Riding Fixed, Up Mountains, with Pros. - Ep. 13: Echo Lake w/ Alex Howes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2021
- In Episode 13 of this series, we give isolated and bored Alex Howes (EF Pro Cycling) the chance to fulfill one of his dreams: riding a fixie bike with Scott Piercefield (State Bicycle Co.) Alex is a Colorado native, born and bred. He’s been riding for as long as he can remember, so bicycle racing came naturally. Alex earned the reputation as one of the most consistent riders fighting for the podium in recent years. In May of 2019, Alex checked a major box in his career by winning the National Championship Road Race.
Then COVID happened. Alex qualified for the 2020 Olympic Cycling Team - which is now the 2021 team. He’s been locked down since March so we thought he might like a change of scenery and a new challenge. We wanted to learn what makes Alex tick, so we asked Scott to interview him while climbing over 3,600 feet on Colorado Highway 103 to Echo Lake.
Over the course of 32 miles up and down the mountain, listen in on a wide-ranging and inciteful interview.
• Would you guess that Alex is a science geek?
• Why does Lachlan Morton, the Australian Pro, have his brake levers reversed?
• Did you know that “undorkifying” is a word?
• Fashion commentary: US men versus Europeans. (Who believes cargo pants never go out of style?)
• Alex Howes quote of the day: “In every Pro, there’s an average Joe.”
When he is not training and racing, you can Alex roaming the American West, either in his old pickup truck or on his bike, with his wife Jess and his dog Reina. Check out what Alex is doing on:
- Instagram: / alex_howes
- USA Cycling info: usacycling.org/athlete/alex-h...
About the Series: "Riding Fixed, Up Mountains, With Pros." The concept is simple, we wanted to get to know our favorite Pro cyclists, and what better way to conduct a natural interview than on the bike, taking them out of their comfort zone just a bit by doing in with NO GEARS (and no brakes sometimes).
Learn more about the full line of State Bicycle fixed gear models at StateBicycle.com/fixed-gear
Check out our BLOG for behind the scenes here:
www.statebicycle.com/blogs/ne...
Liked this episode? Subscribe to our channel: / @statebicycle
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Shot and Directed By Saxon Richardson: saxonrichardson.com/
Music: Cousin Kula - Bouncing Bill www.cousinkula.com/
Animation by Amanda Schrembeck: / okmotionclub - กีฬา
That hummer getting impatient was the most hummer thing I’ve ever seen
The real beauty of this series, is that in it's essence, it just feels like a chill conversation between two dudes on a casual ride. However, the production values are through the roof. The audio is spot on, there's no wind noise or random peaking, the edit keeps the conversation flowing but keeps interesting tid-bits, the colouring is amazing, the titles are stylish, the animations are artistic... hell, even the camera guy keeps his stuff in super clean condition. There's a few shots full into the sun. lens-flare and all, and there's not a spec of dust on the lens. All brilliantly delivered in cinematic 4k @ 24fps. Bravo state bicycle co, bravo. 🤜
Love your channel, but it's been awhile since you posted a video, any more videos coming up?
Thank you very much! These comments mean a lot. It's nice to hear someone really appreciates what we're doing.
@@niceguyeddie Thanks Eddie! Yeah, I miss making videos! I've been busy working, but more on that later. I have a mountain of stuff to make videos on, hope to get a bunch done over the spring festival break.
@@statebicycle Keep doing what you're doing. Don't compromise on the quality because we appreciate it. 🙌🙌🙌
The real pros are the ones behind the camera
Scott, that gate limbo cracked me up! Nice interview guys.
The EF alternative calendar guys are some of the coolest dudes in cycling
How I ended up here is a mystery but my eyes appreciated it.
Please check out the entire series! We have 12 more Episodes!
46x16 is the best gear.
For riding on the flat streets around my neighbourhood on my single speed, but I mean sure, you can go up a mountain on it if you want to.
He said that and I was like damn, I use that gear to bike around town and when I get to a hill it's rough.
48/17 is superior
So funny this reply. Fixed for 12/24/1000... hmmmm. Neighborhoods most work.
@@haydengutiw I would use 48 x 17 if I lived in a country that's quite hilly.
However,the terrain in my country can be described as superflat,aside from the British-style hill climbs in my country(Singapore).My ratio is either 58x16 or 58x14,depending on what kinda riding I'll be doing.
I'm Belgian, training 53/19 everywhere
These are the best produced TH-cam conversations in cycling
The editing, color and animations are all perfect. Always exciting when these videos pop up in my feed!
Glad you're stoked! Like, subscribe and share so we can keep it going!
15:00 This is true professional cycling right here lads
These episodes are great.
Thanks for watching 🙏
So glad ur back. Hey I did about 1000 on a fixed from CA to CO. ...
Gushers are a gateway gel hahahahahaha
These guys are way cool. “In every Joe, there is a pro”.
I want to go to EF bike handling camp.
Absolutely fantastic show.
What the other guys have said. You guys are nailing this in every way. Look forward to the next one.
Always a great time watching these things. Thank you!
These never get old!!
Love these so much.Wish I were closer to such locations.
Great series of videos. Alex is the man
Awesome Episode!!
What a chill interview up a mountain!
It’s insane. It’s inspiring.
Best one so far. These are so much fun, thanks for making them!
