What challenge would you like to see Phil take on next?

@paulbradbury4397

Жыл бұрын

How about a epic journey back to his Staffordshire Roots? He’ll need to drop that Bristol accent though!

@larrylem3582

Жыл бұрын

British Human Power Club road race on a recumbent bike

@WerdnaLiten

Жыл бұрын

Send him to GMBN.....

@DarenC

Жыл бұрын

I challenge GCN to have a guest/beginner/amateur on who isn't white

Thank you for having me Manon and Sir Chris. What a thrill that was. Merci 🇫🇷 (I'm learning)

@FlatSpinMan

Жыл бұрын

Good effort, man. Funny to watch your nerves but then you seemed to really seize the opportunity. Looked fun.

@LifeInJambles

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, great job! Wasn't expecting to see you comment on here, loved to see you tackle something intimidating with such enthusiasm!

@phillipbailey7080

Жыл бұрын

@@LifeInJambles cheers James. Pretty intimating with the lights, pros etc watching. Didn't want to be "that" guy that fell off!

@phillipbailey7080

Жыл бұрын

@@FlatSpinMan it was, go do it! The rush ofthe flying lap was crazy

@LovetheIPAs

Жыл бұрын

Bravo Phil!! Well done.

I really enjoy these videos where one of your regular presenters does a deep dive on their favorite discipline or aspect of cycling. Their personalities really shine, it's nice. Keep it up!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

What other cycling genre would you like us to dive into? 👀

@LifeInJambles

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn True crime. I dunno how, but I wanna see it.

@LifeInJambles

Жыл бұрын

...... I may have misunderstood the question.

@DC-lu5qs

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn Whatever your presenters want! That's kind of the point of my comment - I like seeing *them* go deep on what they love. Your content is great, but when your presenters let their personalities and interests drive, it's next level.

ANother brilliant film guys! I genuinely have googled my local track at Palmer Park, Reading to find out more and begin some steps to try out track cycling! Phil is an inspiration so thank you for putting this film together!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff Pete 🙌 Let us know how it goes 😊

That was so good. Well done.

Ah yes track cycling! Going fast, incredible tech, and making a left turn. The NASCAR of the bike world. We love it!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

so simple, yet so fun 🙌

@LifeInJambles

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, brakeless bike messengers. The hotboi drifters of the bike world. We love it!

@lestick4368

Жыл бұрын

A buddy of mine always calls it hippy Nascar, and I couldn't agree more.

@robertmyers5269

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Add some bumping of shoulders and hips.

@vipergtsrgt1

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget insane crashes. I just barely missed a training crash with 6 other bikes once. It was absolutely nuts.

Great effort by Phil!! Must admit that when it said beginner vs velodrome I was so hoping to see Harriet tackle the velodrome! Make it happen please!!😎🤟

@phillipbailey7080

Жыл бұрын

Glad she wasn't, Harriet would have smashed me on the the flying lap!

@HattieHaha

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipbailey7080 phil are you taking the piss I would fall off 0.3 seconds in mate 😭

@emiljarengrim2536

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipbailey7080 Mate! Would have been even better with a "Beginner vs. Beginner" race! 😃

@emiljarengrim2536

Жыл бұрын

@@HattieHaha You'd smash it!! As Manon once said. "If you can ride a bike, you can ride the track!" You got this!😎👏

Amazing - always wondered about this. Well done Phil and thanks for the great video Manon,x

It was great to see/hear Sir Hoy.-a legend, and helpful to a newbie.❤

Love the track content! Getting in to track cycling is the best thing I have done for myself in terms of cycling. Road racing felt like putting a square peg into a round hole for me, but sprinting on the track suits me and my body much more 😊

Thanks, I really enjoy it when GCN does track content.

Love it! More track content please!!

Great video, enjoyed that! Well done Phil. I’d love to have a go on the track. I was lucky enough to win a ticket to one of the Revolution Series events at the Manchester Velodrome a few years back. Honestly it was one of the most exciting things I’ve seen. The atmosphere was incredible and the speed…wow! Oh and I got to watch Sir Chris win the invitation Kerin too 😊

Track cycling is the best discipline no doubt! Now we just need a track to ride on.

This is great, well done to Phil. Would love to try cycling in the Velodrome.

Sir Chris is like the nicest gentleman ever! Great video!

Loved it

Agree - I’ve done everything from criteriums to time trials to cyclocross and track racing …. And the track is the peak of cycling fun !!!

