small items

@audax333

Жыл бұрын

Sure, but there are specialized cargo trikes with a much greater payload. I've seen this used by DHL in Hamburg/Germany a lot.

How about an night of Pizza delivery, Manon and Connor!

I use two CarlaCargo trailers connected in series on my LongTail E-Bike for beverage delivery. With this I get half a ton delivered for each tour.

Wot?! GCN & Beer but no sign of Dan anywhere?! Final scene was priceless.😄 Bristol loves lovely with nice looking eateries, I must visit Bertha's Sourdough Pizzas.

The keg action at the end... 😂😂😂

Pizza, Beer, Bike: The Perfect Life

Nice work! Next you should deliver building materials and see how much weight you can haul!

The best bike video ever 👌

What a super cool video! It’s the way to move forward if you’re in a first world country. Here in SA I’m sure there would be bikejackings and theft Big time! But do love the video and watching Manon and Connor is extremely entertaining! 😂

Definitely Dan's idea of a paper round. Although he'd guzzle all the beer.

You guys should absolutely do the Amsterdam cargo bike race - DC Maker did it this year and I was surprised to not see you there!

Great vid!!! Would love to see a cargo team bike race, like Hank/Ollie Vs Connor/Si - of course if it's (mostly) safe and legal for an adult passenger in the cargo hold 😁

And big up Raleigh donating the bike’s

@christill

Жыл бұрын

It seems like they probably shouldn’t have though, based on the owner’s response.

Nothing worse than going backwards as a delivery person, I feel for you Manon.

What a great idea! That hub thing then ebikes.

Cool video guys, thanks.

Best episode ever... keep up the good work.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex - what would you like to see us do next?

@alexmarshall3185

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn since you are asking…. Send someone to the International Cargo Bike Festival in Amsterdam (oct27-29)… also, a visit to a functional, community micro-distribution hub would be good. :)

Brilliant film as always guys! Such a great message about shifting the use of vans on that last mile of delivery! Let’s hope it sticks! Also I thought Conor might have come a bit unstuck there, setting his Chat-Nav to full, buying plants etc. I half expected Manon to speed past him, race back first and to have drunk the brewery dry by the time Conor got back… her surname is Lloyd after all! 😂

I don't brink beer but I still watched this video because I know how cool cargo bikes are!

Conor’s seat height 😂😂

Manon is right - if you can cycle around Bristol you can cycle anywhere! It'd be easier without the cars... Great video as always! Not sure why I missed this one when it was first published!

The hub idea is a great one , especially for anyone that's had a lorry sat behind you Bristol is my local, so great to see you around Maybe a video in and around Bristol promoting cycling/cycleways, theres lots here

Great video lots of fun... Guys!! visit Copenhagen!!! They've been delivering for YEARS on bikes MUCH more appropriate and practical than the 2 used in this video.

18:15 until we get a Dan Lloyd joke? GCN, you are really making us work for it.

Brilliant video! I’d like to see, like in a month, how BBF delivery folks like using the bikes and if they find it better than using vehicles. Also, very cool Raleigh’s donated the bikes to BBF.

My two favorite presenters. Manon and Conor are great in all their videos.

Great video!

I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do less than ride a cargo bike, or indeed any bike, with all that traffic right up my ar#e. Horrific. And I love cycling.

I think the reason why Manon pulled a better pint. Is because she is the correct height to reach the taps. Conor couldn't reach them properly and couldn't see the beer in the glass correctly. I'm actually surprised you could find a cargo bike big enough for Conor.

Great video, guys! My suggestion on the next thing to carry/deliver would be building and construction materials. You'll probably need a longtail and maybe a trailer for that, especially for the bulkier items.

My two great passions. Beer and cycling. And I brew the former at home. This is a great idea. Might reduce the amount of van drivers nearly forcing me off the road with their overtaking.

Deliver Pizza!

Riding bikes, berthas, alpha bottle shop… sounds like my perfect day!!

You guys are a hoot.

What fun. Great videos. Those bikes are awesome and obviously eco-friendly compared to vehicles on delivery. Well done

Royal Mail use to use bikes for all rounds, and they did not have any motors on the bikes.

@simonm1447

Жыл бұрын

Mail is also contributed by bikes in other countries, but mail don't weigh 100 kg. Just try to pull that weight in a bicycle trailer - for such cases there are good reasons for E bikes

In Bern, Switzerland, there's actually a micro brewery, that delivers exclusively by bike. Naturally the beer is only available in stores and bars around Bern, but I think this is a very nice USP.

I would have liked a few stats, ie, distance cycled, time cycled, amount of battery used, and how much juice was left. But a great video and very entertaining. Thanks!

Brilliant video 👍🏻

WHAT!!!? bikes can be actually used for something else than status symbols on the roof of Tesla model S, this is MAAAADNEEES!!!

If Dan were in this, I’d expect him to be the one being delivered to!

Connor is not lifting a full keg with that arm... 😉 Enjoyed the video

Fantastic, the quicker this happens the better...😁👍

Fun video, 👌😊 hey Connor, leave the 'Yeehaas' to me! 😂

Oh hockey pucks! No Lloydie when beer is involved? Would be a challenge to see him if he can stay sober and not somewhere sleeping in a gutter all tanked up. Great video Mannon and the lanky dude!

10:07 "The Duchess of Sussex need not use this road": King Chucky.

i work as a bike courier in milan (italy) and here in our city there are some big companies as DHL that deliver by bike. My company, which name is bicicouriers, delivers for various customer, mainly for a winery and for a butcher, but we deliver also for a florist, a notary office and so on. It is very rapid and we can easily skip all the trafic issues that happens daily in our big city. Unfortunately we have only muscular bikes and our maximum deliver of wine can weight up to 160kg. i very enjoy this job because it keeps me in shape for my bike rides (i ride 45-50km for an half day or 70-85 for a full day), it's a green alternative to trucks and it keeps me out of an office

we demand more urban & utility bikes videos!

This was really cool. It would be amazing to see Bristol and basically every other town / city free of cars. I don’t think we have time to build good quality bike infrastructure now because we’ve wasted so many years not doing anything. But we have the roads which bikes dominated in the 1930s and 40s already, and can again.

Despite the sound of the barrel rolling on the street - the most obvious sign that the barrel was empty was the fact that a cyclist could lift it up...

I love how the Irish man says beer is essential 🤣🤣