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Joey thanks for being my friend.

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I fell asleep while watching this !

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Haribos are incredebly bad for your stomach! Just don't do it😂

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Thanks for the video! I live in Colorado and I put in 4,000, mi outside last year. Now that it's winter, I'm not riding as much and considering an indoor setup. I don't want to spend a fortune, so I appreciate your thoughts! One idea I'm already having, is to buy a simple remote power switch for turning on my fan. Since I will be starting off cool, I don't think I'll want to get off the bike to turn on my fan (but I'm certainly not going to spend $300 on a fancy one with a remote).

Excellent interviewing approach. Please keep them coming!

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Wouldn't it be great if the body had systems in place to handle low fuel availability and adapt! 🙄

Always insightful!

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Hey! Any plans on visiting Porto, Portugal? Can be nice to talk with you as I’m also a stranger here and have some hundreds kms together 😅

You make IMO the best point about the benefit of Polarized training when you talk about not being stressed about the training and feeling more relaxed. I hear this refrain time and time again from the athletes I coach. I feel it is better to be 3% under trained than 1% over trained.

What was your wkg?

Nice bike bro! Im currently considering Snoqualmie pass 44mm tires for my colnago G3-X, they would leave 3mm gap in rear which might just cut it. I'm currently running cinturato gravel M's but they ride too harsh on so stiff bike. I had the gravel H version before those and they didn't have grip, durability nor comfort. Greetings from Finland

Someone needs to figure out a way we can upload a course or race we’ve ridden to Zwift from our wahoo bike computers and Zwift will replicate that course so we can train for that course. You know it’s possible.

Nice vid. I don’t race, but I’m planning some big rides in the Alps and Pyrenees that I’ll need to build up for, I may give this a shot.

Hahahaha! We did the same thing, pretty sure I’ve seen you around Girona!

Great tips and suggestions… 🙌🏽🍻

Great video. As an experienced distance rider, I can’t stress enough that you need to hydrate and fuel BEFORE you get hungry or thirsty. If you feel hungry or thirsty during a ride, it’s too late.

2025 lets go!

What's acceptable pain riding an aero bike for those time/distances? Ie i generally get some neck and lower back pain particularly if pushing it. Cheers

bike hard binge hard!!

All great tips. I know it took me five days and not three but I felt fresh for the whole lot, maybe apart from the day we rode together because I just hadn't recovered from a hard ride after two weeks off. The base wasn't there and I really should have knocked out an easy ride to begin with and build up. But by the 160km on the last day, I felt like I could have kept going. So staying within the right zone, recovering well and listening to your body when you're pushing it and remembering to stay within your limits, it's dead easy. I think it's the same when I was bike packing loads knocking out cumulative 160km+ days, the main thing was really keeping the riding easy, not pushing hard and staying within range. Setting reminders on my computer to eat and drink really helped too, just keeps you thinking about fuelling and making stops for a mix of snacks. Sugary, salty, fruity with a base of complex carbs like rice and oats. Nuts were great too but not whole, cos they are tough to eat. And that's the other thing, you need plenty of easily digestible food on the linger rides, because you don't really get hungry and your body doesn't wanna focus on digestion because it's focusing on maximising your blood sugar, so little and often and easily digestible is the way forward. Don't stop for lunch but stop for regular snacks, like a baguette or a pastry or a toastie.

I agree about bike fit; but these days, at least in LA, a bike fit runs like $350. My guy just raised his prices to $400 even. The lady my wife went to charges like $300-350. Just to give two data points.

Thanks!

You live in some stunning trails there do you cross train? Would be great trail running there.

Pro tip* after you do tip 1, multiply your carb expenditure by 60 and that will give you an idea of how many carbs you need to intake each hour.

In Tip 2, I give 3 reccomendations instead of 5! Sorry about that 🫠 ANYWAY. While this advice is for long distance riding, you can use them for whatever riding YOU do. Let me know if there's any advice you'd add!