Nice job Phil. Did a track "day" once and forgot to keep pedaling after the finish, thankfully only a split second so kept it up. Wasn't so lucky training on a crit course where I tried drinking water from a regular plastic bottle. As I was putting the cap back on, forgot to pedal, went off the course over the bars, and just missed a tree but still fractured a shoulder blade. My fixie has been parked ever since.

I would be absolutely bricking it doing this, so well played Phil. Also, how much of a legend is Chris Hoy, both as an athlete and as a bloke.

This is like a panic dream where you're trying your best and getting shouted at in a language you don't understand

OK Manon! That was amazing! And it has pushed me to explore our velodrome in Milton Ontario, near our home in Hamilton! Too cool! Super content! Hats off to Phil! He obviously excelled on the wonderful tutelage tips. I would die of nerves!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Go for it Geoffrey! The velodrome is amazing, no cycling experience like it. Let us know how it goes!

Seeing this makes me excited for Track Champions Leage. Starting tomorrow! Woop Woop!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy, Our eyes will be glued to the screen 👀

First GCN vid ive watched in a while. Loved it.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Now you've got quite a backlog to go through 👀

Good form Phil! Well done.

Inspirational video. Well done Phil / Manon.....gotta get me a taster session booked at my local velodrome!

@phillipbailey7080

Жыл бұрын

Love it, I'm going to get over to Newport soon!

I wish we had more velodromes in the States. The closest one to me is at least a 5-hour drive away.

Great video ! That blue bit on the bottom part of the track as Phil called it has a specific name, it's the Côte d'azur

Track cycling is BEYOND FUN IT IS AMAZING !! First time Ever on a track or fixed gear bike ( 54 years old) And phobic about heights) I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND …. Would like to try for a National win next year now 57) it is truly mind blowing!!!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

So great to hear 🙌 Will you be tuning in to the track champions league?

Would love to try this, looks super fun!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Find your nearest velodrome and give it a try 🙌

Winter training for the road was always on a fixed. Mine is a MangoBike , 46 x 16. A bit heafty, hey, it's training. After a few road bashes, fixed bike will 'fit like a glove'.

Ah yes, one more underdog we all wish to be in place of. It was clear from the start Phil will have a good time, once we saw those quads enter @ 0:31

GO PHIL

@phillipbailey7080

Жыл бұрын

Game recognising game 🤣 Can't wait to see your next chapter 🙌

@HattieHaha

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipbailey7080 can't wait to see YOURS omg smashing it

Got an introductory ride at my local velodrome (Tel Aviv) what a great experience. Wish it was a bit closer I would sign up for a course to really learn to ride on the track. Every serious rider should try this is at least once.

Had a taster session at Lea Valley. Loved it but came home absolutely spent.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

A day well spent we think🙌

I’ve got a track day to book which a friend got for my 40th, looking forward to having a go also

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

You'll love it, Will you be watching the track champions league? 👉 gcn.eu/tcl-rd1

I‘d love to see the Global Bike Festival happening next to a velodrome and have the option to try track riding myself.

That looks quite fun!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

It really is 🙌

please make a video taking a track bike to the streets, with no brakes! Many people use feet retention as a break system it`s fairly safe!

Enjoying these track videos - I still don't have the goals and strategy of each event firmly in mind though these videos and the track cycling series should help.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy the Champions league 🙌

Well done Phil. Looks terrifying but you did brilliantly.

Well done Phil and great coaching Manon. On the subject of track cycling, what a bloke Ed Clancy is. Shook his hand when he came into my school as a kid.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Great to have those connections 🙌

@philbailey2647

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ethan, coach Manon was brilliant!!

Track bikes look awesome too

We need to get Coach Greg into GCN

1:30 Manon learns teleportation haha. Always wanted to try track. This video may have encouraged me to try

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Give it a go! We love it 🙌

Definitely would have been my event if I had gotten into competitive riding. As a teen I rode everywhere and loved the televised events. No facilities here, would have had to move. Probably a bit late to start now, I haven't been a teen for over 40 years.... Still riding though, did a winter (technically mid fall, but snow everywhere) ride yesterday, and reminded myself I need new tires. - Cheers

Cannot get enough track content nor enough Sir Hoy!

looking good Manon!

Remember Dory? "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." That's basically the fixie mentality.

Oepf, look 875 madison beautiful bike

video idea: pro cyclist on roadbike with gears, vs track cyclist on track bike. who's going to be faster (over different distances)

I’d love to see someone do the Rad Race that Hank did two or three years ago again. Might be a bit cruel to send Phil as a beginner. He’s obviously got a turn of speed on a fixie though. It would be a great video I think.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Oooo we'll have to see what Phi thinks about this 🤔

@philbailey2647

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn Ha always a yes from me. My beard will need some work to fit in with the "cool kids" though.