Best episodes on the channel
The best . Want more
Great video!
Best episode so far, always a joy to watch this series 🥳
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Yes! 🤘🏼
so fun to see one of my home roads on this !!
:D
Holy shit he read my mind at "Look at all those chickens" I was thinking the exact same thing. 😂
haha 😂
I did this ride last spring in the middle of the night, took a left at Echo lake, and went up to Mt. Evans summit! Over 14k feet at 2am and 40+ miles of downhill bombing was amazing.
Bike handling 101 lessons had me weak
These episodes are actually addicting
which is your favorite 🍿?
@@statebicycle the two with the Morton brothers, I'm so inspired by lachlan but so scarred by gus's road rash
More episodes to come 🥰🖖
great video as per and fp for playing cousin kula !!
NICE! What great enjoyment! :D
I had an original Magenta back in the day, one of my favorite bikes I ever owned that I had to sell during hard times.
"I'd want to buy an F-16 Jet" Legendary! lol
Thanks for the upload, watched the entire series wayy back and was waiting for a new one.
Btw, is the intro song original compilation, would love to hear a full version of that.
Excelent video 📹 🇲🇽 ✌️
@3:35 you made my day.
- a HS physics teacher
I love the cartoons...
My man howesy the nicest guy ever
You have no idea. We had this on the books for a while. 2 days before we were about to film, EF told him he needed to get to Europe on the same day, 48 hours notice. He still managed to move our film day 1 day up, and get to Europe. Very generous with his time.
Aww shucks
Filmed in CO, no wonder I got a contact buzz from all that good commentary...
WOW Alex, in a 2014 interview with Neal Rogers for GCN he claimed he would be a professional canoeist “canoeing enthusiast” if he wasn’t a cyclist not a single mention of a high school physics teacher. But the only laws this guy follows are the laws of thermodynamics
hehehe 😁
Summer break man...
Just got a fixed, need to ride.
Alex howss would be the coolest high school science teacher
Nc its back 🥰
That’s a funny dude
Would all world tour teams let you do a ride like this? Love EF and their alternative calendar 🤩
Gushers are a “Gateway gel” 🤣
I love this series. You guys are seriously the best at putting together a crazy line up of pros in these interviews. But, in some of these descriptions, there are some errors that I just can't get over. I'm not the grammar police but some of these are pretty bad. "find" in line 1 of paragraph 4 and "it" in line 3 of paragraph 5. Content though?! HEAT!!!
Thanks for the assist...moving fast.
Amazing stuff. Well done! Makes me want to put my middle aged knees on a fixie (this is 100% a lie ;)).
That's EXACTLY what we're going for!
Alex is an American treasure
You all should get Ashton Lambie on here he is awesome and competes in a lot of different types of events
Definitely on our short-list of people we want to talk to :)
@@statebicycle he is awesome he hangs out and worked at the bike shop I used to frequent. He even helped me spec out my black label V2. But sadly here in Nebraska we don’t really have mountains
time for me to add more front teeth, another cracking episode!
What's the best gear ratio for racing?
i always get nervous watching them on the downhills lol
If I could do that ride at half their pace on a fixed, I could die a happy man. :)
How did CPT Murika manage to get his chain to not slip? 😮😮😮
what route is this? fucking beautiful and great video!!
Ok, I'm taking the black label out today
DO IT :D
I'm only two minutes in and my mind is already blown because I never knew Lachlan Morton... Or anyone, ran their brakes reversed.
If anyone’s gonna reverse their brakes it’s gonna be Lachy haha.
@@rissanslaghek3280 it’s actually everyone from Australia plus a bunch of other countries
@@maxanderson2925 oh really didn’t know that. Interesting!
didn't wanna top it out on evens? lol
The only place kits are acceptable are with pro's, "events, and group roadies. It's an honor to ride with pro's at alternative events. Gushers are gateway gels.
can someone tell me what kind of bike is Alex ridding?
That's Lachlan Morton's borrowed Cannondale track bike.
Colorado looks kind of warm for this time of year. Worst ski season ever. 🤟🏽
Filmed this a few days before July 4th... hence the fire works.
why your back is jumping on high cadence downhill, do you know what's bike fit? i have no idea why you didn't get fitted
I'm so sorry.
@@alexhowes6192 i hope it's obvious that it's joke, perfect videos, great place
I’ll be the first to say it. Who eats a chip like that?
😂😂😂😂 We have no idea if he was doing that for effect or that is a legit habit.
No one does. It was a camera trick.
@@alexhowes6192 did you seriously set your name to Alex howes specifically for this video?
@@Steely_Dan No, it's actually my name.
@@alexhowes6192 did you search your own name on youtube?
what song is in the beginning
It’s an original we created for the show
Is Howes on Lachlan's fixie?
Yes, borrowed.
Mine now 😈
@@alexhowes6192 better dynamic duo than Batman and robin. Let’s get more content of you and lachlan!
Having a fixed gear bike is always been my dream
I would say these videos have gone up a gear but it's all one speed anyways
Get Chris Tolley on here
That bike limbo tho
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wasn’t Jennifer doing a similar video series?
Sets reminder.....falls asleep 😒.....and all sunglasses NOT made by Oakley are always cool.....just sayin'
This was a great interview/conversation. Also, damnit, I want a fixie/ss. FML.