I wish you a great 2025 year with health and fun the entire year ! Thanks Mister Smith, i 'm waiting for my indoor bike bundle in January and your advice will help me a lot !

I started cycling back in 2013 to lose weight and get fit…being a female cyclist, the most toxic part of cycling in my own experience is the competitive and cutthroat nature amongst the female riders…especially the racers…everytime I showed up to an all female group ride or a regular group ride with females there, I was not welcomed by any means…since moving to Vegas from small town Midwest, this issue only amplified…so I just started riding alone…after riding alone for so many years, I just lost the motivation due to living in an environment that’s no longer safe to ride on the roads due to too many bad drivers, and 1 to 2 hour drives from my house just to get to the area I ride my bike…then I rode on Zwift for about a year straight and just got burnt out…it doesn’t give me the same satisfaction as riding outdoors, so I no longer ride…I miss it terribly…but, I just no longer enjoy cycling in the toxic environment I’m currently living in…I’d love to move to a place like Girona, Spain and embrace the culture while exploring the roads there, but to be honest, I don’t have that kind of courage…I have great respect and admiration for those who have made that leap and didn’t look back! Kudos to y’all!!!

Good video. Myself I like to do much indoorbike races , and I guess that is treshold, but I am putting zone1+2 days inbetween. I want to not exceed two highzone days a week, and to get in at least two lowzonedays, and maybe 3 or 4 lowzones.

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Another awesome video. Is there a way to do a zone 2 ride in Trainer Road?

Great video...thanks!

Can’t believe nobody commented on that sprint power! That is insane!

Its still generally c way cheaper than in the USA

Great video

Racism is everywhere and each person of colour will experience various levels of it depending on who they come into contact with. As you’ve mentioned, sometimes it can be very subtle and other times quite obvious. It is what it is and it’s never really going to change. I’ve been black for over 54 years and I still experience racism 🤷🏾‍♂️

I think any European country would have a preferable public healthcare system than the United States. Civilised countries don't bankrupt their citizens for healthcare.

I've used both private and public healthcare in Spain. Unless you're employed here, where your employer pays your social security, it's around the same as private health insurance. Although it costs more than in the UK, the level of care is superb. We have one doctor who knows us and our kids and we can text them when we like to ask about stuff, especially handy for the kids. You can also just rock up and see someone for something on the day and appointments are easy to get. The public system is a little slower and a little more clunky but the level of care is the same if not better in many cases than private. If you're a self employed person here, though, it's pricey. Although the social security also covers pension, so I guess you get it back in the end. I'm a type 1 diabetic, so I have to use the public system because my private insurance doesn't cover pre-existing conditions. Haven't had issues so far. Although I get my prescriptions free back home in the UK having a chronic condition. I still have to pay here. I would not want to be a diabetic in the US, that's for sure. Can't wait to read the negative comments on this one, especially with the thumbnail 😂😂

how about the cost of rent and groceries vs the states?

Thanks guys! Very nice to see such a dramatic difference!

Another video topic, what do you think about living in Girona vs living in Barcelona? Do you miss being in a big city?

Another super helpful video. Thanks for sharing. Another idea for a video,...what about the amateur racing scene? I know lot of pros train in Girona, but I am wondering about the local amateur scene. Are there regular road, mtb or cyclocross races? Masters rider here...just curious as that is a great way to build community.

What do you want to know about life in Spain? 🤔

La diferencia es que aquí sois extranjeros y en estados unidos sois nacionales de allí. Aquí la gente tiene prejuicios respecto a los inmigrantes por incidentes (hay mucha gente que viene a delinquir) no es por la raza sino por prejuicios. También es cierto que la gente no solía ver gente negra hasta hace unos 10 años. Ahora están acostumbrados poco a poco. Es normal mirar a las personas que son diferentes por curiosidad, pero eso tampoco es racismo. Si que debe haber gente racista en España como en todas partes pero no al nivel de USA.