More Manon at the velodrome!

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Her happy place 🙌

I really wish i had a track near by. The only track in my country is 625km away.

Theres a guy in Dallas trying to bring back the velodrome. I hope he brings it back bc I’ve been wanting to try out track cycling.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes! Can you get involved and help out 🙌

@BeyReaper

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn I’ve reached out to the guy to ask him about putting the track on my university but he said he’s currently in the middle of working out a deal to build an indoor track. The land isn’t the issue but raising the funds and capital are the hard part. And it’s not a small amount. I’m keeping my fingers crossed though.

This video is so informative! I've been wanting to start cycling for a while, but was afraid I wouldn't be able to handle the harder workouts. This video has helped me realize that I can do it!

Could you do more in depth video about the velodrome like you do for road bike? I feel like all of the velodrome content on your channel is directed towards absolute beginners

Gearing? From the numbers I get around a 85 inch gear. 48x15 or so.

Looks fun, pity there's only the one in Scotland indoors in Glasgow named after Sir Chris and that's 120 miles away....oh well, can't have it all got the Cairngorms instead lol

🔥

Nicely done Phil. If that was me, they would be spending equal parts of picking me off the boards and changing my diapers.

Its simple just go fast !

Having Manon as a coach is a pluss too.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

She is a fountain of track knowledge 🤯

😍

Is it a fixed-gear bike? The pedals spin as the rear wheel rolls? 😳

10:32 - newly crowned tai-chi master Sir Chris Hoy demonstrates the skill of bending and manipulating the air ahead of him 😁😂

mains en bas, accelere...sounds easy :D

track!

Talk about dopplegangers! On the right: Chris Hoy, on the left, Chris 'n Chips Hoy.

wait is this 200 or 250 flying? if its 250 omg that 15sec is insane

Please do Sir Chris Hoy vs Manon 😅

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

what throw down that would be 🙌

@LiquidRengar

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn Gonna be tense!

One day

The thing I always wonder about track cycling is, if someone wants to get in to it but isn't a world class athlete, what is the medium to long-term experience of it? Can people go to a velodrome in the same way that you might go to a swimming pool, and do a few laps regularly? I don't mean taster sessions and that sort of thing. Are there races for us mere mortals with no aspirations (or hope) of national/international competition? One of the many things I like about road cycling is you can enjoy it without racing. I'm not sure how one can work track cycling in to their life regularly without at least being one of the best cyclists in their local area.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

It's worth reaching out to your local velodrome and seeing what they offer. There are often weekend leagues or sessions. 👀

@nstrug

Жыл бұрын

Yep, once you get accredited to your local velodrome you can just turn up for open sessions, just like going to a lane swimming session at your local pool. All velodromes also run track leagues with races at multiple ability levels. If you actually have a velodrome near you it’s a fun and inclusive scene and very accessible - track bikes are very cheap and you can always get a hire bike when you are deciding if it’s for you. Of course if you don’t have a local velodrome then it’s a lot harder.

First comment! Shoutout from Spain guys ⚡️

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Nice one 🙌

Where is the brakes 😅

Manon said it was "easy," and they started to explain everything.

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

She's a natural on the track, it's simple for her 👀

Why is only fix gears only used I would love to try it fix’s gear really give me the 💩 why can’t it be a single speed free hub ?

Every master was beginner

That’s not a flying lap, that’s a flying 200m. If it was a flying lap of 250m his max speed would have been higher for a time of 15.1 seconds.

Who’s the German girl?

Oh the world of track cycling “Hold my 30,000$ bike” 😂

Poor fella ... must feel very exposed having to chat to a buff, fully clothed Chris Hoy while in lycra.

@philbailey2647

Жыл бұрын

Not really - wouldn't waste the the time comparing myself to 6x Olympic Champ and Knight of the realm. Be happy being you 🙌

@seanmeager

Жыл бұрын

@@philbailey2647 ha fair play. I meant that not as a sleight, of course. Always feels to me like it almost breaks the ‘fourth wall’ to have a convo with someone not dressed for cycling, while Lycra-clad.

Ah, track cycling. Truly the NASCAR of cycling and a source of reaching for the remote control to turn over. Really sorry Manon

@gcn

Жыл бұрын

Awww 😞 We love it... Give track championship a go! it's super fun 🙌

@markellison2596

Жыл бұрын

@@gcn not even the combined persuasion powers of the wonderful Manon & Orla could convince me. Sorry!

Makes me want to try that! 🛤